Herne Bay Jazz And Swing Festival 2021 at The King's Hall

BIGGEST LINEUP EVER FOR
HERNE BAY JAZZ AND SWING FESTIVAL
TOMMY BLAIZE, IAN SHAW, KAI HOFFMAN, LOUISE COOKMAN, PETER LONG, ELIANE CORREA, ENRICO TOMASSO, JOHN ETHERIDGE, JULIET KELLY, KENT YOUTH JAZZ ORCHESTRA AND MORE
20 / 21 / 22, AUGUST, 2021
The fourth Herne Bay Jazz and Swing Festival returns to Herne Bay in August 2021 with its biggest line up to date.
Taking place in venues across the town including The King’s Hall, The Pier and The Herne Bay Museum, the programme presents many FREE and affordable events for all ages to enjoy from jazz aficionados to fans of great live music. All details are also available on our website www.hernebayjazzfestival.com....

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BIGGEST LINEUP EVER FOR
HERNE BAY JAZZ AND SWING FESTIVAL
TOMMY BLAIZE, IAN SHAW, KAI HOFFMAN, LOUISE COOKMAN, PETER LONG, ELIANE CORREA, ENRICO TOMASSO, JOHN ETHERIDGE, JULIET KELLY, KENT YOUTH JAZZ ORCHESTRA AND MORE
20 / 21 / 22, AUGUST, 2021
The fourth Herne Bay Jazz and Swing Festival returns to Herne Bay in August 2021 with its biggest line up to date.
Taking place in venues across the town including The King’s Hall, The Pier and The Herne Bay Museum, the programme presents many FREE and affordable events for all ages to enjoy from jazz aficionados to fans of great live music. All details are also available on our website www.hernebayjazzfestival.com.
Strictly Come Dancing superstar Tommy Blaize with support from Ronnie Scott’s regular Kai Hoffman appears on Friday August 20th.
Award-winning singer and presenter Ian Shaw singing his ‘When Bowie met Joni’ show on Saturday August 21st, alongside big band diva extraordinaire Louise Cookman with the Peter Long Orchestra.
Instrumentalists featured for FREE at Herne Bay Pier Stage this year include eclectic guitar virtuoso John Etheridge (Soft Machine / Stephane Grapelli / Andy Summers (the Police)) Enrico Tomasso “swing trumpeter par excellence” [Jazzwise Magazine], rising young Scottish saxophone star Rachael Cohen, acclaimed jazz singer and festival director Kai Hoffman, and Latina powerhouse pianist and composer Eliane Correa with her ten-piece Cuban ensemble La Evolución.
The series of FREE outdoor concerts at the King’s Hall roof terrace stage will include EFG London Jazz Festival regular Juliet Kelly presenting her fantastic Family Show, trombonist Geoff Mason (Len Philips Big Band, Martha and the Vandellas), and everything from swing jazz to the flavours of New Orleans with Java Jam, The Native Oysters, The Daisy Bowlers and the Kent Youth Jazz Orchestra Small Band.
There will also be a ‘late night hang’ following the Friday and Saturday concerts at the King’s Hall featuring specialist jazz and blues DJs to keep the festival atmosphere going.
A month-long Jazz in Herne Bay Art & History exhibition at the Seaside Museum, will be open from August 14- September 12, as well as two free film screenings at the King’s Hal over the festival weekend ("De-Lovely" (2004) and "Born to Be Blue" (2015)).
Since 2017, the stunning coastal setting has celebrated the best of live jazz and swing music with headliners including some of the greatest names in the industry.
Led by artistic director Kai Hoffman and Broadreach Records, HBJSF is a project led in association with Beach Creative Arts Centre, The King’s Hall Venues and the Herne Bay Pier Trust.
All proceeds from the three ticketed King’s Hall events will go towards supporting future festivals and community outreach projects. All other events are completely free to attend thanks to support from Canterbury City Council, Beach Creative Arts Centre, the Herne Bay Festival Charity, Jubilee Books and private sponsors.
Festival Director and performer Kai Hoffman says: “In 2020 we were unfortunately forced to postpone the festival due to Covid but we have taken this time to plan an expanded three- day festival weekend for August 20th-22nd, 2021. We are fortunate to have so many respected names from the jazz world in our programme this year including musical director of the Jazz Orchestra at Ronnie Scott’s, Peter Long who has hand-picked some of the finest session musicians in Europe for this Saturday event. We are extremely excited that our festival is putting Herne Bay on the map as a centre for musical excellence”.

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