On July 16 - 25, 2021 Scotland's biggest jazz festival presents concerts over ten days all over the capital, in parks, churches, clubs and concert halls. With a programme featuring all genre styles from early jazz to the avant garde, the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival usually manages to secure some world premieres, new bands, and fresh collaborations, annually mixing emerging Scottish talent with the cream of the international jazz world.
Now the biggest jazz and blues festival in Scotland, the programme ranges from star names to new Scottish-based players, and from trad to the avant garde
Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival is back for 2021 with an exciting programme showcasing the amazing music coming out of Scotland! We can't wait to welcome you online and in-person at Assembly Roxy.
We are delighted we can welcome some small, socially-distanced audiences to Assembly Roxy over the ten days of the festival. We have 20 concerts with live audiences. Tickets are priced at £20 per person and are sold in bubbles of 1 or 2 people to allow us to seat you safely. Please note that our capacity is very limited so book early!
All of our live concerts will also be live-streamed so, if you can't make it in person, you can buy a digital ticket for £10.
In addition to our live concerts, we also have 20 pre-recorded online concerts. All our online content is available for 72 hours so you can watch at your leisure!
Artist on July 16
Sandy Tweeddale Band Unplugged + Lyndon Anderson
Laura Macdonald presents
Artest on July 17
Jacqui Dankworth & Charlie Wood
Blues Afternoon
Brass Gumbo play The Beatles
Artest on July 18
Ali Affleck
Playtime + Soweto Kinch
Hamish McGregor Band Play Chris Barber
Luca Manning with special guests
Artest on July 19
Soweto Kinch Trio
Tenement Jazz Band
David Milligan Solo
Seonaid Aitken Ensemble: Chasing Sakura
Artest on July 20
Safehouse: Allman Brothers Appreciation
The Living Jazz Continuum
Matt Carmichael Quartet Feat. Charlie Stewart
Fergus McCreadie Trio with special guest Tim Garland
Artist on July 21
Martin Taylor & Alison Burns
Stacy Mitchhart
Brian Kellock's Marty Party
Davina & The Vagabonds
Artist on July 22
Nicole Smit/Grainne Duffy Band
Trio HLK
Charlotte Marshall Mama Roux
Jon Green
Artist on July 23
Rose Room with special guest Konrad Wiszniewski
Late at the Jazz Bar: Glamour & The Baybes/Swampfog
Katie Whittaker Sings Bessie Smith
The Tomorrow Band feat. Hamish Stuart
Artist on July 24
corto.alto
Colin Steele Sextet play Miles Davis
Louise Dodds Quartet
Artist on July 25
Graham Costello
Jed Potts & the Hillman Hunters
The Jensen Interceptors
Georgia Cecile
Artist on July 26
Mark Hendry: Symbiosis
Aki Remally