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EVER WONDERING; "WHAT’S ON NEAR ME?"

The Jazz Centre UK is a cultural centre in Essex that hosts a wide variety of events at our centre, on location and online. We host:

  • Live Music

  • Live Dance Performance

  • Art Exhibitions

  • Educational Workshops and Masterclasses

  • Talks and Lectures

  • Book launches

  • Celebratory Events

  • Networking Events

This page is the central listing for all our events. See below to find out what’s coming up:

Due to the variety of events we hold we have different types of entry available. Some of our events are free entry, some events are pay-on-the-door and some are ticketed. Please browse our events listing below to find out more about each listing. Entry information, ticket pricing, the event location and joining instructions should be clearly detailed on each event listing page.

If you purchase a Ticket on our website you can find our Terms and Conditions here and our privacy policy here.

If you have purchased a ticket and need customer support, have any questions about an event or ticketing please contact us via email (enquiries@thejazzcentreuk.co.uk) so your query can be directed to the correct team.

PURCHASING TICKETS

UPCOMING EVENTS

  • From Dixieland to Swing with the Great British Jazz Band
    From Dixieland to Swing with the Great British Jazz Band
    05 Apr 2025, 14:00 – 16:00
    The Jazz Centre UK, The Jazz Centre UK, Beecroft Art Gallery, Victoria Ave, Southend-on-Sea SS2 6EX, UK
    This is the first of this year's two Softpower Education fundraising concerts, held in the Lecture Theatre and featuring a star studded line-up of top British mainstream musicians.
  • Music Maestro Please
    Music Maestro Please
    Sat, 12 Apr
    Southend-on-Sea
    12 Apr 2025, 12:00 – 13:30
    Southend-on-Sea, The Jazz Centre UK, Beecroft Art Gallery, Victoria Ave, Southend-on-Sea SS2 6EX, UK
    British Dance Band History: a presentation by Ray Pallett
  • Jazz 825: Alan Jackson Quartet
    Jazz 825: Alan Jackson Quartet
    Sat, 12 Apr
    The Jazz Centre UK
    12 Apr 2025, 14:00 – 16:00
    The Jazz Centre UK, The Jazz Centre UK, Beecroft Art Gallery, Victoria Ave, Southend-on-Sea SS2 6EX, UK
    One of Britain's finest modern jazz drummers, Alan Jackson, brings his quartet to the JCUK today.
  • JCUK presents Martin Litton
    JCUK presents Martin Litton
    Sat, 19 Apr
    The Jazz Centre UK
    19 Apr 2025, 14:00 – 16:00
    The Jazz Centre UK, The Jazz Centre UK, Beecroft Art Gallery, Victoria Ave, Southend-on-Sea SS2 6EX, UK
    A solo concert by virtuoso pianist Martin Litton, ranging stylistically from ragtime to the Swing era and beyond.
  • Spike's Place: Richard Pite Quartet
    Spike's Place: Richard Pite Quartet
    Sat, 26 Apr
    26 Apr 2025, 14:00 – 16:00
    The Jazz Centre UK, The Jazz Centre UK, Beecroft Art Gallery, Victoria Ave, Southend-on-Sea SS2 6EX, UK
    Drummer Richard Pite, founder and musical director of The Jazz Repertory Company, leads his quartet featuring accomplished jazz violinist Chinara Sharshenova.
  • The Adam Glasser South African Trio
    The Adam Glasser South African Trio
    Sat, 03 May
    03 May 2025, 14:00 – 16:00
    The Jazz Centre UK, The Jazz Centre UK, Beecroft Art Gallery, Victoria Ave, Southend-on-Sea SS2 6EX, UK
    A welcome return to the JCUK for the marvellous Adam Glasser, playing SA Cape Jazz on piano and chromatic harmonica, in trio format this time round.
  • Jazz 825: Geoff Warren's Flutopia
    Jazz 825: Geoff Warren's Flutopia
    Sat, 10 May
    The Jazz Centre UK
    10 May 2025, 14:00 – 16:00
    The Jazz Centre UK, The Jazz Centre UK, Beecroft Art Gallery, Victoria Ave, Southend-on-Sea SS2 6EX, UK
    Brilliant, inventive flautist Geoff Warren pays the JCUK a visit from his home in Italy.
  • JCUK: Dave Jago band
    JCUK: Dave Jago band
    Sat, 17 May
    The Jazz Centre UK
    17 May 2025, 14:00 – 16:00
    The Jazz Centre UK, The Jazz Centre UK, Beecroft Art Gallery, Victoria Ave, Southend-on-Sea SS2 6EX, UK
    Fine Essex trombonist Dave Jago brings his own band to the JCUK.
  • JCUK: The Jake Leg Jug Band
    JCUK: The Jake Leg Jug Band
    Sat, 24 May
    The Jazz Centre UK
    24 May 2025, 14:00 – 16:00
    The Jazz Centre UK, The Jazz Centre UK, Beecroft Art Gallery, Victoria Ave, Southend-on-Sea SS2 6EX, UK
    A return visit to the JCUK for this fun, good-time country blues and vaudeville band.
  • Spike's Place: Jo Harrop Quartet
    Spike's Place: Jo Harrop Quartet
    Sat, 31 May
    The Jazz Centre UK
    31 May 2025, 14:00 – 16:00
    The Jazz Centre UK, The Jazz Centre UK, Beecroft Art Gallery, Victoria Ave, Southend-on-Sea SS2 6EX, UK
    Live mainstream jazz from Spike's Pace, featuring Jo Harrop, one of the most unmistakable voices in British jazz.
  • JCUK: James Allsopp Quartet play Stan Getz
    JCUK: James Allsopp Quartet play Stan Getz
    07 Jun 2025, 14:00 – 16:00
    The Jazz Centre UK, The Jazz Centre UK, Beecroft Art Gallery, Victoria Ave, Southend-on-Sea SS2 6EX, UK
    Immersed in his music from a young age, James Allsopp pays tribute to the tenor sax jazz great Stan Getz.
  • Jazz 825: Mandala play Roland Kirk
    Jazz 825: Mandala play Roland Kirk
    Sat, 14 Jun
    The Jazz Centre UK
    14 Jun 2025, 14:00 – 16:00
    The Jazz Centre UK, The Jazz Centre UK, Beecroft Art Gallery, Victoria Ave, Southend-on-Sea SS2 6EX, UK
    Mandala are the ambitious local six-piece who turn to the compositions of Rahsaan Roland Kirk for this year's project.
  • JCUK: Dave Manington's Mingus Ah Um
    JCUK: Dave Manington's Mingus Ah Um
    Sat, 21 Jun
    21 Jun 2025, 14:00 – 16:00
    The Jazz Centre UK, The Jazz Centre UK, Beecroft Art Gallery, Victoria Ave, Southend-on-Sea SS2 6EX, UK
    Dave Manington's six-piece will play the whole of Charles Mingus' seminal 1959 album Mingus Ah Um.
  • Spike's Place: Al Nicholls Quartet
    Spike's Place: Al Nicholls Quartet
    Sat, 28 Jun
    The Jazz Centre UK
    28 Jun 2025, 14:00 – 16:00
    The Jazz Centre UK, The Jazz Centre UK, Beecroft Art Gallery, Victoria Ave, Southend-on-Sea SS2 6EX, UK
    Tenor saxophonist Al Nicholls, a recent visitor to the JCUK as accompanist to TJ Johnson, returns with his own swinging quartet.
  • JCUK's Celebration of Tap
    JCUK's Celebration of Tap
    Sat, 05 Jul
    The Jazz Centre UK
    05 Jul 2025, 14:00 – 16:00
    The Jazz Centre UK, The Jazz Centre UK, Beecroft Art Gallery, Victoria Ave, Southend-on-Sea SS2 6EX, UK
    With our acquisition of memorabilia from the famed 'jazz hoofer' Will Gaines, we decided to celebrate the relationship between jazz and tap dance, under the direction of dancer Adele Joel.
  • Sat, 12 Jul
    The Jazz Centre UK
    12 Jul 2025, 14:00 – 16:00
    The Jazz Centre UK, The Jazz Centre UK, Beecroft Art Gallery, Victoria Ave, Southend-on-Sea SS2 6EX, UK
  • JCUK: Max Bernardi & Veronica Sbergia
    JCUK: Max Bernardi & Veronica Sbergia
    Sat, 19 Jul
    19 Jul 2025, 14:00 – 16:00
    The Jazz Centre UK, The Jazz Centre UK, Beecroft Art Gallery, Victoria Ave, Southend-on-Sea SS2 6EX, UK
    Italians Max and Veronica specialise in the country blues and vaudeville songs of the pre-war era, with acoustic guitar and washboard accompaniment.
  • Spike's Place: Greg Abate Quartet
    Spike's Place: Greg Abate Quartet
    Sat, 26 Jul
    The Jazz Centre UK
    26 Jul 2025, 14:00 – 16:00
    The Jazz Centre UK, The Jazz Centre UK, Beecroft Art Gallery, Victoria Ave, Southend-on-Sea SS2 6EX, UK
    Today we welcome a regular visitor to the JCUK from the USA: Greg Abate, with his quartet.

ATTENDED ONE OF OUR EVENTS?

OUR JAZZ VENUE

We are a growing venue on the UK jazz scene with an open door to host all forms of Jazz music. We have had some fantastic acts on the Jazz Centre stage including Alan Skidmore, Dave O’Higgins, Alan Barnes, Derek Nash, The Humphrey Lyttelton Band, Trevor Watts/Veryan Weston, Len Skeat, Daryl Sherman and many more.

Take a look at our past events page to get an overview!

Simon Spillett
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