The beautiful village of Marsden “oozing jazz from every nook and cranny” is celebrating a special milestone this October as its increasingly popular Jazz Festival reaches its 20th year.
And what a celebration it promises to be. There are more than 75 scheduled events during the 48 hours, with all-star concerts opening and closing the Festival.
Highlights include Liane Carroll (pictured), Kenny Ball, The Submotion Orchestra, Asaf Sirkis Trio, Soweto Kinch, Trio VD and of course the festival’s flagship New Stream (this year’s line up includes World Service Project, Olivia Moore and Stuart McCallum.
The Festival are commissioning two new pieces this year (from Richard Ormrod and Ben Crosland) following the success of the highly acclaimed Tommy Evans’ festival commission for 2010, the Green Seagull.
And there will be lots of opportunities for festival goers to get involved, whatever your level (musician or toddler!), whilst there will also be plenty of free concerts (around 3/4 of the gigs are free) including cutting edge contemporary, old school traditional and experimental jazz, presenting visitors with an abundance of choice and great quality. So good in fact, the Festival was named the Festival of the Year last year by Jazz Yorkshire.
So don’t miss out! For full details including the 2011 programme and to buy tickets online, check out the Marsden Jazz Festival website here.
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