Guildhall Jazz Festival: The Hornsmen of the Apocalypse Big Band A genre‑smashing big band that fuses metal power with brass brilliance, delivering soaring melodies, crushing riffs and unapologetically explosive energy.
Guildhall Jazz Festival: Guildhall Jazz Orchestra: Miles Davis Centenary Celebration Guildhall Jazz Orchestra, under the direction of Scott Stroman, presents a celebration of Miles Davis featuring new and existing arrangements of Davis compositions for big band.
Guildhall Jazz Festival: The Adventures of Carmen Llena’s Trio Carmen Llena’s trio blends acoustic instruments with electronics, pushing funk‑driven grooves and experimental textures into a high‑energy, original set.
Guildhall Jazz Festival: ImPossibilities ImPossibilities fuse free jazz, spiritual sound, hip‑hop and spoken word into a Sun Ra‑inspired, ever‑evolving collaborative performance.
Guildhall Jazz Festival: The Rosa Witts Collective The Rosa Witts Collective blends contemporary folk warmth with jazz‑infused colour, creating intimate, lyric‑driven soundscapes shaped by close ensemble connection.
Guildhall Jazz Festival: Taylor Mitchell Quartet East London vocalist Taylor Mitchell leads a dynamic quartet, blending jazz standards, soulful interpretations and original songs with warmth, spontaneity and emotional depth.
Guildhall Jazz Festival: ajay bebop band The Ajay Bebop Band brings a fiery, fresh twist to jazz traditions, blending century‑old tales with bold new voices.
Guildhall Jazz Festival: Dark Days: Neil Charles, Mark Sanders and Cleveland Watkiss A stark, compelling new work from Neil Charles, inspired by James Baldwin’s piercing insights into resistance, trauma and emotional endurance.
Guildhall Jazz Festival: Hatchling Molly Davies leads a vibrant exploration of Linda May Han Oh’s music, blending jazz, ambient colours and reflective storytelling with a dynamic ensemble.