2013 Festival dates: 1 - 6 May

Every year, Cheltenham Jazz Festival represents the start of the summer in Cheltenham and is the perfect way to spend your May Bank Holiday weekend.

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Festival audience survey

How was Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2012 for you? Your feedback is always really useful to us, and will help us improve the Festival experience for next year.

Giving your feedback in our Festival audience survey before 1st June 2012 will also enter you into a competition to win a case of wine courtesy of The Wondering Wine Company - who ran the bar throughout the Jazz Festival.

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Jazz 2012 reviews

"The Cheltenham Jazz Festival may take place in a posh town, but it doesn't give itself airs. You can have a good time without feeling you have to be one of those scary aficionados."
- The Telegraph

The reviews are in, and the response from the critics has been excellent. Read some of the reviews of Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2012 here:

Marcus Miller, Gregory Porter, and Chris Potter, Jazzwise Magazine

Bill Frisell, John Taylor - 4*, The Guardian

Marcus Miller - 4*, The Guardian

Cheltenham Jazz Festival - 4*, The Telegraph

Melody Gardot - 4*, The Times

Paloma Faith, Lighthouse, Helge Lien, Abram Wilson, The Times

the Vibe

Click below to view our 2012 Jazz Festival newspaper, the Vibe, or click here to download (30MB)

Miss 600 busking for Cheltenham Jazz Festival

 

Watch our video of jazz-tinged pop performers Miss 600 busking at a famous London train station in early April exclusively for Cheltenham Jazz Festival to advertise their appearance at the 2012 Festival, and discover why they are hotly tipped for success...

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Artist Profiles

 

Find out more about our 2012 Jazz artists, read their stories and enjoy exclsuive preview clips and videos.... Featuring Juan Zelada, Phantom Limb, Abram Wilson, CW Stoneking and more...

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Listen to sample tracks from Jazz 2012 artists

 

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Jazz in the Gardens

Cheltenham’s beautiful Montpellier Gardens were the setting for the 2012 Jazz Festival. With a Big Top, Free Stage, boutique cinema, bar, coffee lounge and interactive Music Lab, there was a lot to keep you entertained!

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Jazz Fringe

The Fringe brings you some of the best un-signed local musical talent in free gigs in venues throughout Cheltenham. From the start of the Festival, the Free Stage in Montpellier Gardens comes alive with more free music which continues right into the evening. 

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The Screening Rooms Cinema

Luxury Cheltenham cinema The Screening Rooms created a boutique Festival cinema in Montpellier Gardens especially for the 2012 Cheltenham Jazz Festival. The Screening Rooms @ Cheltenham Jazz Festival screened an eclectic selection of jazz inspired films over the bank holiday weekend, including a special programme put together by the Festival’s Artist in Residence Paloma Faith.

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Verve Lounge

Eight Verve Records artists showcased their talents on the Free stage in Montpellier Gardens for Jazz 2012. Plus, Verve Records will be opened a coffee lounge right next to the Free Stage, so you could grab a coffee, meet the artists and enjoy the music in comfort.

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Yamaha Jazz Experience

On the Bank Holiday Monday the Festival played host to performances by 9 of the UK's finest youth jazz ensembles in the exciting final of the prestigious Yamaha Jazz Experience Competition...

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Brochure Archives

Relive the highlights and line-ups of recent Festivals in our brochure archive. Here you'll also find brochures from our other Festivals, Music, Science and Literature.

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