Exciting news and a great endorsement of the work produced through mjf originals.

We are delighted to be able to let you know about the two new commissioned works we’ve got lined up for you for 2012 through our mjf originals scheme, the premières of which will be major highlights of this year’s programme.  

We are now selling our last remaining mjf 2011 t-shirts for only £5 a piece. We still have a few left of most sizes in both colours.

Thank you to all, who have sent us their music. We have received a fantastic amount of applications and are very exciting to start listening to and reading them all. Please keep checking back and/or join our mailing list for news, updates and previews.

We are deligthed to announce the dates of next year’s mjf: 13-21 July 2012!

Why not give an mjf friend membership? 

We’ve teamed up with our friends at Manchester Camerata to present a series of post-concert events at the RNCM and Bridgewater Hall. A selection of mjf artists past and present will be playing music to complement the concert material performed by the Camerata earlier in the evening. The post-concert events are free and begin this coming Saturday… Sat 24 Sep 2011 – RNCM: Michael Cretu – double bass Ed Barnwell – piano Complementing the Hungarian Portrait, charismatic Romanian bassist Michael Cretu performs a selection of his Transylvanian-styled compositions along with the resolute and passionate playing of pianist Ed Barnwell. Sat 15 Oct 2011 – RNCM : Sara Dowling – voice Andy Kingslow – piano Continuing the words and music theme, the commanding vocalist Sara Dowling teams up with the versatile and energetic pianist Andy Kingslow to perform a surprising mixture of songs, ranging from overlooked jazz standards to re-arrangements of

We are now accepting submissions for the 2012 festival programme, for mjf originals and for mjf introduces. 

A big thank you to all who came to the festival and watched the wide array of performances during the 9 days. The overall numbers for Manchester Jazz Festival 2011 were 37,000. There is more planned for the autumn so come back and visit the website in September!

The 2011 mjf raffle has now been drawn. To see if you were one of the lucky winners, please click here