Festival CD's

This year there will be two festival CD's - one for Jazz and another for the Blues.  We have just been sorting out the tracks and I think judging from the CD's, this year's festival will be the best ever.  A really good mix of jazz and blues.  The CD will be available on-line soon.

In the Basement

The next "In the basement" gig will be in the Ship & Anchor.  Featuring a performance by the Black Notes as well as DJs Gareth, Eugene, Harry and Kim.  Entrance £3 or £2 for Friends of Abjerjazz

Aberjazz Workshops

We have finalised the workshops for the festival.  There are five workshops all of them FREE.
- Adam Palma Finger Picking Guitar workshop

- African Drum/Dance Workshop. Drum rhythms for dance followed by an African dance workshop, dancing to the rhythm of the drums.
- Wonderbrass Workshop - Group playing arrangements
- Harmonica workshop with Eddie Martin
- Saxophone workshop with Organic

All the details are on the website

http://www.aberjazz.com/2011/html/bios-workshops.html

Fishguard Festival

There is a new website called www.fishguardfestival.com which has diary of all the events going on in Fishguard during August.  Let me know if there is something going on that is not listed on the website

Dave Jones Quartet

There is an interesting biog of  Dave Jones on a website called Jazz Cds, follow this link.  http://www.jazzcds.co.uk/artist_id_1111/biography_id_1111  The Dave Jones Quartet are playing in the Skirmishers on Saturday 27th August - Tickets just £7.

Aberjazz Tickets

Tickets are now available on-line if you have a PayPal account.  For lovers of jazz, the Jazz Stroller represents excellent value at £40 and it covers all the Jazz events, six in total, saving you £8.

We excluded the blues events from the Jazz Stroller, so for those of you who prefer the blues you can buy a ticket to our Blues Double Bill on Monday 29th August in the church hall where you'll see Eddie Martin and Virgil & the Accelerators, tickets £10.

On Sunday in the Yacht Club you can see Lowri Evans, nominated for Best Female Welsh artist in 2009 she sings a blend of blues, contemporary folk and pop in both English and Welsh.  Tickets are just £5 (not included in the Jazz Stroller).

All tickets are available at http://www.aberjazz.com/2011/html/tickets.html
If you want to pay by cheque then send an email to info@aberjazz.com for details.

Aberjazz links

There is a nice bit about us on efestivals with links to our ticket page http://www.efestivals.co.uk/festivals/aberjazz/2011

Friends of Aberjazz

We are in the process of launching a new Friends of Aberjazz group.  It will be £10 to join and as a friend you will get at least 10% off all Aberjazz tickets and merchandising.  This will also give you a discount to the "In the Basement" gigs upstairs in the Abergwaun.  If we can get 25 members then this will pay for a band at the "In the basement" gig on 26th August during the festival.

If this takes off then we will be doing regular promotions for Aberjazz friends with free tickets as prizes.  I will be adding this to our website www.aberjazz.com so that you can become a friend using Paypal.  For more information just email info@aberjazz.com.

Fishguard Jazz and Blues festival

This year is the 8th Fishguard Jazz and Blues festival organised by Aberjazz.  Aberjazz is a volunteer organisation committed to putting on live music events in and around Fishguard.  Many of the events are free and  we try to keep our ticket prices low for the ticketed events.  Our venues are small so it is advisable to book early to make sure you get a ticket.  All the details of the festival are on our website www.aberjazz.com where you can buy tickets if you have a Paypal account.  The Jazz and Blues festival runs over the August bank holiday weekend from thursday 25th August until Monday 29th August. This year our headline act is the Kit Downes Sextet and they are playing  in Theatr Gwaun on Monday at 6pm.  Tickets are £12.  Kit Downes was nominated for a Mercury Prize for his Album Golden. John Fordham in the guardian describes his latest album , Quiet Tiger, as stronger and more edgy.  Kit Downes is a jazz pianist who is causing a great deal of interest in jazz circles and this is a really unique opportunity so see him in Fishguard.