Manchester Jazz Festival » at a glance

Fri 26 July	19.00	Band on the Wall	Free by ballot	Jazz on 3: BBC Introducing
	20.00	Festival Pavilion Teepee	Free	DJ Doreen Edwards
	21.30	Matt & Phred’s	£5	Dark Matter

Sat 27 July	13.00	Festival Pavilion Teepee	£3	Yazz Ahmed Quartet
	15.00	Festival Pavilion Teepee	£3	Trish Clowes Tangent
	17.00	Festival Pavilion Teepee	£3	mjf international Ultra High Flamenco [Spain]
	19.30	Bridgewater Hall	£22.50 – £25	BBC Big Band with Claire Martin: The Big Band Divas
	20.00	Festival Pavilion Teepee	£12 (adv) / £14 (door)	Terri Shaltiel
	21.00	Band on the Wall	£17.50	The Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club – Lee Fields & The Expressions
	21.30	Matt & Phred’s	£5	Fresh Dixie Project

Sun 28 July	13.00	Festival Pavilion Teepee	£3	Music for Life Big Band feat. Mike Walker
	14.30	Midland Hotel – The Wyvern	£19.95	mjf afternoon tea Hammond & Sassoon
	15.00	Festival Pavilion Teepee	£3	Emilia Mårtensson & Ivo Neame
	17.00	Festival Pavilion Teepee	£3	mjf international Benoit Martiny Band [Luxembourg]
	19.00	Band on the Wall	£15 (adv)	Snarky Puppy
	19.30	Festival Pavilion Teepee	£12 (adv) / £14 (door)	Kefaya

Mon 29 July	13.00	Bridgewater Hall Foyer	Free	Paul Birchall Trio
	14.30	Festival Pavilion Teepee	Free	Times 4
	14.30	Midland Hotel – The Wyvern	£19.95	mjf afternoon tea Ben Cox & Jamie Safiruddin
	17.00	Festival Pavilion Teepee	Free	Locus
	18.30	RNCM Studio Theatre	£6	Efpi @ mjf Anton Hunter Trio – Johnny Hunter Quartet – Roadrunner Honey
	19.30	Festival Pavilion Teepee	£5	Moonlight Saving Time
	20.00	RNCM Theatre	£10	mjf international Take Five: Europe Live!: European Sunrise
	21.30	Matt & Phred’s	Free	Jazz Jam

Tue 30 July	13.00	Bridgewater Hall Foyer	Free	John Ellis Trio
	14.30	Festival Pavilion Teepee	Free	Cusp
	14.30	Midland Hotel – The Wyvern	£19.95	mjf afternoon tea Blue Ejder
	17.00	Festival Pavilion Teepee	Free	The Weave
	19.30	Festival Pavilion Teepee	£5	Billy Moon – Moss Project: What Do You See When You Close Your Eyes?
	20.00	Band on the Wall	£10 (adv) / £12 (door)	mjf international Stuart McCallum: Channel Four [France/UK]
	21.30	Matt & Phred’s	£5	Johnny Hunter Quartet

Wed 31 July	12.30	Festival Pavilion Teepee	Free	mjf introduces Los Sombreros
	13.00	Bridgewater Hall Foyer	Free	Pete Lyons LX:V Quintet
	14.30	Festival Pavilion Teepee	Free	The Markov Chain
	14.30	Midland Hotel – The Wyvern	£19.95	mjf afternoon tea Eulalia Peris & Angel Goñi-Moreno
	17.00	Festival Pavilion Teepee	Free	Turkey Circus
	18.30	RNCM Studio Theatre	£6	Efpi @ mjf Trio Riot
	19.30	Festival Pavilion Teepee	£5	Georgia Mancio Quartet
	20.00	RNCM Theatre	£22.50 / £18.50 / £15	Pharoah Sanders Quartet
	21.30	Matt & Phred’s	£5	Gypsies of Bohemia

Thu 1 August	12.30	Festival Pavilion Teepee	Free	mjf introduces Kurfuffle
	13.00	St Ann’s Church	Free	mjf international Antonio Serrano [Spain]
	14.30	Festival Pavilion Teepee	Free	Andy Stamatakis-Brown Trio
	14.30	Midland Hotel – The Wyvern	£19.95	mjf afternoon tea Ed Kainyek & George King
	17.00	Festival Pavilion Teepee	Free	Kevin Figes Quartet
	19.30	Festival Pavilion Teepee	£5	Taiwa
	20.00	Band on the Wall	£12 (adv) / £14 (door)	GoGo Penguin – Matthew Halsall Sextet
	21.30	Matt & Phred’s	£5	Alligator Gumbo

Fri 2 August	12.30	Festival Pavilion Teepee	Free	mjf introduces Apes Grapes
	13.00	St Ann’s Church	Free	Edward Barnwell
	14.30	Festival Pavilion Teepee	Free	Laura Jurd Quartet
	17.00	Festival Pavilion Teepee	Free	John Fleming Quartet
	18.30	RNCM Studio Theatre	£6	Efpi @ mjf Shatner’s Bassoon
	20.00	Festival Pavilion Teepee	£12 (adv) / £14 (door)	Ikestra
	20.00	RNCM Theatre	£10	mjf international The Dors [France/UK]
	21.30	Matt & Phred’s	£5	Skamel

Sat 3 August	13.00	Festival Pavilion Teepee	£3	Cloudmakers Trio
	15.00	Festival Pavilion Teepee	£3	Dice Factory
	17.00	Festival Pavilion Teepee	£3	Paradox Ensemble
	18.00	St Ann’s Church	£8 / £10	mjf originals The Felonious Monks
	20.00	Festival Pavilion Teepee	£13 (adv) / £16 (door)	Kirsty Almeida & The Troubadours – Riot Jazz Brass Band
	21.30	Matt & Phred’s	£5	New York Brass Band
	21.30	Band on the Wall	£11 (adv) / £12 (door)	Mr Scruff

Sun 4 August	13.00	Festival Pavilion Teepee	£3	Iain Ballamy & Gareth Williams
	14.45	Festival Pavilion Teepee	£3	mjf international Journal Intime plays Jimi Hendrix [France]
	16.30	Festival Pavilion Teepee	£3	The April Songs

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Box office / information desk
Roles include, but are not limited to:
selling concert tickets & merchandise
selling raffle tickets
providing information about the festival and the programme to the public
providing information about the area surrounding the venue you are in (where is a cash point, toilet etc)
providing information about and selling mjf friend memberships to the public
keeping accurate sales records
counting stock and keeping records
cashing up at the end of a shift / day
calculating and paying artist commission on CD & merhcandise sales

Front of House
Roles include, but are not limited to:
stewarding
handing out brochures
audience liaison (including gathering feedback)
providing information about the festival and the programme to the public
providing information about the area surrounding the venue you are in
selling raffle tickets
filling out audience monitoring forms

Audience research & monitoring
Roles include, but are not limited to:
filling out audience monitoring forms
carrying out audience research (e.g. via questionnaires)

Backstage
Roles include, but are not limited to:
assisting stage manager
artist liaison: greeting and informing arriving artists, helping them unload, taking them to the car park, showing them around
filling out PRS for Music forms
filling out artist monitoring forms
running errands
keeping volunteer & artist cabins tidy
keeping backstage area tidy

Runner
Roles include, but are not limited to:
running errands of all sorts

Flyering
Roles include, but are not limited to:
handing out flyers in city centre locations such as near the stations, Piccadilly Gardens, St Ann’s Square, Exchange Square
providing information about the festival and the programme to passers by

Selling raffle tickets
Roles include, but are not limited to:
selling raffle tickets to audiences and passers by
providing information about prizes, the draw etc
ensuring stubbs are filled out
ensuring money and stubbs are returned to raffle co-ordinator

Driving
This could be in own vehicle or mjf vehicles.
Roles include, but are not limited to:
driving artists to and from airport / accommodation / venue
driving staff or other guests
picking up / delivering things such as instruments or equipment

Admin
Roles include, but are not limited to:
data entering
filing / keeping records
helping with day-to-day administrative tasks in the mjf office (on-site and/or our main office)

Pre-production
Roles include, but are not limited to:
helping out on-site with practical preparations such as painting, putting down flooring, hanging up venue dressing / branding etc.
helping out in the office prior to the festival with adminstrative tasks
helping with moving furniture, materials and equipment from office down to the site
helping with setting up on-site office, volunteer and artist cabins

Post-production
Roles include, but are not limited to:
packing up the on-site office and moving materials back to our main office
taking down the site structures
data-entering & filing

Being a team leader
All team leader roles entail being responsible for the fulfillment of all tasks relating to a certain area of work, training and briefing volunteers working in your team.
We are seeking team leaders in these areas:
managing the box office / information stall at the Festival Pavilion
managing the information / merchandise stalls and Front of House teams at other venues
managing the Front of House team at the Festival Pavilion