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Jazz Venue ‘Band on the Wall’ Reopens in Manchester

Posted on September 26th, 2009

Jazz fans are in for a real treat when Manchester music venue Band on the Wall reopens at the end of September featuring 15 jazz acts in its first season.

Band on the Wall, which closed four years ago for major renovation, has a global reputation for showcasing an array of accomplished jazz artists from around the world and has seen the likes of Art Blakey, Courtney Pine and Slim Gaillard play there in the past.

The first season at Band on the Wall will see Mercury Music Prize nominees Polar Bear in concert as well as Berlin-based collective Jazzanova performing nu jazz, broken beat and jazz house styles over a two night residency.

Other highlights include pianist and electronics wizard Bugge Wesseltoft, Finland’s Five Corners Quintet, Africa’s finest jazz orchestra African Jazz Allstars and many more.

Mike Chadwick, music programmer at Band on the Wall and Jazz FM presenter said: “We’ve a real history of putting on great jazz and this is a tradition that we aim to continue.”

One of the cornerstones of Manchester’s music scene since the 1970s, the public recently voted Band on the Wall as the second most influential venue in the history of British Jazz.

September 25th, 2009

In Tandem: Is it Furniture, Sculpture, or Both?

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September 24th, 2009

Wimbledon Bookfest, 3rd – 11th October 2009

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August 30th, 2009

Aboriginal Art to Grace 2010 Winter Games’ Venues

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August 29th, 2009

4th Tenby Blues Festival in Wales, 13-15 Nov. ‘09

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August 28th, 2009

Turner and the Masters Exhibition at Tate Britain

Bringing together over one hundred pictures of supreme historical significance from collections around the world, ‘Turner and the Masters’ will present a selection of magnificent paintings by JMW Turner (1775-1851) alongside related works by the old masters and contemporaries he strove to imitate, rival and surpass.

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August 20th, 2009

First Padstow Arts Festival, 2nd – 4th October 2009

The first Padstow Arts Festival celebrates the life and works of two former eminent Padstow residents, Sir Malcolm Arnold and Sir John Betjeman. Both were among the most vital and creative spirits in post-war Britain, with a real genius for engaging with their audiences.

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