U3AC JAZZ ON A MONDAY AFTERNOON
JAZZ EVENTS IN CAMBRIDGE CITY FROM 22nd APRIL 2025
Can be accessed via the class website: http://jazzoama.blogspot.co.uk
Things can change rapidly, so check before you go. The class website also has an Information Note and a list of 100 recommended jazz players and recordings.
Regular Sessions:
Thursdays once a month: Cambridge Modern Jazz are now back at the Hidden Rooms, Jesus Lane, Cambridge. Music starts at 7:30pm. Currently £22.
Check their website: www.cambridgejazz.org to book tickets.
Listen put on jazz gigs at the Unitarian Church, 5 Emmanuel Road next to Christ Pieces in Cambridge. They concentrate on the free improvisation end of the jazz spectrum. Don’t expect easy listening but to see musicians interacting with each other can be fascinating. Check out their programme online.
There is free improvisation jazz in the basement of the Thrive Café in Norfolk Street, Cambridge at 2:30pm on the last Sunday of the month. Entry is £8 with £5 for concessions.
The Cambridge Jazz Speakeasy has well run live gigs on the first Wednesday of the month at the Tram Depot (set back from East Road opposite Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge) and on the third Wednesday of the month at Newnham Croft Social Club, Cambridge. Free entry except for one off special events.
Friday and Saturday evenings Live Jazz with Robin Phillips at the Gonville Hotel overlooking Parker’s Piece. 7pm to 9pm. Free entry, you just have to buy a drink.
Friday Live Jazz with Tim Boniface and Sam Miles at Parker’s Tavern, University Arms Hotel, Regent Street, Cambridge. 9pm to 11:30pm, Free entry, you just have to buy a drink.
Sundays 8pm Tram Depot, East Road (Opposite Anglia Ruskin), Andy Bowie Quartet. Plays mainly 1950-1970s style numbers. Free entry with a collection for the band.
Tuesdays 8pm CamJam, The Tram Depot off East Road. Relatively informal jazz jam session now run by the same people as the Jazz Speakeasy. For both players and spectators. Free entry.
First Thursday of the month, Jazz Funk at La Raza, Rose Crescent, Cambridge.
Roughly Monthly on Sundays, Live Jazz at The Lab Cocktail Bar, Regent Street, Cambridge.
Hot Numbers Cafe on Gwydir Street has occasional jazz gigs.
Monthly on Tuesdays and Sundays, Live Jazz at The Geldart, Ainsworth Street, Cambridge.
Occasional jazz gigs open to general public at Girton College run by James Pearson.
Keep an eye on the web for live gigs by the Cambridge University Jazz Orchestra.
Also check out Cambridge 105 radio on line. Pete Butchers does a great job presenting a jazz programme every Sunday 4pm to 5pm and reviews the next few weeks live jazz scene in the city.
Cambridge Arts Theatre, Cambridge Junction, Cambridge Corn Exchange, Stapleford Grannary, Saffron Hall at Saffron Walden and The Apex at Bury St Edmunds also have jazz events.
The Cambridge Jazz Festival have a website which lists local live gigs.
CAMBRIDGE CITY JAZZ WHAT’S ON CALENDAR AS AT 22nd APRIL 2025
Saturday 26th April 2025, New Regency Orchestra with Cores do Samba, Junction 1 (Standing only and terrible acoustics), Cattle Market on the Hills Road/Cherry Hinton Road junction, doors 7pm, £29.
Sunday 27th April 2025, Jazz at The Lab, Regent Street, Cambridge, 4pm, £15.
Sunday 27th April 2025, Judah Daniels tribute to Chick Corea, The Geldart, Ainsworth Street, Cambridge, doors 7pm, music 7:30pm, £7.
Tuesday 29th April 2025, Gravy Train Trio, The Geldart, Ainsworth Street, Cambridge, 8pm, £5.
Thursday 1st May 2025, Hugh Williams with Ted Morcaldi, Hot Numbers, Gwydir Street, Cambridge, 7:30pm, £10.
Wednesday 7th May 2025, Tram Depot Jazz Speakeasy, The Tram Depot, East Road opposite ARU, 7:30pm, free entry. (Every first Wednesday of the month)
Thursday 8th May 2025, Tim Boniface and James Pearson, “A History of Jazz in 90 minutes”, The Leys School, Cambridge, 7:30pm, £10.
Friday 9th May 2025, Girton College Jazz present Tony Kofi, Girton College, Cambridge, 7:30pm.
Saturday 10th May 2025, Listen present Heloise Werner (voice) and Colin Alexander (cello), Unitarian Church Hall, Christ’s Pieces, Cambridge, 8pm, £20.
Tuesday 13th May 2025, The Flying Hammond Trio, The Geldart, Ainsworth Street, Cambridge, 8:30pm, £7. (Every second Tuesday of the month)
Wednesday 21st May 2025, Newnham Jazz Speakeasy, Newnham Social Club, 7:30pm free entry. (Every third Wednesday of the month)
Thursday 22nd May April 2025, CMJ present the Sultan Stevenson Trio, Sultan Stevenson (piano), Jacob Gryn (double bass), Joel Waters (drums), Hidden Rooms, Jesus Lane, Cambridge, doors 7pm, music 7:30pm, £22.
Friday 23rd May 2025, Oi Va Voi, Cambridge Junction (Junction 1 standing only and terrible acoustics), Hills Road/Cherry Hinton Road junction, doors 7pm, £23:50
Sunday 25th May 2025, Judah Daniels, The Geldart, Ainsworth Street, Cambridge, 7:30pm, £7. (Every last Sunday of the month)
Thursday 5th June 2025, Alex Meritt with John Turville (piano), Hot Numbers, Gwydir Street, Cambridge, 7:30pm, £10.
Saturday 7th June and Sunday 8th June 2025, Cambridge Buskers Festival, 12 venues in central Cambridge, 12:30pm to 9:30pm, free entry, there should be local jazz musicians playing.
Saturday 7th June 2025, Tim Boniface (piano and sax), St Andrews Church, Cherry Hinton, 7pm £16:96 (!).
Sunday 8th June 2025, the Duke Ellington tribute orchestra Harmony in Harlem are at The Maltings, Ely, 3pm,
Wednesday 18th June 2025, DPURC, Downing Street, Cambridge, Jazz from Scotland, Ian Millar (sax) plus piano, 1pm, free entry with retiring collection. Regular players at the Edinburgh Festival.
Thursday 17th June 2025, CMJ present Alina Bzhezhinska (harp) and Tony Kofi (saxes), Hidden Rooms, Jesus Lane, Cambridge, doors 7pm, music 7:30pm, £22.
Saturday 5th July 2025, Tim Boniface Quartet, Psalter for Peace, Girton College, Cambridge, 7:30pm, £20.
Wednesday 9th July 2025, Botanic Gardens, Cambridge, Essex Jazz Collective, 6:15pm, you need to book entry to the garden on line beforehand.
Thursday 10th July 2025, CMJ present the Dave O’Higgins Quartet “Monkin Around”, Hidden Rooms, Jesus Lane, Cambridge, doors 7pm, music 7:30pm, £22.
The weekend of 12th-13th July 2025 is scheduled to be the Herts Jazz Festival at Welwyn Garden City. Check online for details.
Wednesday 16th July 2025, Botanic Gardens, Cambridge, Klezmer Band, 6:15pm, you need to book entry to the garden online beforehand.
Saturday 26th July 2025, Listen present Rebecka Edlund (voice) and Rob Luft (guitar), Unitarian Church, 5 Emmanuel Road (opposite Christ’s Pieces), Cambridge, 8pm, £20.
Wednesday 30th July 2025, Cores do Samba, Botanic Gardens, Cambridge, 6:15pm, you need to book entry to the garden online beforehand.
