With an eclectic mix of performers from across the globe, organisers say this year’s Liverpool International Jazz Festival (LIJF) is the most multicultural it has ever been.
The series of events organised and hosted by Liverpool Hope University runs from Thursday 24th February to Sunday 27th February 2022.
The global pandemic meant the Festival wasn’t able to run in 2021.
But having first launched in 2013, the Jazz Festival has played host to some of the genre’s leading lights, including Courtney Pine, Denys Baptiste, Roller Trio, Impossible Gentlemen, Kit Downes, Led Bib, Philip Catherine, GoGo Penguin, Troyka, Neil Cowley Trio, and Dennis Rollins’ Velocity Trio.
One of this year’s Festival highlights – and perhaps the most accessible show for non-jazz aficionados – will see the Camilla George Band take to the stage on Saturday 26th Feb.
It’ll see Nigeria-born saxophonist Camilla George leading a funky, joyous celebration of the fusion between African and Western music.
The festival also encompasses Liverpool Sax Day, a day long event featuring workshops and masterclasses from BBC’s Young Jazz Musician of the year 2018 and rising UK sax star Xhosa Cole, plus the North’s leading jazz tenor man Dean Masser.
There are additional daytime events, see here for full listings.
Tickets for the Liverpool International Jazz Festival are on sale now via Ticket Quarter or through the Capstone Theatre website. Individual show tickets are priced from £15, while you can enjoy a full weekend pass for just £50.
Meanwhile you can also get involved in various after-parties and alternative gigs – which link to Liverpool’s grassroots jazz scene – after each performance throughout the festival, including a live music event at Melodic Distraction Coffee & Bar on Friday 25th February, and a very special intimate performance by the stunning Neil Yates / Dean Masser Quintet at The Tempest on Sunday 27th.