Two nights with the Strictly Smokin' Big Band at Gosforth Civic Theatre in Newcastle (Fri 14 & Sat 15) are officially sold out. If you haven't got a ticket you could try pestering the box office (0191 284 3700) for returns. Fortunately the SSBB will be doing it all again on Sunday 23 at Hoochie Coochie. It's a 5:30 start, tickets are selling fast, so, don't delay, get on to the band's website or the venue's website to secure your tickets!
A Jazzy Christmas is Paul Edis' popular seasonal presentation. Last year's inaugural Sage Gateshead concert sold out and ticket sales for this year's renewal (Fri 21) suggest another sell out is on the cards. Vocalist Jo Harrop returns, as does Yorkshire-born, London-resident saxophonist Matt Anderson alongside Emma Fisk, Graham Hardy, Andy Champion, Russ Morgan and a sack-full of guests. If Thursday (20) suits you better Edis will be presenting the same show at Ushaw, Durham with John Garner on violin in place of the indisposed Fisk.
Christmas Eve...what do you mean you're busy? Hand to Mouth - that's Lindsay Hannon and Bradley Johnston - will be playing tunes from 11:00am at Ernest on Boyd Street, Newcastle. It's free admission, treat yourself to a coffee and some (Christmas?) cake as you listen to Ella accompanied by Joe Pass...they're that good!
Boxing Day...forget the 'I shop therefore I am' madness and head down to the coast. Metros and buses will be running, take a bracing walk along the seafront then, from noon, visit the magnificently restored Spanish City in Whitley Bay to catch the Vieux Carré Hot 4.
Sunday 30 at the Jazz Co-op's HQ on Railway Street reunites the Francis Tulip Quartet - guitarist Tulip (Birmingham Conservatoire), Ben Lawrence (Durham Uni), Michael Dunlop (Guildhall) and Matt MacKellar (Berklee) - for a seasonal post-bop tear-up. Simply unmissable.
And finally, New Year's Eve isn't devoid of jazz, far from it. To mention but two gigs - the last night (that's the last night ever before relocating to Newcastle) at Gateshead's Prohibition Bar promises a varied bill of fayre (including burlesque!) with the jazz interest supplied by Strictly Speakeasy, and, from late NYE into the early hours of 2019, the Tyneside Cinema's celebrations include music courtesy of the Bradley Johnston Trio.
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