Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2022: Lineup announced
Gregory Porter, Corrine Bailey Rae, Jamie Cullum, and Nubya Garcia are amongst the names announced for the 25th Cheltenham Jazz Festival
Last updated 4th Feb 2022
Following a two-year break, Cheltenham Jazz Festival makes a much-anticipated return to the picturesque spa town of Cheltenham in 2022 for six days of live music - featuring its trademark mix of international stars, jazz icons and trailblazing up-and-coming talent.
To help it celebrate its 25th edition, the names announced for this year’s event star US vocalist Gregory Porter, who returns as the Festival’s Artistic Curator, legendary Led Zeppelin rocker Robert Plant with his Saving Grace project, Golden Globe-winning pianist, singer and broadcaster Jamie Cullum, two-time Grammy-winning UK singer Corinne Bailey Rae, and the multi-instrumentalist and Ivor Novello Lifetime Achievement Award winner Nitin Sawhney.
The British jazz scene will be heavily reflected with shows from an array of its contemporary stars including the Jazz FM Award-winning saxophonist Nubya Garcia, MOBO award-winning drummer Moses Boyd, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jordan Rakei, fast-emerging singer Cherise, and Mercury-nominated trumpeter Laura Jurd all appearing at the festival.
This year’s festival will also present a series of ground-breaking collaborations including Imelda May performing an exclusive one-off show with the Ronnie Scott’s Big Band, legendary Jazz FM Award-winning saxophonist Gary Bartz with London six-piece Maisha, as well as the Brazilian icon Hermeto Pascoal teaming up with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra.
Additional concerts across the five days include shows from revered keyboardist and Gil Scott Heron collaborator Brian Jackson, 1960s soul great PP Arnold, the folk, jazz, pop and chamber music stylings of Penguin Café, LA-based powerhouse singer Lady Blackbird, the father of Ethio-jazz Mulatu Astatke, Afrobeat ensemble Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 and Austrian phenomenon Shake Stew.
Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2022 is hosted in a tented festival village in Montpellier Gardens, featuring the Big Top stage, Jazz Arena, Free Stage, a programme of family activities and events and a food, drink and market area. The festival reaches beyond the festival village into Cheltenham, bringing jazz to venues throughout the day until late into the night. These include Cheltenham Town Hall, Cheltenham Ladies’ College, Parabola Arts Centre, Hotel du Vin, and The Daffodil, as well as a dynamic free …around town programme in association with Cheltenham BID.
When is Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2022?
Celebrating its milestone 25th edition, the festival will take place from Wednesday 27 April to Monday 2 May 2022 and will be incorporating large-scale concerts, intimate club shows, world premieres, masterclasses, family-friendly shows and an array of free events.
Tickets are available on general sale from 2 March 2022.
Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2022 - Full Lineup:
Wednesday 27 April
Corinne Bailey Rae
Denny Illett Sings Sinatra and Nat ‘King’ Cole
Thursday 28 April
BBC Radio 2 Celebrates Jazz at the 25th Cheltenham Jazz Festival
Joanne Shaw Taylor
Liane Carroll
Friday 29 April
Emeli Sandé
Nitin Sawhney
Kansas Smitty’s
Lucia Cadotsch with Kit Downes, Phil Donkin and James Maddren
Zoe Rahman Quintet
Saturday 30 April
Holly Thomas
Imelda May and Ronnie Scott’s Big Band
James Bay
Gregory Porter
NYJO + Hermeto Pascoal
Lady Blackbird
Nubya Garcia
Jordan Rakei
Cherise
Kansas Smitty’s
Dave Douglas and Joey Baron
The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Neil Charles: Dark Days
Shake Stew
Graham Costello’s STRATA
Invisible, Real by Faye McCalman
BAM! Babies’ Adventures in Music
Family Sing with Juliet Kelly
Adriano Adewale: A World of Sound and Percussion
Sunday 1 May
Showcase: Elles Bailey and Georgia Cécile
Tom Odell
Double Bill: Adeline and Lola Young
Saving Grace ft Robert Plant and Suzi Dian
Electric Lady Big Band
Gary Bartz & Maisha
Penguin Cafe
PP Arnold
Mulatu Astatke
Kansas Smitty’s
Emma Smith
Paul Dunmall with Matthew Shipp, Joe Morris and Gerald Cleaver
Iain Ballamy with Rob Luft, Huw Warren, Conor Chaplin and Will Glaser
Mike Westbrook: The Uncommon Orchestra: On Duke’s Birthday
Laura Jurd Ensemble
Invisible, Real by Faye McCalman
Jazz Babies with Holly Thomas
Jazz Kids with Alex Woods
Grace Savage Beatbox Champion!
Monday 2 May
Jamie Cullum
Seun Kuti and Africa 80
Gabrielle
Family Concert – YolanDa’s Band Jam
Moses Boyd
Brian Jackson
Myra Melford Quintet
Bonfire Radicals
Brass Blast!
Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2022 - Tickets
Tickets for Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2022 are available on general sale from 2 March 2022. You can get them here.
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