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De Beauvoir Jazz Festival

Payal Wadhwa

11 and 12 July 9am
£7
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De Beauvoir Jazz Festival kicks off its inaugural edition in the neighbourhood on the 11th and 12th of July 2025. Expect two days of the best of local and international jazz musicians coming together for music making and a good reason for all of us in the community to get off our devices and come together to enjoy brilliant music on (hopefully) a sunny day.

 

The family-friendly festival is put together by a local resident and designer, Payal Wadhwa who has shaped the festival to be one across many of our local venues – The Rose Lipman Building, The Scolt Head, De Beauvoir Square, St Peter’s Church, De Beauvoir Block, East and South East Asian Community Centre, Rosemary Branch, amongst others.

The festival has secured Arts Council funding and an extraordinary lineup that embodies the breadth of London’s contemporary jazz movement. The Opening Night on the 11th witnesses sublime vocalist Georgia Cecile playing at the Hoxton Hall (down the road from De Beauvoir Town); Georgia’s sophisticated soundscapes have earned her critical acclaim across Europe. In addition, NYC’s pianist Gordon Webster, one of the most sought after musicians in the lindy hop world playing at Bishopsgate Institute. Ensuring irresistible danceability, the festival kicks off in style. 
 
12th July brings the festival back into the heart of the neighbourhood. Trumpet virtuoso Mark Kavuma brings his formidable ensemble The Banger Factory, whose fusion of hard bop, afrobeat and contemporary influences has established them as one of the scene’s most compelling live acts. The festival also features reed maestros Giacomo Smith and Adrian Cox, whose distinctive approaches to woodwind performance demonstrate the stylistic diversity driving London’s jazz renaissance. DJ Lil’ Koko and DJ Island Girl promise an enchanting spin around jazz from New Orleans and Chicago, funk, folk and urban beats, Cajun punk oddities whilst Southbank Centre’s Kinetika Bloco, local musicians from De Beauvoir Town – Irene Serra and Peter Werth, Hackney’s Grand Union Orchestra as well as Ewan Bleach & The Fleeting Paradise Orchestra form a part of the lineup; rounding out a bill that spans jazz’s many contemporary expressions.

Tickets here: www.debeauvoirjazzfestival.co.uk/tickets

(£5/£7 tickets for local residents at De Beauvoir Estate, Lockner Estate and Kingsgate Estate. Contact respective TRA chairs)
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Rose Lipman Building
43 De Beauvoir Road
London N1 5SQ

0207 923 3565
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