UK Jazz Festivals 2026
Here is a list of UK Jazz Festivals for 2026 as they have been announced so far with links to their websites or Facebook pages.
Some Festivals still have to give details of their dates, programmes and arrangements.
There are also 'Fringe' events taking place at some Festivals but we are unable to include them here.
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If you know of other UK Jazz Festivals not on our list, please send us details with a link to their website.
January 9 - 11 Bath Jazz Weekend, Bath & North East Somerset
January 30 - February 2 Pete & Heather Lay Winter Jazz Party, Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset
February 11 - 12 Royal Academy of Music Jazz Festival, London (page 31)
February 20 - 22 Wallingford Winter Blues And Jazz Weekender, Oxfordshire
February 26 - March1 Liverpool International Jazz Festival
March 12 - 22 Aberdeen Jazz Festival, Scotland
No current information Bristol Jazz and Blues Festival, Bristol
April 2 - 6 Nantwich Jazz Blues and Music Festival, South Cheshire
April 24 - 26 Brick Lane Jazz Festival, London
April 29 - May 4 Cheltenham Jazz Festival, Gloucestershire
April 30 - May 4 Derry City Jazz Festival, Northern Ireland
No current information Ribble Valley Jazz and Blues Festival, Lancashire
May 21 - 23 Manchester Jazz Festival, Manchester
May 21 - 26 Leeds Jazz Festival, Yorkshire
May 22 - 25 Sidmouth Jazz and Blues Festival, Devon
May 24 Cross The Tracks, London
To be confirmed Highworth Jazz Festival, Wiltshire
No current information Kircudbright Jazz Festival, Scotland
June 26 - 28 Upton Jazz Festival, WorcestershireJ
July 1 - 5 Dereham Blues Festival, Norfolk
July 3 - 5 Love Supreme Jazz Festival, Sussex
July 9 - 12 Buxton International Festival , Derbyshire (Jazz Dates)
July 9 - 12 Mouth Of The Tyne Festival (Jazz Stage), Tyne & Weare (no current details)
July 10 -12 Mostly Jazz, Funk And Soul, Birmingham
July 10-12 Burton Agnes Jazz and Blues Festival, East Yorkshire
July 10 -12 Swanage Jazz Festival, Dorset
July 17 - 26 Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival, Scotland
No current details Birmingham Jazz And Blues Festival
August 7 - 21 Brecon Jazz Festival, Powys, Wales
No current details Pershore Jazz Day, Worcestershire
August 20 - 23 We Out Here, Dorset
August 14 - 17 East Grinstead Jazz Festival, West Sussex
No current details Herne Bay Jazz Festival, Kent
Seotember 1 - 4 Bude Jazz Festival, Cornwall
No current details Lancaster Jazz Festival, Lancashire,
No current details Islay Jazz Festival, Scotland
No current details Newcastle Jazz Festival
No current details Guildford Jazz & Soul Festival, Surrey
September 16 - 19 Soho Jazz Festival, London
September 25 - 27 Scarborough Jazz Festival, North Yorkshire
No current details Shrivenham Jazz Festival, Oxfordshire
October 15 - 18 Leyburn Jazz Festival, Wensleydale, Yorkshire
November 6 - 8 International Jazz Party, Whitley Bay, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
No current details Rochester Cathedral Jazz & Blues Festival, Kent
November 13 - 22 EFG London Jazz Festival, London
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