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Robert Fowler's Gerry Mulligan Concert Band - WIJF 2015

Fantastic news from Ian Darrington at Wigan. The Wigan International Jazz Festival whose future was in serious doubt WILL be continuing!

While the attention of the London jazz press has all been about the collapse of the Brecon jazz festival, in the North we have a rather different (and happier) tale to tell. The Wigan International Jazz Festival is a four-day celebration of classic jazz, big bands and jazz orchestras and features national and international artists. The Festival, which takes place in July each year had it's 30th anniversary in 2015 but with the removal of the funding from Wigan Local Authority the future was in serious doubt. However Wigan Jazz Club has stepped into the breach on the organisation side and sufficient funds have been found for festival director Ian Darrington MBE to start attracting acts for 2016 from the vibrant & global youth jazz movement.

Good work Wigan Jazz!

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