Enjoy live music – jazz and funk and more – every night at The Jazz Bar in Edinburgh. Experience the best live music, evening and late night. Join us daily!
PLEASE CHECK OUR TICKETS PAGE TO FIND ANY ADVANCED TICKETS THAT ARE MENTIONED IN THE SCHEDULE. All other gigs are ‘pay on the door’ only.
*** TUE 1st ***
20th Anniversary Of The Jazz Bar
7pm-9:00pm £10 advanced Tickets Here!
20 years ago, on the 1st of July 2005, Bill Kyle first opened The Jazz Bar in Edinburgh, starting a legacy of an institution that has hosted countless gigs and created many memories for people in Edinburgh.
Coincidentally, The Jazz Bar was reopened as a CIC (Community Interest Company) through the efforts of its staff, music community and the generous donations of the public a year ago, on the 1st of July 2019.
We are celebrating both of these dates with a special gig featuring musicians who have played at the venue throughout the years, as well as those who have developed and honed their skills within its walls — and paying tribute to Bill Kyle and his efforts in establishing the venue all those years ago, without whom Edinburgh would be fundamentally worse off musically and culturally.
The gig will feature Jazz Bar mainstays:
Colin Steele – trumpet
Phil O’Malley – trombone
Stewart Forbes – saxophone
Pete Johnstone – piano
Ed Kelly – double bass
Tom Gordon – drums
Playing standards over two hours, followed by our regular open Tuesday jam.
Thank you to everyone who has supported the venue over the last two decades, as well as to those who helped us reopen and continue to support the music economy in Edinburgh and Scotland.
THE GREAT JAZZ JAM SESSION
9pm-11:30pm £8/£6/Free to play
Open Stage ‘Jazz Jam’ where our excellent House Trio backs all kinds of surprise jazzy guests dropping in to play – and we’ve no idea who’s coming in until tonight! If you want to play, turn up with your instrument and ask for a place on the evening’s list of guest players.
*** WED 2nd ***
Acoustic Teatime swing, blues and ragtime
6.15pm-8pm Free
Lean On Me – A Bill Withers Tribute
9.15pm-11.30pm £12 advanced Tickets Here!
Aki Remally interprets the music of a legend on the Jazz Bar stage once more, celebrating Bill Withers. Playing songs from the soulful troubadour’s illustrious career with a full band of brothers over two sets of the soulful, heartfelt and funky. Definitely not a gig to miss!
Aki Remally
12.00am-1:30am free entry
Edinburgh funk and soul legend Aki Remally plays a more downtempo set of his originals and choice covers that have inspired him.
*** Thu 3rd ***
John Hunt’s blues and swing evening
6.15pm-8.30pm Free
Acoustic/Electric Blues by singer/guitarist John Hunt – and check out his amazing hand-built guitars! ‘Gritty, Funky Boogie-Woogie from a master of blues slide-guitar’ – Evening News
GROOVE JAM
9.15pm-01.30pm £6/8 or free to play
The Jazz Bar’s all-inclusive jam session is back! On the first Thursday of every month, Jazz Bar locals Toni McVey (drums), Luke Cunningham (keys), Amy Reader (voc), Stephen Jack (bass), and Harry Higgs (guitar), are here to welcome and guide any and all musicians, genres and abilities into the Edinburgh music scene for an evening of funky tunes and the opportunity to meet artists of all shapes and sizes!
*** FRI 4th ***
Jazz Bar Fridays: The Gin Mill Genies
6.15pm-8.30pm £9 advanced/ £12 on the door Tickets Here!
An Intimate and listening to start our Friday Jazz offerings, this week featuring Prime Trio.
Paul Harrison and Timmy Allen join Ali Affleck for a celebration of Americans music for the 4th of July. Expect a juicy serving of vibrant old time jazz and blues … with plenty cheek on the side.
Purchase of this double ticket also gives you entry to both this show and our 9pm as well as our midnight gig! Space is only kept until 19:00 for ticket holders so if you only wish to attend the 9pm show please arrive at 20:30 and buy on the door.
King Louie and the Primas
9.15pm-11.30pm £8/10 on the door only
Jump/jive music from a killer band recreating a swinging night in the Sahara Hotel Las Vegas in 1954. The band will pay homage to the music of Louis Prima and the vocal talents of Keely Smith. This is up-tempo music packed with fun and entertainment, and with the incomparable trombonist and vocalist Dave Batchelor at the helm, a good time is guaranteed.
Afrobeats night with Kore Keyz and band vivace
12.30am-2.00am £8/£6 tickets only available on the door
*** Sat 5th ***
AFTERNOON JAZZ with THE MELLOTONES TRIO
2.30pm-5.30pm Free
Hot swinging jazz from Alan Anderson (piano), Jimmy Taylor (bass/vocals) and Dave Swanson (drums).
Jazz Bar Saturdays: Steve Moore Trio
6.15pm-8:30pm £9 advanced £12 on the door Tickets Here!
Purchase of this ticket also gives you entry to both our 9pm gig and midnight gig!
An Intimate and listening gig featuring early swing and standards start our Saturday Jazz offerings, this week featuring Steve Moore.
Purchase of this double ticket also gives you entry to both this show and our 9pm world premier quintet gig! Space is only kept until 19:00 for ticket holders so if you only wish to attend the world premier quintet please arrive at 20:30 and buy on the door.
‘WORLD PREMIERE’ QUINTET
9.15pm-11.30pm £10/£8 tickets only available on the door
Every Saturday, a different hand-picked selection of five excellent jazz players meets on stage for the first time (hence the name) – to play with no rehearsal, and no set list! Always a fresh line-up.
Joe Nichols Band + all vinyl DJ
12.30am-2.00am £8/£5 tickets only available on the door
Long time performer at The Jazz Bar with many different bands and projects, Joe Nichols (keys/harmonica) now takes the stage under his own name. Featuring members of his acclaimed UK jazz outfit Nimbus Sextet, he delivers a delicious double vocal-fronted group featuring some of Scotland’s finest musicians. Bringing dancefloor ready jazz-funk and neo-soul flavours with lush vocals and electrifying improvisation from lissappear (vox), Russell Stewart (vox) , Stephen Jack (bass) and Jack O’ Rourke (drums)
*** Sun 6th ***
HOT TIN ROOF
5pm-7.00pm Free
Stripped-back atmospheric Blues/Soul originals and classics from Andy Challen (guitar/voc) and Gavin Jack (slide guitar). With blues/fusion dancers taking on the dance floor regularly!
Martin Kershaw Quartet
8.00pm-10.00pm £9 advanced/ £12 on the door Tickets Here!
Renowned saxophonist Martin Kershaw is joined by a stellar line up of Paul Harrison (piano), Ali Watson (bass) and Doug Hough (drums). They’ll perform a selection of Kershaw’s amazing compositions – urgent and beautiful music that ranges from the burningly intense to the beguilingly lyrical. Essential listening for those wanting to hear some of the most remarkable contemporary jazz on the current scene.
Nu-Sound : Triskelion
10.30am-00:00am pay on the door
Our Monthly neosoul, fusion, hip hop and original music night introduces both new and established bands on one bill this month featuring Triskelion.
*** MON 7th ***
THE JAZZ BAR’s 17-Piece BIG BAND
8pm-10.45pm £12 Tickets Here!
Open Rehearsal 8-9pm, full gig from 9.15-10.45pm
FOUR trumpets, FOUR trombones, FIVE saxes and FOUR rhythm! It’s a variable line-up of top-class pro players, who travel in from around Scotland to participate in this outstanding gig. Nowhere else can you hear this standard of regular Big Band playing. Led by saxophonist Keith Edwards, the personnel changes weekly, as does their selection of fantastic arrangements.
*** TUE 8th ***
The Edinburgh University jazz society jam
7pm – 9pm Free for students
THE GREAT JAZZ JAM SESSION
9pm-11:30pm £8/£6/Free to play
Open Stage ‘Jazz Jam’ where our excellent House Trio backs all kinds of surprise jazzy guests dropping in to play – and we’ve no idea who’s coming in until tonight! If you want to play, turn up with your instrument and ask for a place on the evening’s list of guest players.
*** WED 9th ***
Acoustic Teatime swing, blues and ragtime
6.15pm-8pm Free
Patagonia Latin Sound
9.15pm-11.30pm £9 early bird Tickets Here!
Patagonia Latin Sound is a joyful eight-piece band based in Edinburgh that incorporates musicians from Chile, Mexico, Colombia, England and Scotland. We groove a wide repertoire of Latin American music: Boleros, Bossa, Cumbia, Cuban son, Afro-Peruvian music, Latin pop and folk. We combine our diverse musical influences to create an original, mesmerising, and playful sound displaying plenty of instrumental and vocal textures and polyrhythmic passages. This is enriched by our setup that includes flute, sax, melódica, cajón, maracas, güira, clave, congas, guitarra, ukulele, tiple, bass and vocals.
FLEX
12.00am-1:30am free entry
Keys wizard and soulful vocalist, Mike Kearney (Fender Rhodes), leads brand new quartet, FLEX. Featuring Ben Collard (Drums), Dougie Coulter (Bass). Obscure and refreshing 70s and 80s pop/funk covers from Michael McDonald and Steely Dan to Earth Wind and Fire – all the yacht rock classics!
.*** Thu 10th ***
John Hunt’s blues and swing evening
6.15pm-8.30pm Free
Acoustic/Electric Blues by singer/guitarist John Hunt – and check out his amazing hand-built guitars! ‘Gritty, Funky Boogie-Woogie from a master of blues slide-guitar’ – Evening News
BOPTIMISM
9.15pm-11.30pm £9 earlybird/ £12 on the door Tickets Here!
Boptimism is a quintet, celebrating the classic bop and hardbop era bands of Cannonball Adderley, Hank Mobley, Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, Tubby Hayes and others, with an eclectic set of 2-horn arrangements by jazz composers like Duke Pearson, Cedar Walton, George Coleman, Harold Mabern and Scotland’s own hardbop legend, trumpeter Jimmy Deuchar.
Midnight Swim Club
12.00am-1:30am free entry
All star lineup vocal led funk and r’n’b! Some of Edinburghs finest late night musicians play tunes from dace floor led funk, to groove based pop covers and everything in between. Featuring Amy Reader (vocals), Simon Toner (bass), Ben Collard (drums), Fraiser MacMillan (guitar) and Jimmy Cook (guitar).
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