What's on during Jazz Festival Weekend 2026
17 June 2026

ALL EVENTS FREE UNLESS OTHERWISE LISTED
FRIDAY 9th OCTOBER
5.30pm North of England Centre for Music and Arts: WAKEFIELD GRAMMAR SCHOOL BIG BAND tickets from venue
6 – 10pm Marsden Con Club: MARSDEN HISTORY GROUP local history exhibition
6.30pm – 7.15pm Marsden Mechanics (Upstairs): MJF HEADLINER: MUSICA KIRKLEES SHOWCASE free with ticket
7pm Marsden Social Club: LEEDS CITY STOMPERS
7pm The Riverhead: SAM PROWSE
7pm Peel Street Social: STEVE AUGARDE & FRIENDS
7pm North of England Centre for Music and Arts: BEN CROSLAND QUARTET tickets from venue
7pm – 12.30am The Legion: KERRIE (Techno DJ) tickets
8 – 9.15pm Marsden Mechanics (Upstairs): MJF HEADLINER: YORKSHIRE GYPSY SWING COLLECTIVE tickets
9pm Marsden Liberal Club: ROCK OF AGES
9.30 – 11pm Marsden Mechanics (Upstairs): MJF HEADLINER: STAN TRACEY CENTENARY CELEBRATION feat. CLARK TRACEY’S SPECTRUM tickets
SATURDAY 10th OCTOBER
9.30am North of England Centre for Music and Arts: HANSON ARTS ENSEMBLES SHOWCASE tickets from venue
10am – 3pm Parochial Hall: CRAFT FAIR (food until 2pm)
10 – 10.30am Bandstand In The Park: MUSICA SOUL BAND
10.30 – 11am Bandstand In The Park: MUSICA COLNE VALLEY BIG BAND
11am – 12pm Marsden Mechanics (Upstairs): MJF HEADLINER: MINIFEST (family gig) free with ticket
11am – Peel Street Stage: “GREEN IN BLUE” – IAIN BALLAMY & GARETH WILLIAMS Outstanding sax and keyboard duo
11 – 11.45am Bandstand In The Park: MUSICA KIRKLEES JAZZ COLLECTIVE
11.45am – 12:30pm Bandstand In The Park: HECKMONDWICKE GRAMMAR SCHOOL SOUL BAND
12 – 4.30pm Marsden Con Club: MARSDEN HISTORY GROUP local history exhibition
12.30 – 1pm Bandstand In The Park: MUSICA COLNE VALLEY JUNIOR JAZZ
12.30 – 1pm Peel Street Stage: MUSICA SOUL BAND
1 – 1.45pm Peel Street Stage: MUSICA YOUTH JAZZ
1.15 – 2pm Bandstand In The Park: MUSICA HOLME VALLEY BIG BAND
1.45 – 2.15pm Peel Street Stage: MUSICA COLNE VALLEY BIG BAND
2pm The Riverhead: BRODIE PAYNE
2pm North of England Centre for Music and Arts: JAMES ALEXANDER SET tickets from venue
2 – 4pm Sass Wellbeing Studio & Coffee House: PAUL NOLAN
2 – 2.30pm Bandstand In The Park: MUSICA SHELLEY BIG BAND
2.15 – 3pm Peel Street Stage: MUSICA BATLEY JAZZ BATS
2.30 – 3pm Bandstand In The Park: MUSICA SHELLEY ADULT SWING BAND
3 – 3.45pm Bandstand In The Park: MUSICA MIRFIELD SWING BAND
3 -3.30pm Peel Street Stage: MUSICA KIRKLEES JAZZ COLLECTIVE
3.30pm North of England Centre for Music and Arts: HANSONS SISTERS tickets from venue
4pm The New Inn: MUCIPUPS
4 – 5pm Peel Street Stage: MEANWOOD VALLEY STOMPERS
4 – 6pm The Little Lock: CONOR LARKIN jazz pianist
5pm The Riverhead: THE BROKEN AMPS
5pm St.Bartholomew’s Church: MARSDEN SWING pay as you feel
5pm North of England Centre for Music and Arts: LATER GATOR (blues band) tickets from venue
6.30pm St. Bartholomew’s Church: MONICA WARD pay as you feel
5 – 6.15pm Marsden Mechanics (Upstairs): MJF HEADLINER: DAN CASIMIR BAND tickets
7 – 8.30pm Marsden Mechanics (Upstairs): MJF HEADLINER: LAURA JURD ‘RITES & REVELATIONS’ tickets
7pm North of England Centre for Music and Arts: SIMON’S JAZZ COLLECTIVE tickets from venue
7pm St. Bartholomew’s Church: THE ROCK CHOIR pay as you feel
8pm Marsden Social Club: BACKWATER BLUES BAND
8pm The New Inn: MASON WHITTLE
8pm – 1am The Legion: AXIS VALVATRON SOUNDSYSTEM (Reggae DJ): tickets
8.45pm Marsden Con Club: RICHIE MAC
9pm Peel Street Social: NICK DUNN jazz & house DJ
9pm Marsden Liberal Club: NUCLEAR PENGUIN
9pm North of England Centre for Music and Arts: THE GOOD FOOT COLLECTIVE (14 piece funk and soul band) tickets from venue
9pm The Riverhead: JAZZ JAM
10 – 11.30pm Marsden Mechanics (Upstairs): MJF HEADLINER: ROD MASON & THE 007s tickets
SUNDAY 11th OCTOBER
10 – 11.30am Marsden Mechanics (Upstairs): JAZZ CAFE
11am Marsden Social Club: WRITE OUT LOUD poetry jam
11.30am North of England Centre for Music and Arts: NEW ORLEANS REVIVAL tickets from venue
12 – 1pm Peel Street Stage: QUINTA
1.30pm Marsden Mechanics (Upstairs): MJF HEADLINER: GELATOS tickets
1.30 – 2.30pm Peel Street Stage: AFTER HOURS QUINTET Roaring 20s swing, Gypsy jazz and Jump Blues
2pm The New Inn: DANIEL CHAPMAN
2pm St. Bartholomew’s Church: UNITY VOICES pay as you feel
2pm The Riverhead: THE VALLEYS
2.30pm North of England Centre for Music and Arts: DEREK HARRIS QUARTET tickets from venue
2.30pm St. Bartholomew’s Church: JENNY & HAL pay as you feel
3.15pm St. Bartholomew’s Church: THE SOUL CHOIR pay as you feel
3.30pm Marsden Mechanics (Upstairs): MJF HEADLINER: ALLIGATOR GUMBO tickets
5 – 9pm Peel Street Social: DES HURLEY & FRIENDS traditional Irish folk music
5pm North of England Centre for Music and Arts: CALDERDALE BIG BAND tickets from venue
5pm Marsden Liberal Club: GUMBALL
6pm Marsden Mechanics (Upstairs): MJF HEADLINER: KYLA BROX tickets
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