Great news, jazz fans! The Bedford Jazz Festival 2016 is coming to town on the 19th and 20th March.
Over the weekender and in four different venues more than 20 acts will take to the stage.
The Main Stage will be at The Quarry Theatre, with four acts between midday and 4.45pm on Saturday and Sunday. As well as being able to buy tickets for each individual event, there are also ‘Main Stage Passes’ available for each day. These allow you to go to all four events on the ‘Main Stage’ on that given day with one ticket; at £29 for adults and £21 for students.
Saturday’s headliner is New York-based trumpeter and Blue Note artist Ambrose Akinmusire and his quartet featuring Sam Harris, Harish Raghavan and Rodney Green. To close the festival on the Sunday, husband-and-wife duo, of British jazz diva Jacqui Dankworth and American vocalist/pianist Charlie Wood with their band will be performing their ‘Just You, Just Me’ project in the main auditorium at The Corn Exchange. This project celebrates some of the great musical partnerships of the 20th century, including Ray Charles & Betty Carter, Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong and George & Ira Gershwin.
There are also a couple of fringe events, including the film High Society, in partnership with Bedford Film Festival (see page 11), and a Jazz at the Park event at the Pavilion in Bedford Park.
For more information regarding which acts are performing, ticket prices and more, please go to www.conscia.org.
