The full lineup for the 2025 Cheltenham Jazz Festival (30 April-5 May) has been announced as follows below. Aside from the main stage shows in the “Festival Village” at Montpellier Gardens, there will be an array of one-off performances, free events, group workshops, family-orientated shows and late-night jams. Across the town, other venues will be involved, including Cheltenham Town Hall, the Parabola Arts Centre, Dunkertons and Hotel Du Vin, where there’ll be late-night jams. Tickets and more info are at cheltenhamfestivals.org/festivals/jazz-festival.
WEDNESDAY 30 APRIL
Katie Melua
Big Top
THURSDAY 1 MAY
Lulu
Big Top
Elles Bailey & Alice Armstrong
Arena
FRIDAY 2 MAY
Soul Jazz Summit – Guy Barker Big Band, BBC Concert Orchestra with vocalists – Emeli Sandé, Vanessa Haynes, Tommy Blaize, Lucy-Anne Daniels & Curtis Stigers
Big Top
Tom Walker
Big Top
Elli Ingram
Arena
Kokoroko
Cheltenham Town Hall
Big Boy Bloater
Dunkertons
Mark Kavuma
Parabola Arts Centre
Flight Call
Parabola Arts Centre
SATURDAY 3 MAY
Corinne Bailey Rae with Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Orchestra
Big Top
Jools Holland and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra
Big Top
Lisa Stansfield
Big Top
Showcase – Maya Delilah & Ni Maxine
Arena
Joe Armon Jones
Arena
Submotion Orchestra
Arena
Billy Cobham
Cheltenham Town Hall
Curtis Stigers
Cheltenham Town Hall
Remi Harris
Dunkertons
Cassie Kinoshi Brown Penny
Parabola Arts Centre
Daniel Casimir Big Band
Parabola Arts Centre
RBC & Siena Co-collaboration
Parabola Arts Centre
Sofia Jernberg & Alexander Hawkins
Parabola Arts Centre
Marco Mezquida – Tornado
Parabola Arts Centre
SUNDAY 4 MAY
Amadou & Mariam
Big Top
Beverly Knight
Big Top
David Gray
Big Top
Keyon Harrold
Arena
James Brandon Lewis Trio
Arena
Nubya Garcia
Cheltenham Town Hall
Claire Martin
Cheltenham Town Hall
Blind Boys of Alabama
Cheltenham Town Hall
Georgia Mancio & Alan Broadbent
Dunkertons
Anna Moss
Dunkertons
NYJO – The Fire Inside
Parabola Arts Centre
Byron Wallen – Hurricane Bells
Parabola Arts Centre
Poppy Daniels
Parabola Arts Centre
Olivia Murphy Orchestra
Parabola Arts Centre
MONDAY 5 MAY
Roger Daltrey
Big Top
Buena Vista All Stars
Big Top
Neil Cowley Trio
Arena
Kim Cypher
Arena
