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Tickets & After Parties

24 June 2011

Tickets are still on sale for the festival and you can buy them here. As it is so close to the festival we are now issuing e-tickets. Limited tickets will be available on the door.

If the festival itself is not enough and you need a good boogie, why not come to one of our after parties held on each night of the festival? Friday and Saturdays after parties will be held at the Hare & Hounds in Kings Heath. The Hare & Hounds is a short distance from Moseley Park and a nice walk  on a summer’s eve.  The Bull’s Head in Moseley will host Sunday’s after party.

Friday will see a DJ set from music lover and broadcaster Gilles Peterson.

Saturday night will see Matthew Herbert take the reigns after his headlining set in Moseley Park.

On Sunday Craig Charles will take his Funk and Soul Club over the road to the Bull’s Head where you can carry on partying till the small hours with Craig and Freestyle DJ Sam Redmore.

Tickets can be bought here.

 

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Craig Charles interviews Booker T

30 May 2011

Craig Charles interviewed the legendary Booker T on the Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show on BBC6 Music on Saturday. It’s a wonderful, long interview with insights into  Booker T‘s music interspersed with classic tunes and unusual covers which I’m sure we will be hearing at the festival. Booker T will be closing Mostly Jazz on Sunday, the day guest curated by the Craig Charles Funk and Soul Club. We are honoured that such a legend will be joining us.

You can listen to the show for the next five days here. Craig’s interview with Booker T is from 1:32:00.

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Craig Charles sings the praises of The Mostly Jazz Festival

18 May 2011

Craig Charles made this lovely video for us. The Craig Charles Funk and Soul Club will be curating Sunday at the festival.

As Craig says we will be welcoming artists including Pigbag, Brassroots and Smoove & Turrell amongst others. Booker T will close the festival on Sunday belting out his Hammond rhythm and blues hits including, we’re sure the classic Green Onions, made famous with the backing of the MGs.

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Full line up announced

5 April 2011

The full line up for 2011′s Mostly Jazz Festival is now up! We are also very excited that this year the festival will take place over three days from 1-3 July.

This year’s headline acts include Booker T, Matthew Herbert Big Band and The Cinematic Orchestra with DJ sets and after-parties from Gilles Peterson and Craig Charles’ Funk & Soul Club. This year we have also teamed up again with Birmingham’s finest promoters Leftfoot, Birmingham Jazz & Yardbird to bring you this stellar line up. Check out the full festival line up here.

Please keep an eye on the blog for updates. You can also follow us @mostly_jazz and  on Facebook.

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Can’t wait to celebrate Mardi Gras!

14 February 2011

Not only is festival compere Criag Charles going to be town but this BIG New Orleans style party has also got local band the Atlantic Players doing their first ever show – a nice little warm up for the festival in July.

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Craig Charles: ‘AWOOGA-AWOOGA-AWOOGA!’

11 February 2011

Craig Charles introduces the legendary Sun Ra Arkestra in 2010. Photo Credit Dick Jones.

We’re pleased to have BBC Radio 6Music’s funk and soul pioneer joining us again. What’s more, Mostly Jazz’s Sunday will officially be the CRAIG CHARLES FUNK & SOUL CLUB with performances from some of Craig’s favourite acts. Craig will be master of ceremonies; introducing the acts and bringing the second stage to a close, opening his trunk of funk for a DJ set live in Moseley Park.

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Booker T is Booked for Mostly Jazz on Sunday 3rd July

31 January 2011

Booker T - the man behind 'Green Onions' and so many other hits. Photo Credit Gary Copelander

Topping off the whole weekend, we’ve got Booker T headlining on Sunday night. We can’t wait to hear the iconic sounds of household hits like ‘Green Onions’, ‘Melting Pot’ and the cricket theme tune ‘Soul Limbo’ filling Moseley Park. Over the course of his long and much esteemed career, Booker T has collaborated with Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Neil Young and Stevie Wonder, also the legendary leader o f Booker T. & The MG’s, he is one of the biggest musical forces to come out of America so it’s a real treat to have him joining us. We’ll definitely be down the front for a dance!

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