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Live music in Rye, East Sussex
Below are live music happening in Rye and the surrounding area.
August 2022
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The Rye Get Down
, 8:00pm - 12:00am
The Brewery Yard Club, Rye
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Import iCal event to your calendar ...About the night Introducing the launch of DJ Marky J & Lainey’s Rye Get Down! As this is the debut night, entry is FREE, so tell all your friends! On the night, the music will start at 8pm and play till midnight. This is a party night, so no reserved seating, but the mezzanine lounge ... read more
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Kryton Rock
, 9:00pm - 11:00pm
The Pipemakers Arms, Rye
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Import iCal event to your calendar ...Kryton Rock is a six piece Rock & Roll band that plays songs from the 1950s. ... read more
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Big Pablo and The Mariners
, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
William the Conqueror, Rye Harbour
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Import iCal event to your calendar ...A rare visit to Rye especially for Rye Jazz festival for this semi-acoustic four-piece. Expect acoustic blues and roots and a whole lot of rhythm delivered with fine harmony vocals. Touring the globe with various projects over the last 2 decades this group of tour-toughened musicians gather today at The William the Conqueror to perform ... read more
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Terry Seabrook Trio
, 8:00pm - 10:00pm
The Brewery Yard Club, Rye
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Import iCal event to your calendar ...Join us at the Brewery Yard Club, Rye as we kick off the Jazz Festival with a fantastic opening evening of free outstanding Jazz, with the Terry Seabrook Jazz Trio. This opening evening is kindly supported and partnered by The Brewery Yard Club This is a free event and you are welcome to turn up ... read more
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Moss
, 8:00pm - 11:00pm
The Grapevine Champagne and Jazz Bar, Rye
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Import iCal event to your calendar ...Join us at the Grapevine to experience the best free live music during the festival. Moss… as cool as Slash, voice as deep as Louis Armstrong, and guitar playing like Santana, this man can perform! From Morocco, Moss has spent his career impressing countless audiences with his incredible electric-guitar abilities. You’ll catch Moss playing soft ... read more
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Peter O’Donnell Duo
, 12:00pm - 3:00pm
The Grapevine Champagne and Jazz Bar, Rye
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Import iCal event to your calendar ...Join us at the Grapevine to experience the best free live music during the festival. Peter O’Donnell is a dynamic singer, musician & entertainer who has been playing piano, guitar, and vocals with his own function band for over 10 years, playing at exclusive private parties and corporate events in top London venues, all over ... read more
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Robert Reid Duo
, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
The Grapevine Champagne and Jazz Bar, Rye
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Import iCal event to your calendar ...Join us at the Grapevine to experience the best free live music during the festival. Jazz pianist Robert Reid originally studied classical piano, but when at Oxford University switched to jazz after hearing records by the great pianists Fats Waller, Art Tatum, and Oscar Peterson. Inspired by their rhythmic and improvising brilliance, Robert was tempted ... read more
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Curtis Stigers
, 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Rye
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Import iCal event to your calendar ...We welcome back a Rye Jazz favourite for our 10th Anniversary – The immensely talented Curtis Stigers. Curtis Stigers drives his publicists crazy. For the past 30 years, the singer, songwriter, saxophonist and guitarist has been making records that confound those who try to categorize his music or put him in a box. Curtis Stigers ... read more
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Benoit Viellefon Trio
, 8:00pm - 10:00pm
The Brewery Yard Club, Rye
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Import iCal event to your calendar ...Benoit Viellefon proudly presents his new Trio at the Brewery Yard Club as part of the Rye International Jazz and Blues Festival. This special intimate concert will be a tribute to the timeless sound of The Nat King Cole Trio, Earl Hines, Fats Waller, small swing bands, French Chanson, and early Latin American music. The ... read more
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TJ Johnson
, 8:00pm - 11:00pm
The Grapevine Champagne and Jazz Bar, Rye
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Import iCal event to your calendar ...Join us at the Grapevine to experience the best free live music during the festival. TJ Johnson is widely considered to be one of the UK’s most charismatic and highly revered jazz & blues singers. You can hear his strong vocals regularly in venues, such as, Club 606, Ronnie Scott’s, and of course, The Grapevine! ... read more
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Martin McNeil Solo Blues
, 8:00pm - 10:00pm
The Ship Inn, Rye
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Import iCal event to your calendar ...Make your way to the Ship Inn, Rye located at the lower end of town on the Strand to experience the very best in free live music during the festival. Get a group of friends together enjoy the superb music and grab a bite to eat and a cool drink. Martin McNeill is a guitarist ... read more
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The Other Band
from 8:30pm
The Pipemakers Arms, Rye
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Import iCal event to your calendar ...Hastings-based The Other Band looks forward to its first outing in Rye at The Pipemarkers Arms. Blues, Country and Americana Live Music! ... read more
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TJ Johnson
, 12:00pm - 3:00pm
The Grapevine Champagne and Jazz Bar, Rye
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Import iCal event to your calendar ...Join us at the Grapevine to experience the best free live music during the festival. TJ Johnson is widely considered to be one of the UK’s most charismatic and highly revered jazz & blues singers. You can hear his strong vocals regularly in venues, such as, Club 606, Ronnie Scott’s, and of course, The Grapevine! ... read more
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Mark Harrison Trio
, 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Kino Digital, Rye
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Import iCal event to your calendar ...There is no one in music quite like Mark Harrison who is widely considered one of the most original and interesting artists currently operating in the UK. His highly individual, all-original music goes down very well with audiences of all kinds, and it has taken him and the band to some of the top venues ... read more
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Stanley Jordan
, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Rye
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Import iCal event to your calendar ...There’s no one quite like Stanley Jordan. He plays the guitar with the multiple moves of a two-handed pianist, in a style that essentially transforms it into a new instrument. Not to be missed! Modern American Jazz Guitarist American jazz guitarist noted for his playing technique, which involves tapping his fingers on the fretboard of ... read more
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Freak Flag
, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Kino Digital, Rye
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Import iCal event to your calendar ...Festival favourites Freak Flag are David Driver (drums), Neil Roberts (guitar, vocals) and Jon Delipps (bass, vocals) – three musicians who recreate the iconic music of Jimi Hendrix and the Woodstock era. They replicate the driving rhythms and improvisational adventures of Hendrix and fellow rock pioneers such as Cream, The Doors, Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac, ... read more
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Mike Hatchard
, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
The Grapevine Champagne and Jazz Bar, Rye
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Import iCal event to your calendar ...Join us at the Grapevine to experience the best free live music during the festival. Mike is an outstanding and incredibly talented entertainer; the acclaimed jazz pianist and composer plays a variety of musical instruments and a wide range of musical genres. He can perform serious music, be it classical or jazz for example, or ... read more
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QOW Trio
, 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Kino Digital, Rye
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Import iCal event to your calendar ...QOW TRIO features firebrand saxophonist Riley Stone Lonergan, drum legend Spike Wells and multi-genre bassist and bandleader Eddie Myer. The trio initially got together through their mutual love of Sonny Rollin’s classic piano-less trios of the 1950s but soon found themselves expanding their repertoire to explore the rich and varied territory laid out by the ... read more
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The Drawtones
, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Kino Digital, Rye
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Import iCal event to your calendar ...We welcome this amazing band to perform at this year’s festival. Ronnie Scott’s regulars, The Drawtones, create a warm and engaging atmosphere. Featuring seasoned jazz artists, they also nurture and spotlight new and young talent in the band. The Drawtones pay tribute to the great Hammond organists and saxophonists in jazz, funk, and soul. Relaxed ... read more
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Roachford
, 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Rye
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Import iCal event to your calendar ...We are delighted to welcome the talented Andrew Roachford to Rye this year. Roachford is best known for his hit, Cuddly Toy back in the late 1980’s. Latterly he has been a member of Mike and the Mechanics, the band led by Genesis guitarist Mike Rutherford, whilst continuing his incredibly successful solo career. Roachford has ... read more
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Liane Carroll
, 8:00pm - 10:00pm
The Brewery Yard Club, Rye
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Import iCal event to your calendar ...Liane performs a very special intimate cabaret-style show at the Brewery Yard Club. Liane is acknowledged as one of the UK’s most outstanding jazz singers. Over the years Liane has performed at the Rye Jazz Festival and we are delighted to welcome Liane to perform again this year as the festival celebrates it’s 10th Anniversary. ... read more
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Peter O’Donnell Solo
, 8:00pm - 11:00pm
The Grapevine Champagne and Jazz Bar, Rye
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Import iCal event to your calendar ...Join us at the Grapevine to experience the best free live music during the festival. Peter will be performing a special ‘Solo Show’ this evening. Peter O’Donnell is a dynamic singer, musician & entertainer who has been playing piano, guitar, and vocals with his own function band for over 10 years, playing at exclusive private ... read more
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Total Mayhem
from 8:00pm
Rye Rugby Football Club, Rye
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Import iCal event to your calendar ...Mayhem live and loud back at the Rye Rugby Club. ... read more
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No Big Deal
from 8:30pm
The Pipemakers Arms, Rye
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Import iCal event to your calendar ...No Big Deal are excited to be making our Debut at the Pipemakers Arms Rye on Saturday August 27th. We are looking forward to making some new friends. (Previously members of Spoilage, Pipemakers regulars) ... read more
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Stormy-T and Bluesman’s Lane
from 9:00pm
The Queen's Head Inn, Rye
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Import iCal event to your calendar ...Join us at the fabulous Queens Head Rye for an evening of Swingin’ Vintage Jump Blues and Retro R’n’B. ... read more
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The Fabulous Red Diesel
, 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Kino Digital, Rye
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Import iCal event to your calendar ...We welcome back the FRD to this year’s festival. The Fabulous Red Diesel will sweep you off your feet. Kat Lee-Ryan belts out raw soul with Bush/Mitchel-esque lyrics over the grooviest arrangements of original Funk, Latin, Soul, Gypsy Punk and Swing. There are trumpets, a flute and even a tuba when one is required. You ... read more
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Mud Morganfield
, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Rye
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Import iCal event to your calendar ...Mud Morganfield is a multi-award winning artist and an established star in the world of Blues music. The eldest son of the legendary Muddy Waters, Mud was brought up surrounded by many of the finest musicians in the Blues. Mud’s singing is firmly in the best traditions of Chicago blues, and he is backed by ... read more
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Connor Selby Blues
, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Kino Digital, Rye
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Import iCal event to your calendar ...The festival is delighted to welcome the talented Connor Selby and his five-piece band to perform at the festival this year. “John Mayall, Mike Vernon, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and Peter Green are amongst a small army of august names who helped shape and define the movement born shortly after the mid-point of the last ... read more
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Peter O’Donnell Duo
, 4:00pm - 7:00pm
The Grapevine Champagne and Jazz Bar, Rye
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Import iCal event to your calendar ...Join us at the Grapevine to experience the best free live music during the festival. Peter O’Donnell is a dynamic singer, musician & entertainer who has been playing piano, guitar, and vocals with his own function band for over 10 years, playing at exclusive private parties and corporate events in top London venues, all over ... read more
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Neil Angilley Trio
, 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Kino Digital, Rye
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Import iCal event to your calendar ...The Trio performs regularly in the London Jazz scene and across the U.K. performing at Ronnie Scott’s, The Stables, 606 Club etc. During a recent tour in Italy, they appeared at ‘Trieste Loves Jazz’ – International Jazz Festival and this year will be the second outing at the Rye International Jazz and Blues Festival. Their ... read more
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Roger Hubbard Blues
, 5:00pm - 8:00pm
The Ship Inn, Rye
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Import iCal event to your calendar ...Make your way to the Ship Inn, Rye located at the lower end of Rye on the Strand to experience the very best in free live music during the festival. Get a group of friends together enjoy the superb music and grab a bite to eat and a cool drink. Born in Brighton U.K. Roger ... read more
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Molly Salmon
from 6:00pm
The New Inn, Winchelsea
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Import iCal event to your calendar ...Bank holiday local solo singer Molly Salmon from 6pm ... read more
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Derek Nash Funk Experience
, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Kino Digital, Rye
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Import iCal event to your calendar ...The Derek Nash Funk Experience is the unleashing opportunity for top UK saxophonist Derek Nash to play the funk and groove hits that have influenced him throughout his career. Derek has been a full-time member of the Jools Holland R&B Orchestra since 2004 resulting in appearances with many music icons that have influenced the world ... read more
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Imelda May
, 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Rye
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Import iCal event to your calendar ...A special intimate evening of music and poetry for the Rye Jazz & Blues Festival, and we are thrilled to be brining Imelda May to the 10th anniversary festival. Imelda performs songs from her critically acclaimed new album ’11 Past the Hour’. The Sunday Times raves of the LP, “May’s voice smoulders and cackles,” while ... read more
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Earl Okin
, 8:00pm - 10:00pm
The Brewery Yard Club, Rye
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Import iCal event to your calendar ...We welcome back the ‘legend’ that is Earl Okin to perform a special intimate one – man show at the Brewery Yard Club, Rye. Earl is a true legend of the UK’s Jazz and Bossa Nova scene, and has played concerts around the world, performing in some of the most renowned jazz clubs and festivals, ... read more
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Marky Dawson
, 8:00pm - 11:00pm
The Grapevine Champagne and Jazz Bar, Rye
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Import iCal event to your calendar ...Join us at the Grapevine to experience the best free live music during the festival. Marky is a charismatic performer with a huge voice – which can cover Musical Theatre, Jazz, and Rock – alongside Piano chops which could make Jerry Lee Lewis Blush. Always performing with outstanding energy, and as an entertainer on the ... read more
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Peter O’Donnell Duo
, 12:00pm - 3:00pm
The Grapevine Champagne and Jazz Bar, Rye
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Import iCal event to your calendar ...Join us at the Grapevine to experience the best free live music during the festival. Peter O’Donnell is a dynamic singer, musician & entertainer who has been playing piano, guitar, and vocals with his own function band for over 10 years, playing at exclusive private parties and corporate events in top London venues, all over ... read more
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Joe Corbin Solo Jazz & Blues
, 12:30pm - 2:00pm
Old Bell, Rye
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Import iCal event to your calendar ...Make your way to The Old Bell located along the Mint in the town and enjoy the coolest Blues with Joe Corbin from 12.30pm on Monday 29 August. Get a group of friends together enjoy the superb music and grab a bite to eat and a cool drink. The festival is delighted to welcome back ... read more
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Cong – Fusion
, 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Kino Digital, Rye
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Import iCal event to your calendar ...Cong – Fusion are an eight piece band who perform original compositions written and composed by Ryan McCaffrey. The band has released their first single called ‘Turned Tables’ to coincide with anti-bullying week in 2008 which is available on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and features MC E-Mix from Soul II Soul. Three of the members went ... read more
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The Jazznights Ensemble
, 2:00pm - 6:00pm
The Mermaid Inn, Rye
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Import iCal event to your calendar ...We welcome you to join us at the historic Mermaid Inn, Rye on bank holiday Monday 29 August to experience a fabulous afternoon of cool summer jazz with ‘The Jazznights Ensemble’. These afternoon performances will take place in the atmospheric Tudor Room at the Mermaid Inn, and you can experience the best in easy listening ... read more
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Roberto Fonseca Trio
, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Rye
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Import iCal event to your calendar ...Rye Jazz proudly present Cuba’s most exciting pianist. When it comes to 21st-century Afro-Cuban jazz, Roberto Fonseca is one of the music’s brightest lights. For nearly two decades, the pianist and composer has anchored his music with deep roots in various Afro-Cuban idioms without being confined to them. His most recent albums have illustrated Cuba’s ... read more
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Fat Brass Street Jazz
, 3:00pm - 5:30pm
Rye Town Hall, Rye
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Import iCal event to your calendar ...The streets of Rye are set to come alive with the sound of funky and contemporary brass music on Monday 29 August. Make sure that you bring your dancing shoes and get ready for fun!! Fat Brass are an explosive lip-splitting brass tour de force that flip instantly recognisable samples from the very bottom of ... read more
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Benoît Viellefon Hot Club Band
, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Kino Digital, Rye
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Import iCal event to your calendar ...Benoit Viellefon Hot club is a blend of 1920s to 1940’s music with panache. There you can see dancers and listeners alike coming from very far afield to Swing, Balboa and Lindy hop, seating in their best attire. They will now do a rare appearance on the main show downstairs, do not miss it! Consistently ... read more
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Moss
, 4:00pm - 7:00pm
The Grapevine Champagne and Jazz Bar, Rye
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Import iCal event to your calendar ...Join us at the Grapevine to experience the best free live music during the festival. Moss… as cool as Slash, voice as deep as Louis Armstrong, and guitar playing like Santana, this man can perform! From Morocco, Moss has spent his career impressing countless audiences with his incredible electric-guitar abilities. You’ll catch Moss playing soft ... read more
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The Violet Jive
, 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Kino Digital, Rye
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Import iCal event to your calendar ...The festival is delighted to welcome back ‘The Violet Jive’ to perform again this year at the Kino Outdoor stage. A Retro Swing & Latin Sound With Fresh Alternative Twists Musical ‘Mixologists’ The Violet Jive offer up a voluptuous tiki style cocktail of sounds, blending styles and eras into one colourful, intoxicating hit of Swing, ... read more
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Joe Corbin Solo Jazz & Blues
, 5:00pm - 8:00pm
The Ship Inn, Rye
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Import iCal event to your calendar ...Make your way to the Ship Inn, Rye located at the lower end of town on the Strand to experience the very best in free live music during the festival. Get a group of friends together enjoy the superb music and grab a bite to eat and a cool drink. The festival is delighted to ... read more
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The Big Smoke Family
, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Kino Digital, Rye
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Import iCal event to your calendar ...The festival welcomes this amazing band to close the festival on the outdoor community stage on Monday 29 August. The Big Smoke Family is a collective led by drummer Roy Pfeffer. The band draw from the spirit of New Orleans Funk & Mardi Gras Indians, infusing their driving horn lines with heavy beats and live ... read more
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Porch Swing Blues Duo
, 8:00pm - 11:00pm
The Grapevine Champagne and Jazz Bar, Rye
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Import iCal event to your calendar ...Join us at the Grapevine to experience the best free live music during the festival. Having spent years on the New Orleans music bar and coffee house circuit as a singer/songwriter, and ten productive years in California and Texas. Their fingerpicking blues style combines with a fine bluesman’ s voice – intensely expressive and impressive, ... read more
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Emili Sandé
, 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Rye
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Import iCal event to your calendar ...World renowned British singer-songwriter Emeli Sandé will close the 10th Anniversary Rye International Jazz & Blues Festival We are absolutely thrilled to welcome Emeli to headline our anniversary festival with an incredibly special and intimate solo show, what an wonderful privilege to be presenting Emeli at the stunning and truly unique setting of St Mary’s ... read more
October 2022
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Entertaining Mr Stone Live
, 8:30pm - 10:30pm
The Pipemakers Arms, Rye
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Import iCal event to your calendar ...Original and well-crafted songs played with intensity and flair; music for bobbing around, singing along, and wiping away the odd tear; a semi-acoustic trio rooted in post-punk South London, filtered through the gentler country air of East Sussex and Kent. ... read more
December 2022
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Entertaining Mr Stone Live
, 8:30pm - 10:30pm
The Queen's Head Inn, Rye
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Import iCal event to your calendar ...Original and well-crafted songs played with intensity and flair; music for bobbing around, singing along, and wiping away the odd tear; a semi-acoustic trio rooted in post-punk South London, filtered through the gentler country air of East Sussex and Kent. ... read more
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