A new home for live jazz

Weekly live jazz concerts, film nights & live streams

Our new partnership with NQ Jazz and The Yard will bring some of the UK’s finest jazz musicians to Manchester for a series of socially distanced lunchtime concerts and masterclasses, evening concerts and live broadcasts. Through a mix of live in-venue performances and high-quality online streams and performance archive, the programme will reach a global audience.

Postponed from their original launch date in 2020, the concerts will now go ahead with social distancing measures in places and will be the first in-person events to take place at The Stoller Hall, since we closed in March 2020.

Amongst the artists involved are multiple MOBO award-winning saxophonist and composer Soweto Kinch, seminal vocalist Norma Winstone alongside long-term collaborators Stan Sulzmann and Nikki Iles, plus Jazz FM Instrumentalist of the Year 2016, Mark Lockheart — the renowned saxophonist and bandleader who rose to prominence with the influential big band Loose Tubes.

Explore the events programme below.

Events

  1. The Stoller Hall

    Soweto Kinch

    Mon 7 June 2021, 1:30pm

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  2. The Stoller Hall

    Ant Law

    Mon 14 June 2021, 1:30pm

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  3. The Stoller Hall

    Norma Winstone’s ‘A Time Remembered: The Music of Bill Evans’

    Mon 21 June 2021, 1:30pm

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  4. The Yard

    Iain Ballamy Quartet

    Mon 28 June 2021, 7:30pm

    BOOK NOW - Evening Concert at The Yard BOOK NOW - Live Stream from The Yard Featuring: Iain Ballamy - Saxophones...

  5. The Yard

    José Dias Trio & Adam Fairhall ‘Nosferatu’

    Sun 4 July 2021, 6:30pm

     Featuring: José Dias - guitar / Adam Fairhall - piano, accordion / Paul Baxter - double bass / Johnny...

  6. The Yard

    Lauren Kinsella Trio

    Mon 5 July 2021, 7:30pm

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  7. The Yard

    Chris Montague’s ‘Warmer Than Blood’

    Mon 12 July 2021, 7:30pm

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  8. The Yard

    Ella Hohnen-Ford’s TreeClimbers

    Mon 19 July 2021, 7:30pm

    BOOK NOW - Evening Concert at The Yard Featuring: Ella Hohnen-Ford - Voice / Tom Ollendorff - Guitar / Jonny...

  9. The Yard

    Fergus McCreadie Trio

    Mon 26 July 2021, 7:30pm

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  10. The Yard

    Joe Downard’s ‘Seven Japanese Tales’

    Mon 2 August 2021, 7:30pm

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  11. The Yard

    D U O L O G Y – Evening concert

    Mon 16 August 2021, 7:30pm

    BOOK NOW – Live Stream from The Yard 'His level of genius is rare' - Chick Corea on Tim Garland...

  12. The Yard

    Andre Canniere’s Ghost Days

    Mon 23 August 2021, 7:30pm

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  13. The Yard

    Misha Mullov-Abbado

    Mon 30 August 2021, 7:30pm

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  14. The Yard

    ‘Paris Qui Dort’ & ‘Le Voyage Dans La Lune’ – John Ellis & Matt Owens

    Sun 5 September 2021, 6:30pm

     Featuring: John Ellis - Piano / Matt Owens - Bass Pianist John Ellis and bassist Matt Owens treat us...

  15. The Stoller Hall

    Rob Luft

    Mon 6 September 2021, 1:30pm

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  16. The Yard

    Shirley Smart Trio

    Mon 13 September 2021, 7:30pm

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  17. The Stoller Hall

    Mark Lockheart ‘Dreamers’

    Mon 20 September 2021, 1:30pm

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  18. The Yard

    Ripsaw Catfish ‘Aelita Queen of Mars’

    Sun 26 September 2021, 6:30pm

    Featuring: Cath Roberts - saxophone / Anton Hunter - guitar Ripsaw Catfish, the collaborative duo of saxophonist Cath Roberts and guitarist Anton...

  19. The Stoller Hall

    Gareth Lockrane’s ‘Grooveyard’

    Mon 27 September 2021, 1:30pm

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  20. The Stoller Hall

    Byron Wallen’s ‘Four Corners’

    Mon 4 October 2021, 1:30pm

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