Pershore Jazz on a Summer's Day at Number 8, Pershore

Saturday 9th August 2025 from 2pm until 10.30pm

All the Classic Jazz you can cram into one day returns for the third year! Join us for a full day of exceptional jazz in Pershore Number 8 Arts and Theatre Centre.

Seventeen top class musicians play Classic, Vintage and Swing Jazz with six themed sessions celebrating the music of iconic jazz royalty.

Harry Evans brings the sound of Duke Ellington’s small groups, Cia Tomasso sings numbers from Billie Holiday ‘Lady Day’ and Ella Fitzgerald – ‘The Queen’. Chris Lowe’s Forest Hill Owls will immerse us in the red-hot jazz of the 20s and 30s, and the ever-popular Thomas ‘Spats’ Langham regales us with tales and songs of the jazz nobility.

More timeless swing legends appear courtesy of Elise Roth and her Harvard Squares and the show climaxes with a Grand Finale, “On the Air”, delivered by the eleven-piece Michael McQuaid Swing Orchestra.

All presented by classic jazz guru Jonathan Holmes of BBC Bristol.

Musicians this year taking part* are:

Cia Tomasso – Vocals
Elise Roth – Vocals
Mike Soper – Trumpet
Harry Evans – Trumpet/Bass/Tuba
Graham Hughes – Trombone/Bass
Chris Lowe – Trombone
Dave Shulman – Reeds
David Horniblow – Reeds
Michael McQuaid – Reeds
Tom ‘Spats’ Langham – Banjo/Guitar
Martin Wheatley – Banjo/Guitar
Fraser Urquhart – Piano
Martin Litton – Piano
Malcolm Sked – Bass/Tuba
Nicholas D Ball – Drums
Joe Dessauer – Drums

* Subject to change for unforeseen reasons.

Tickets can be obtained from the Number 8 box office: 01386 555488 or from Number 8’s website.

For information on Pershore long term parking and accommodation guide visit Pershore Jazz’s website.