The Ribble Valley Jazz and Blues Festival 2025

Friday 2nd May to Monday 5th May

The Early May Bank Holiday Weekend

Friday Saturday Sunday Monday

Freedom Pass 2025

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Pay what you can…

We recognise that money can be a barrier to accessing quality live music.

Thanks to the support of the Arts Council England there is a limited supply of advance tickets available on a “pay what you can” basis.

for further information please send an email to: treasurer@rvjazzandblues.co.uk

Tickets will be made available on a first come, first served basis.

Friday 2nd May

The Haggis Horns
  • Friday 2 May
  • Stage: Sunday 9 February
  • Doors:  7:15pm  Stage:  8:00pm to 10:00pm
  • Venue: St Mary's Centre
  • Tickets: £20, RVJ&B Members: £18, U18s: £10

The Haggis Horns have been at the forefront of the UK funk scene for the last 15 years rocking crowds the world over with their distinctive northern funk sound combining break-beats, afrobeat, soul and hip-hop.

Saturday 3rd May

Stereo Press Present Secret Night Gang
  • Saturday 3 May
  • Doors:  3:30pm
  • Venue: St Mary's Centre
  • Tickets: £12, RVJ&B Members: £10, U18s: £6

Secret Night Gang is a joyful slice of jazz-inflected soul, reflecting today’s genre-blending sensibilities with a heavy mix of gospel, R&B, soul, and jazz. Led by Manchester natives and childhood friends Kemani Anderson and Callum Connell they are on their way up and are well worth coming to watch and listen to.

The Kyla Brox Blues Train & Special Guests
  • Saturday 3 May
  • Doors:  7:15pm
  • Venue: The Grand
  • Tickets: £25, RVJ&B Members: £22, U18s: £10

Blues and soul become inextricably entwined in award-winning singer-songwriter, Kyla Brox, whose raw talent has seen her described as “the finest female blues singer of her generation”.

Sunday 4th May

Orchard
  • Sunday 4 May
  • Doors:  2:15pm
  • Venue: St Mary's Centre
  • Tickets: £15, RVJ&B Members: £12, U18s: £10

Celebrating the interaction between individuality and collective experience is what Orchard’s music is all about – like rows of trees in the orchard, each individual voice grows in conversation with the whole.

Baked A La Ska
  • Sunday 4 May
  • Doors:  7:15pm
  • Venue: St Mary's Centre
  • Tickets: £20, RVJ&B Members: £18, U18s: £10

Baked A La Ska are the “heavy heavy sound” of Manchester, a super charged 11-headed ska monster on a rampage through the dance floors of the UK leaving a trail of skanked-out bodies in their wake.

 
Monday 5th May

Ribble Valley Jazz Big Band
  • Monday 5 May
  • Doors: 12:15pm
  • Venue: St Mary's Centre
  • Tickets: £10, RVJ&B Members: £8

Ribble Valley Jazz Big Band is a 20 piece band featuring a full section of saxophones, trumpets and trombones as well as a full rhythm section.

The Lighthouse Trio
  • Monday 5 May
  • Doors:  4:15pm
  • Venue: The Grand
  • Tickets: £25, RVJ&B Members: £22, U18s: £10

Tim Garland is a clever bloke; a saxophonist who can hold his own with Chick Corea or Bill Bruford, play Bach or write a concerto for the LSO as well as keeping a bunch of other projects on the go.

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