Welcome to the
De Beauvoir Jazz Festival
11th July - Opening Night
12th July - Full day of music in De Beauvoir Town
Buy tickets to individual gigs or save big on bundled passes.
We offer great concessions too.
Welcome to the
De Beauvoir Jazz Festival
11th July - Opening Night
12th July - Full day of music in De Beauvoir Town
Buy tickets to individual gigs or save big on bundled passes.
We offer great concessions too.
Welcome to the
De Beauvoir Jazz Festival
Buy tickets to individual gigs or save big on bundled passes.
We offer great concessions too.
Friday, 11th July 2025
Friday, 11th July 2025
Opening Night
Opening Night
Georgia Cecile
Georgia Cecile
Georgia Cecile
11th July | Hoxton Hall | 20:30
‘UK Jazz Act Of The Year’ and ‘Vocalist of the Year’ at the 2022 Jazz FM awards, Georgia Cécile is at the helm of the new wave of UK jazz crossover artists. Cécile’s band of top UK jazz players have featured widely across UK and European Festivals, including Love Supreme, Cheltenham and London Jazz Festival. Receiving great support from the national and international press, she was recently heralded by
The Guardian as one of six jazz artists “blowing up” 2023
11th July | Hoxton Hall | 20:30
‘UK Jazz Act Of The Year’ and ‘Vocalist of the Year’ at the 2022 Jazz FM awards, Georgia Cécile is at the helm of the new wave of UK jazz crossover artists. Cécile’s band of top UK jazz players have featured widely across UK and European Festivals, including Love Supreme, Cheltenham and London Jazz Festival. Receiving great support from the national and international press, she was recently heralded by The Guardian as one of six jazz artists “blowing up” 2023
Saturday, 12th July 2025
Saturday, 12th July
Free events : 12th July
Adrian Cox
Adrian Cox
Adrian Cox
12th July | St Peter's Church | 13:45
Internationally acclaimed clarinetist Adrian Cox brings his electrifying celebration of New Orleans music to De Beauvoir Jazz Festival. Renowned for his deep connection to the early jazz tradition, Cox leads his Trio with Honey Boulton (guitar) & Alex Gilson (bass) alongside special guests Tom Ward (piano) and Dan Higham (trombone) for a night of music honouring the legendary composers and musicians who shaped jazz history.
From the groundbreaking works of Jelly Roll Morton and Lil Hardin Armstrong to the unmistakable sound of Sidney Bechet, this performance explores the rich tapestry of early jazz with fiery improvisation and heartfelt storytelling. With a career spanning performances with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, as well as his own internationally touring projects, Cox is widely regarded as one of the finest clarinetists of his generation.
Join Adrian Cox and his all-star band for an unforgettable journey into the soul of New Orleans jazz—bringing history to life with passion, swing, and virtuosity
12th July | St Peter's Church | 13:45
Internationally acclaimed clarinetist Adrian Cox brings his electrifying celebration of New Orleans music to De Beauvoir Jazz Festival. Renowned for his deep connection to the early jazz tradition, Cox leads his Trio with Honey Boulton (guitar) & Alex Gilson (bass) alongside special guests Tom Ward (piano) and Dan Higham (trombone) for a night of music honouring the legendary composers and musicians who shaped jazz history.
From the groundbreaking works of Jelly Roll Morton and Lil Hardin Armstrong to the unmistakable sound of Sidney Bechet, this performance explores the rich tapestry of early jazz with fiery improvisation and heartfelt storytelling. With a career spanning performances with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, as well as his own internationally touring projects, Cox is widely regarded as one of the finest clarinetists of his generation.
Join Adrian Cox and his all-star band for an unforgettable journey into the soul of New Orleans jazz—bringing history to life with passion, swing, and virtuosity
DJ Lil Koko
DJ Lil Koko
DJ Lil Koko
12th July | De Beauvoir Block | 15:00
DJ Lil' Koko spins rare New Orleans 50's RnB, swampy Brass, funk, Jazz, gut-bucket Blues and Cajun punk oddities with a few detours into the Bayous of Louisiana. Setting EFG London Jazz Festival alight in 2024, she DJed and hosted a New Orleans stage at the Southbank and opened for the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. She tours the world spinning vinyl live, hosts a New Orleans radio show on One Jazz (previously on Jazz FM) and as a broadcaster and music journalist, she brings the rich musical history and culture of New Orleans and the Deep South to the masses.
12th July | De Beauvoir Block | 15:00
DJ Lil' Koko spins rare New Orleans 50's RnB, swampy Brass, funk, Jazz, gut-bucket Blues and Cajun punk oddities with a few detours into the Bayous of Louisiana. Setting EFG London Jazz Festival alight in 2024, she DJed and hosted a New Orleans stage at the Southbank and opened for the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. She tours the world spinning vinyl live, hosts a New Orleans radio show on One Jazz (previously on Jazz FM) and as a broadcaster and music journalist, she brings the rich musical history and culture of New Orleans and the Deep South to the masses.
Ewan Bleach & The Fleeting Paradise Orchestra
Ewan Bleach & The Fleeting Paradise Orchestra
Ewan Bleach & The Fleeting Paradise Orchestra
12th July | St Peter's Church | 15:45
Ewan Bleach is a clarinetist, saxophonist, pianist, singer, bandleader, composer, teacher and session musician based in London and specialising in the early styles of jazz, ragtime, blues and swing.
The Fleeting Paradise Orchestra is Ewan’s 10-12 piece jazz ensemble that plays arrangements of original blues and jazz numbers of late 20s and early 30s America, such as Benny Moten, Charlie Johnson, Fess Williams and Duke Ellington. They also play material from the polite society dance bands such as Guy Lombardo, Bert Ambrose and Ben Bernie amongst others.
12th July | St Peter's Church | 15:45
Ewan Bleach is a clarinetist, saxophonist, pianist, singer, bandleader, composer, teacher and session musician based in London and specialising in the early styles of jazz, ragtime, blues and swing.
The Fleeting Paradise Orchestra is Ewan’s 10-12 piece jazz ensemble that plays arrangements of original blues and jazz numbers of late 20s and early 30s America, such as Benny Moten, Charlie Johnson, Fess Williams and Duke Ellington. They also play material from the polite society dance bands such as Guy Lombardo, Bert Ambrose and Ben Bernie amongst others.
Giacomo Smith's Gypsy Jazz All Stars
Giacomo Smith's Gypsy Jazz All Stars
Giacomo Smith's Gypsy Jazz All Stars
12th July | The Block Party with Albers | 16:45
Celebrated clarinettist Giacomo Smith comes together with a stellar group across London and Paris, playing together to bridge culture, tradition and time to create unique concerts drawing on the history of Django Reinhard’s music. Performing original compositions, swing era classics, and other songs from outside the typical gypsy swing and Manouche repertoire.
12th July | The Block Party with Albers | 16:45
Celebrated clarinettist Giacomo Smith comes together with a stellar group across London and Paris, playing together to bridge culture, tradition and time to create unique concerts drawing on the history of Django Reinhard’s music. Performing original compositions, swing era classics, and other songs from outside the typical gypsy swing and Manouche repertoire.
DJ Island Girl
DJ Island Girl
DJ Island Girl
12th July | The Block Party with Albers | 18:00
Bianca Wilson aka Island Girl is a DJ, banjoist and vocalist whose work is based on an exploration of their cultural heritage and diasporic experience. Influenced by both traditional Jazz and folk music, and by her urban upbringing, she blends these elements to create her own unique sound.
12th July | The Block Party with Albers | 18:00
Bianca Wilson aka Island Girl is a DJ, banjoist and vocalist whose work is based on an exploration of their cultural heritage and diasporic experience. Influenced by both traditional Jazz and folk music, and by her urban upbringing, she blends these elements to create her own unique sound.
Mark Kavuma and the Banger Factory
Mark Kavuma & the Banger Factory
Mark Kavuma and the Banger Factory
12th July | The Scolt Head | 19:45
The Banger Factory is a collective led by the genius Mark Kavuma, that is contingent upon bringing the people a good time. Over the last seven years, the band has developed and nourished a truly unmistakable group sound and attracts and features some of the most gifted and engaging musicians on the scene today.
12th July | The Scolt Head | 19:45
The Banger Factory is a collective led by the genius Mark Kavuma, that is contingent upon bringing the people a good time. Over the last seven years, the band has developed and nourished a truly unmistakable group sound and attracts and features some of the most gifted and engaging musicians on the scene today.
Giacomo Smith's Hot Five
Giacomo Smith's Hot Five
12th July | The Scolt Head | 21:15
Giacomo Smith's Hot Five is a nod to Louis Armstrong’s ground-breaking ensemble of the same name recorded way back in 1926. Smith’s ongoing exploration of this period of music is born of a fascination with an era in which genres of blues, ragtime, swing, and Latin music all blurred together into a sincere and barely commercialised artistic expression.
12th July | The Scolt Head | 21:15
Giacomo Smith's Hot Five is a nod to Louis Armstrong’s ground-breaking ensemble of the same name recorded way back in 1926. Smith’s ongoing exploration of this period of music is born of a fascination with an era in which genres of blues, ragtime, swing, and Latin music all blurred together into a sincere and barely commercialised artistic expression.
Free events: 12th July 2025
Kinetika Bloco
Kinetika Bloco
Kinetika Bloco
12th July | De Beauvoir Square | 12:45
Kinetika Bloco are a Youth Music organisation, a Creative Learning partner at Southbank Centre and an Arts Council National Portfolio Organisation. A grassroots music ensemble with an exuberant mix of young brass and woodwind players, drummers, steel pan and dancers all in costume creates a “unique new British Carnival sound with a decidedly London edge” (BBC Radio 2)
Kinetika Bloco's mission is to get young people from London engaged in long-term creative activity advancing their education, skills and capacity. Kinetika Bloco are also running two intergenerational workshops - dance and drumming - the same morning.
Kinetika Bloco's performance is free. Register here to let us know you're coming for the performance. Workshop registration is separate and will be released soon.
12th July | De Beauvoir Square | 12:45
Kinetika Bloco are a Youth Music organisation, a Creative Learning partner at Southbank Centre and an Arts Council National Portfolio Organisation. A grassroots music ensemble with an exuberant mix of young brass and woodwind players, drummers, steel pan and dancers all in costume creates a “unique new British Carnival sound with a decidedly London edge” (BBC Radio 2)
Kinetika Bloco's mission is to get young people from London engaged in long-term creative activity advancing their education, skills and capacity. Kinetika Bloco are also running two intergenerational workshops - dance and drumming - the same morning.
Kinetika Bloco's performance is free. Register here to let us know you're coming for the performance. Workshop registration is separate and will be released soon.
Free Registration
Irene Serra
Irene Serra
Irene Serra
12th July | Venue TBC | 13:30
Critically-acclaimed Italian Jazz vocalist Irene Serra is a charismatic performer with a beautiful vocal style and assured stage presence. She also happens to live in De Beauvoir! She sings a great repertoire of eclectic tunes from straight ahead jazz standards, swinging blues and beautiful Brazilian songs to quirky pop arrangements. Irene brings the Great British Playbook, her latest project with Luca Boscagin to the festival. This performance is free. We're still finalising the venue for the same and register below to know more!
12th July | Venue TBC | 13:30
Critically-acclaimed Italian Jazz vocalist Irene Serra is a charismatic performer with a beautiful vocal style and assured stage presence. She also happens to live in De Beauvoir! She sings a great repertoire of eclectic tunes from straight ahead jazz standards, swinging blues and beautiful Brazilian songs to quirky pop arrangements. Irene brings the Great British Playbook, her latest project with Luca Boscagin to the festival. This performance is free. We're still finalising the venue for the same and register below to know more!
Free Registration
Peter Werth & the Jazz Crew
Peter Werth & the Jazz Crew
Peter Werth & the Jazz Crew
12th July | Rosemary Branch | 15:30
Peter's ensemble has a residency at one of De Beauvoir's much loved institutions every month. He's done brilliant amounts to keep the music going in the neighbourhood and we're delighted to have local musicians in the mix for our festival! Peter Werth and the Jazz Crew features a brilliant ensemble of musicians and his strongly female cast makes us smile big! Featuring Irene Serra (vocals), Julie Walkington (bass), Paul Elridge (piano), Andy Davis (trumpet), Jo Fooks (saxophone) and Peter himself (drums). This performance is free.
12th July | Rosemary Branch | 15:30
Peter's ensemble has a residency at one of De Beauvoir's much loved institutions every month. He's done brilliant amounts to keep the music going in the neighbourhood and we're delighted to have local musicians in the mix for our festival! Peter Werth and the Jazz Crew features a brilliant ensemble of musicians and his strongly female cast makes us smile big! Featuring Irene Serra (vocals), Julie Walkington (bass), Paul Elridge (piano), Andy Davis (trumpet), Jo Fooks (saxophone) and Peter himself (drums). This performance is free.
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De Beauvoir Jazz Festival is a Community Interest Company
De Beauvoir Jazz Festival is a Community Interest Company
De Beauvoir Jazz Festival is a Community Interest Company