City of Derry Jazz and Big Band Festival

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Welcome to the 15th City of Derry

The festival, now in its 15th year will offer music lovers a fantastic programme of live music between 28th April and 2nd May and is one of the region’s most anticipated and talked about social events of the year.

CONTENTS 2016 Festival Headliner

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Jazz Festival Hub

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Speakeasy at the Playhouse

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Organised by Derry City and Strabane District Council, the Jazz Festival features live music acts at over 70 venues and featuring over 200 musical acts over the Bank Holiday weekend.

Spotlight on Jazz Legends

Among the popular acts returning to the festival this year are Red Stripe Band, The Jive Aces, Ricky Cool & the In Crowd, G & His Crazy Gang, Cat Scratch Fever featuring Western Valley Hot Club, Bluez Katz, Harry Connolly Band, Jaydee Brass Band, Jiveoholics, Wild, Velocity Brown & The Hot Rods, Kings of Rhythm, Les Swinging Lovers, Oo-Bop-Sh’Bam and many more!

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Must See Events Thu 28 & Fri 29 April 8-9 Must See Events Sat 30 April 11 Must See Events Sun 1 & Mon 2 May

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Dine out with Jazz

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Al Fresco Jazz

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Jazz in the Community

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Jazz Masterclasses

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Jazz at City Hotel

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Jazz at Da Vincis Hotel

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Accommodation

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Venues Map

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Coming Soon

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Useful Information

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2016 FESTIVAL HEADLINER

Roy Ayers

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Vibraphonist/vocalist Roy Ayers is among the best-known, most loved and respected jazz/R&B artists on the music-scene today.

Date: Sunday 1st May Venue: St Columb’ s Hall Time: Doors open at 8pm Admission: £20

Tickets on sale from Millennium Forum Box Office 028 7126 4455 Now in his fourth decade in the music business, Ayers, known as the Godfather of Neo-soul, continues to bridge the gap between generations of music lovers.

In the 60’s he was an award-winning jazz vibraphonist, and transformed into a popular R&B band leader in the 70’s/80’s. Today, the dynamic music man is an iconic figure still in great demand and whose music has been sampled by industry heavyweights including Mary J. Blige, Erykah Badu, 50 Cent, A Tribe Called Quest, Tupac and Ice Cube. Many of Ayers’ songs including: ‘Everybody Loves the Sunshine’, ’Searchin’, ‘Running Away’ have been frequently sampled and remixed by DJ’s worldwide. Ayers is a recipient of the Congress of Racial Equality Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Jazz Festival Hub This year there will be two key venues to allow visitors to kickback, relax, and enjoy the authentic Jazz experience in style. Bennigans Bar and The Playhouse will host a stellar line up of locally and internationally acclaimed Jazz Musicians.

Bennigans Bar

The Playhouse

Already famed for its weekly Jazz Club run by The Derry Jazz Society, Bennigans will host multiple acts daily over the five days of the festival including Irish Jazz icons Nigel Mooney and Gay McIntyre as well as international artists such as Charlie Wood (Memphis), Liane Carroll (UK) and Jason Rebello (UK).

The Playhouse are delighted to be a key Jazz Hub in what has become Ireland’s biggest jazz music extravaganza, featuring some of the biggest names in jazz, blues, jive, swing and dance.

2015 is set to be even bigger and better than before with performances at the Playhouse from Jazz festival favourites Gay McIntyre, Paul McIntyre and David Lyttle to name a few.

Daily Tickets are available 40 Seated, £10 each 20 Standing, £5 each.

To book tickets call 028 7126 9127 or visit www.bennigansbar.com

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To enquire about any of the shows or to book tickets please contact The Playhouse Box Office on 028 7126 8027

Speakeasy The Original Speakeasy is back, but now The Playhouse takes you forward in time on a journey into the Story of Billie Holiday and the Andrew Sisters!

Date: Thurs 28 April to Sun 1 May Time: 9.30pm Admission: 5 Bucks Fresh from touring with the ‘Swinging At The Cotton Club’ Theatre Tour throughout the UK, diva Marlene Hill will perform as the great Lady Day at the official bar of the Jazz Festival.

Audiences will be transported to a Vaudevillian underground with new surprise performances, divas and LOTS of dress-up style.

Always sold out ahead of time, get your ticket and secret password for a completely different night of music, danger, excitement and old fashioned post war punch!

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Spotlight on Jazz Legends Jason Rebello

Liane Carroll London born and Hastings raised, award winning singer-pianist Liane Carroll is one of the UK’s greatest musical treasures. A soulful, emotive singer, she is capable of reducing listeners to tears with her heartbreaking ability to inhabit a lyric or of making an audience jump for joy with her breath-taking vocal virtuosity.

What really makes Carroll stand out however is the way that she delivers every song as though she wrote it.

A classically trained pianist since she was three, she possesses a true musicality that lifts her interpretations into the realms of art in their own right and to hear her sing event the best-known standard or the most hackneyed pop song is to hear that song afresh.

Liane will perform a solo concert in Bennigans Bar and Jazz Club on Friday 29th April at 4pm.

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British pianist Jason Rebello is regarded as one of the most inventive pianists to emerge from the UK since he burst onto the scene in the early 90’s with a run of albums for the BMG label. Jason has worked mainly with electronic keyboards in his own groups (as well as with Sting and Jeff Beck); but now he has decided it’s time to say something on the instrument he loves. In early 2016 Jason will release and tour his debut solo piano album, featuring mostly originals inspired by the people and places that have been important in his career.

Jason will perform material from his new solo album in Bennigans Bar and Jazz Club on Sunday 1st May at 3pm.

Gay McIntyre

Jean Toussaint

Often hailed as Derry’s own Father of Jazz, Gay McIntyre has been entertaining music lovers in the North West for over 60 years.

Born in the Caribbean, Grammywinning jazz saxophone giant, Jean Toussaint started his musical career in a calypso band before studying jazz at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston. He began his international career as a member of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers in 1982.

After four and a half years in the band alongside Terence Blanchard, Donald Harrison, Lonnie Plaxico and Mulgrew Miller, he settled in London, quickly becoming a key figure in British jazz. Toussaint has maintained a considerable presence as bandleader in Europe having recorded 10 albums as a leader. As a sideman, Toussaint has worked with McCoy Tyner, Max Roach, Cedar Walton, Gil Evans and Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts. He will join Derry’s own John Leighton Trio for the performance on Sunday 1st May at 8pm in Bennigans Bar.

Known across Ireland, the UK and Europe as one of the finest exponents of jazz music ever, Gay has received countless plaudits and rave reviews, and featured in a staggering 1200 episodes of ‘Tea Time with Tommy’ for UTV, followed by ‘The White Line’, which was broadcast worldwide. You can see Gay in action numerous times throughout the festival, popping up to support his son Paul McIntyre, and at his own gig in Bennigans on Saturday 30th April.

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MUST SEE EVENTS

Thursday 28th April Festival Opening Event Guildhall // 6pm-8pm Officially opening this year’s festival in style with ‘A Birthday Celebration in honour of Derry Jazz Legend Gay McIntyre with The Paul McIntyre Trio and a selection of performances by Derry jazz artists including Johnny Quigley, George Hasson, Joe Quigley, John & Fiona Trotter, Jim Whiteside, Jim McDermott and Jackie Molloy.

Taking place in the Guildhall – admission is free. A perfect opportunity to enjoy a wealth of talent under one roof. Everyone Welcome!

Bourbon Swing Band

Wild

Foyleside Food Quarter // 4pm

Spaghetti Junction // 8pm

Midnight Blue Everglades Hotel // 7pm

Dave Martin

Manouche Swing & The Jive Aces Mayors Charity Evening // Da Vincis // 9.30pm // £7

The Maldron Hotel // 8pm

Conor McGinty Jacks Bar // 7:30pm

McHugh & Talbot Sing Rodgers & Hart The Playhouse // 8pm // £5

Harry Connolly Band Michael Barkley Quartet Bennigans Bar // 9pm

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City Hotel // 9:30pm

The Ska Beats The Bentley Bar // 10pm

Friday 29th April Liane Carroll

Palais Swing Band

Les Swinging Lovers

Bennigans Bar // 4pm

Bishops Gate Hotel // 9pm

City Hotel // 11pm

David Lyttle // John Goldsby // Tom Harrison The Playhouse // 8pm // £8

Nigel Mooney Bennigans Bar // 8pm

The Motown Brothers

Dave Martin Buble Rat Pack Swing Show

Granny Annie’s // 11pm

Everglades Hotel // 9:30pm // £10

Suzanne Savage & John Leighton

Mission Impossible

Bennigans Bar // Midnight

Waterfoot Hotel // 10pm

Wild The Maldron Hotel // 9pm

The Dream Band Da Vincis Hotel // 10:30pm

Definitive Rat Pack Millennium Forum // 8pm // £17.50-£24.50

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INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY

Saturday 30th April

Derry Celebrates International Jazz Day International Jazz Day brings together communities, schools, artists, historians, academics, and jazz enthusiasts all over the world to celebrate and learn about jazz and its roots, future and impact. The day aims to raise awareness of the need for inter-cultural dialogue and mutual understanding; and reinforce international cooperation and communication. We are delighted to be involved with the worldwide event this year with some fabulous entertainment.

BBC Radio Ulster Jazz Showcase Date: Saturday 30 April Time: 8pm Venue: The Guildhall John Toal introduces the Ulster Orchestra live at the City of Derry Jazz Festival.

They’ll be joined in the Guildhall by a host of talent, including jazz percussionist Ed Dunlop, winner of BBC Northern Ireland’s Young Musicians’ Platform Award, and our big-hitting jazz performers Dana Masters, Scott Flannigan and Linley Hamilton.

To apply for tickets, visit bbc.co.uk/tickets.

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MUST SEE EVENTS

Charlie Wood Trio Bennigans Bar are buzzing with excitement as they welcome back the internationally acclaimed, Charlie Wood and his trio. Charlie Wood is a singer/ songwriter and keyboardist whose eclectic musical style incorporates elements of jazz, blues, traditional R&B and popular music. In October 2014, Wood became the 136th recipient of a Brass Note on Beale Street, the Memphis equivalent of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Anna Nolan Trio Bishops Gate Hotel // 1pm

Jazz Master Class John Goldsby // The Studio Millennium Forum // 2pm

An Evening with Anne Tracey & Friends Holywell // 7:30pm

Vintage Jazz Ball, City Hotel // 9:30pm // £12

Jean Toussaints: Roots & Herbs The Playhouse // 8pm // £8

Gay McIntyre

Definitive Rat Pack

Bennigans Bar // 3pm

Millennium Forum // 8pm // £17.50-£24.50

Cafe Jazz Project

Jive Aces & Under the Boardwalk, Celebrating 50yrs of The Drifters

Everglades Hotel // 5pm

Lee Hedley Band

Gerard Bradley & Joan Talbot Quartet

Mirenda Rosenberg

Waterfoot Hotel // 7pm

Da Vincis // 9pm

The Maldron Hotel // 9pm

Manouche Swing & The Jive Aces Mayors Charity Evening // Da Vincis // 9.30pm // £7

John Leighton Organ ft. Nigel Price Bennigans Bar // Midnight

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MUST SEE EVENTS

Sunday 1st May Jazz Master Classes

Janet Sidel Trio

Red Stripe Band

Dennis Rollins – 1pm // Shane Forbes - 5pm // The Studio Millennium Forum

Bishops Gate Hotel // 9pm

Da Vincis (Spirit Bar) // 10pm

Mission Impossible

The Stars of the Commitments with The Mindbenders Support Act

Cafe Jazz Project Waterfoot Hotel // 1pm

Paul McIntyre & Friends The Playhouse // 2pm // £6

Jason Rebello Solo Bennigans Bar // 4pm

Jean Toussaint Quartet Bennigans Bar // 8pm

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The Maldron Hotel // 9pm

The Rumble Club featuring Velocity Brown & The Hot Rods Sandinos // 9pm // £8

City Hotel // 11pm // £15

Bryon Wallen Quintet

The Jersey Boys

Bennigans Bar // Midnight

Da Vincis (Grill Room) // 9:30pm // £10

Definitive Rat Pack Millennium Forum // 8pm // £17.50-£24.50

Monday 2nd May Cat Scratch Fever featuring Western Valley Hot Club

Derry Jazz Quartet

Lee Hedley Band

City Hotel // 2:30pm

The Bentley Bar // 5pm

Bennigans Bar // 1pm

The Ska Beats

Etesian The Maldron Hotel // 1pm

Granny Annie’s // 3pm

Jiveoholics The Dungloe // 3pm

Zrazy Silver Street // 1pm

Palais Swing Band Bennigans Bar // 6pm

Dave Martin Da Vincis // 2pm

Victoria Geelan: Nina Simone The Mindbenders Silver Street // 4pm

The Playhouse // 8pm // £8

Velvet Alibi Bennigans Bar // 11pm

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DINE OUT WITH JAZZ

Foyleside Food Court

28TH APRIL

29TH APRIL

30TH APRIL

The Bourbon Swing Band 4pm

The Jive Aces with Gary & Sue Dance Class 1pm

Cafe Jazz Project 1pm

The Calgach Singers 7pm

The Sandwich Co

Anna Nolan Trio 2pm

1ST MAY

2ND MAY

Ricky Cool & The In Crowd 2pm

Les Swinging Lovers 2pm

Noella Hutton 12:30pm

Sharon Graham 10:30am Mick Friel 12:30pm

Pier 59

Luke McLaughlin 8pm

Shamie Heaney 8pm

Marc Forbes Trio 3pm Etesian 9pm

Pitchers Restaurant Silver Street

Anna Nolan & Co 9pm The Ska Beats 10pm

Cat Scratch Fever ft.

Western Valley Hot Club 7pm The Ska Beats 10:30pm

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Sharon Graham & Ruth James Heart & Soul 2pm

Gerard Bradley & Joan Talbot 4pm Velocity Brown & The Hot Rods 7pm

The Jiveoholics 5pm

Zrazy 1pm The Mindbenders 4pm

28TH APRIL

Spaghetti Junction

Wild 8pm

The Cosh Bar & Grill

The Gate Bistro

29TH APRIL

Jiveoholics 11pm

Justin Black 9pm

Rebecca Harkin 9pm

30TH APRIL

1ST MAY

Rebecca Harkin Trio 8:30pm

Paul Lambert 8pm

The Roaring Forties 8pm

Mike Wilgar Band 8pm

The Ska Beats 11pm

Ricky Cool & the In Crowd 10:30pm

Phyllis Curran 6pm

Rebecca Harkin 6pm

Ruth James 9pm

Justin Black 9pm

The Magnet

Bluez Katz 10pm

Jiveoholics 10pm

Hectors House 9pm

Timberquay

Thumpin’ Jellyfish 7pm

Noella Hutton 7pm

Dave Martin 7pm

City Hotel

Jazz & Dine with the Foyle Show Band 4 Course Meal & Entertainment 9:30pm - £29.95pp

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GUILDHALL SQUARE & CRAFT VILLAGE

Al Fresco Jazz Craft Village Saturday 30th April

The Docs 11am // 1pm The Euphonics 1pm-3pm Harry Connolly Band 3pm-5pm Sunday 1st May

Andrew Monk 1pm-3pm Pontious Pilate & The Nail Drivers 3pm-5pm

Guildhall Square Thursday 28th April

Jaydee Brass Band 5:45pm Saturday 30th April

A full day of Jazz provided by local schools.

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Jazz in the Community Friday 29th April

Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin Great James Street // 4pm-6pm Second Line (NI) will run an open workshop for musicians who would like to participate in the second line jazz parade. Musicians of all ages will have the chance to learn from high quality jazz professionals in this 2-hour workshop.

Saturday 30th April

Ardnashee School & College Jazz Fest!

Quixotic // 1:15pm Tuned in DJs // 1:45pm Red Stripe Band // 2pm To enjoy an afternoon of jazz, pop and rock, come on down to the Playtrail at Ardnashee School and College and be entertained by our students; Tuned In and Red Stripe Band - Stomping their boogie-woogie rhythms for over 20 years.

Please note that this is a schools only event. For more information contact Tuned In on 028 7136 7029

DLD Second Line Parade Castle Street, Guildhall Square // 1pm It’s time to step up and step out for the DLD Second Line Parade. Second Line street performances have always been connected to New Orleans, traditionally referred to as the birthplace of Jazz.

Watch as up to 200 performers take to the City streets.

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Jazz Masterclasses Venue: The Studio, Millennium Forum Tickets: £10 or £20 for weekend pass

The City of Derry Jazz Festival is proud to present for the first time, three masterclasses by respected visiting jazz musicians. The Masterclasses will take place in the Millennium Forum studio theatre and are open to all ages and abilities.

John Goldsby Saturday 30th April // Midday John Goldsby has been bassist with the Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) Big Band in Cologne, Germany, since 1994. Originally from Louisville, Kentucky, he was active on the New York scene from 1980 through to 1994 and has worked with Tom Harrell, Michael Brecker, Barney Kessel and John Lewis. In addition to his numerous albums as a leader and sideman, he is a highly respected educator. He has written three books, including the hugely successful ‘The Jazz Bass Book’.

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Dennis Rollins Castle Street, Guildhall Square // 1pm Dennis is well known on the British and international jazz scene and is celebrated for his versatility and muscular approach to playing the trombone. Over the years he has established a reputation as an artist of excellence, and has lent his unique and stylish talents to some of this country’s and indeed the world’s top jazz and pop personalities including Courtney Pine, Baba Maal, Jamiroquai, US3, Brand New Heavies, and Blur.

Shane Forbes Sunday 01 May // 5pm Shane Forbes is one of the most in demand young jazz drummers in the UK. Shane is best known as co-leader of the breakthrough group Empirical.

This cutting edge group has been highly praised by jazz royalty such as Wynton Marsalis.

The true definition of a ‘gigging’ musician, Forbes has performed with many of the biggest names in British jazz including Jean Toussaint, Soweto Kinch, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Courtney Pine, Steve Grossman, Robert Mitchell, Julian Joseph, Abram Wilson and Cleveland Watkiss, to name a few.

He has a collection of awards under his belt.

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Jazz at the City Hotel Thursday 28th April

Harry Connolly Band 9:30pm Friday 29th April

Saturday 30th April

The Jazz Ladds // 2pm

Red Stripe Band // 2pm

Cat Scratch Fever Featuring the Western Valley Hot Club // 5pm

Lee Hedley Band // 5pm

Portobello // 8:30pm The Roaring Forties 11pm

Derry Jazz Quartet 5:30pm Ricky Cool & the In Crowd // 8:30pm Les Swinging Lovers 11pm

Live in the Corinthian Ballroom Jazz & Dine with the Foyle Show Band 7:30pm // 4 Course Meal £29.95 pp

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Sunday 1st May

Live in the Corinthian Ballroom Vintage Jazz Ball Support Act: The Jive Aces 9:30pm Under the Boardwalk Celebrating 50yrs of the Drifters // 11pm // Tickets £12

Oo-Bop-Sh’Bam 7:30pm The Iconettes Motown and Soul Band 10:30pm

Live in the Corinthian Ballroom Support Act The Mindbenders 9:30pm The Stars of the Commitments 11pm // Tickets £15

Monday 2nd May

Derry Jazz Quartet 2:30pm

Jazz at Da Vincis Hotel Thursday 28th April MAYORS CHARITY EVENT

Manouche Swing 9:30pm

Saturday 30th April

Sue & Gary Dance Workshop (Spirit Bar) 1pm

The Jive Aces 11pm

Sunday 1st May

Harry Connolly Band 1pm Jaydee Brass Band 10:45pm

Friday 29th April

Lee Hedley Band 5pm The Dream Band 10:30pm

Mirenda Rosenberg 9pm DJ 10:30pm

The Jive Aces 11pm Jersey Boys 9:30pm // ÂŁ10 Red Stripe Band (Spirit Bar) 10pm Monday 2nd May

Dave Martin 2pm

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ACCOMMODATION

Best Western White Horse Hotel

Maldron Hotel

68 Clooney Road Tel: 028 7186 0606 www.whitehorsehotel.biz

Butcher Street Tel: 028 7137 1000 www.maldronhotels.com

Bed & Breakfast Single £89.00 Twin/Double £99.00

£70 pps 1 night, bed & breakfast (based on minimum of 2 people sharing)

2 Nights Bed & Breakfast with 4 Course Evening Meal £109.00 Per Person Sharing

£135 pps 2 night’s bed & breakfast plus 1 evening meal on night of choice (based on minimum of 2 people sharing)

Quote Visitderry to avail of Rates

Everglades Hotel Prehen Road, Derry Tel: 028 7132 1066 www.hastingshotels.com/ everglades-hotel Thursday 28th April & Friday 29th April 2016 £90.00 Bed and Breakfast (Per Room) Saturday 30th & Sunday 1st May 2016 No Availability

Waterfoot Hotel Caw Roundabout, Waterside Tel: 028 7134 5500 www.waterfoothotel.com Room Only per night £89.00.

Bed & Breakfast per night £104.00.

2 Nights Bed & Breakfast 1 Evening Meal £119 pps.

Ramada Da Vinci’s Hotel 15 Culmore Road, Derry Tel: 028 7127 9111 www.davincishotel.com Room only rates from £102 per room per night. 1 night bed & breakfast from £59.00 per person sharing.

1 night dinner, bed & breakfast from £75.00 per person sharing.

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City Hotel Queen’s Quay Tel: 028 7136 5800 // www.cityhotelderry.com Jazz & Dine offer 1 night bed, breakfast and evening meal from £119 pps.

Jazz Festival Offer 2 nights bed, breakfast and 1 evening meal from £145 pps.

Rat Pack Tickets Offer 1 night bed, breakfast & evening meal plus tickets to the Rat Pack Show in the Millennium Forum. From £168 per night pps.

Beech-Hill Country House Hotel 32 Ardmore Rd, Londonderry Tel: 028 7134 9279 // www.beech-hill.com

Belfray Country Inn 171 Glenshane Road, Londonderry Tel: 028 7130 1480 thebelfraycountryinn.co.uk One night bed and breakfast £85 Double/ twin room.

One night bed and breakfast £75 single room.

One night bed and breakfast £95 family room.

Bishop’s Gate Hotel 24 Bishop Street, Derry-Londonderry Tel: (028) 7114 0300 sales@bishopsgatehotelderry.com ww.bishopsgatehotelderry.com

Heritage Rooms from £70.00 per person per night - includes full irish breakfast.

1 Night Dinner Bed & Breakfast £179 per room based on 2 guests sharing.

Superior Rooms from £80.00 per person per night - includes full Irish breakfast.

2 Nights Bed & Breakfast, Dinner on one evening £159 pps.

Junior Suites from £105.00 per person per night - includes full irish breakfast.

Master Suites from £125.00 per person per night - includes full irish breakfast

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VENUES 1 Ardnashee School

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The Rec Club

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Sandwich Co. – The Diamond

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Argyle Arms

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Anchor Bar

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Badgers Bar

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Sandinos

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Bennigans

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Timberquay

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The Bentley Bar

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Tracy’s Bar

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Craft Village

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White Horse Hotel

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City Hotel

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Waterfoot Hotel

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The Cosh Bar & Grill

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Masons

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Collon Bar

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Pier 59

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Custom House

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Bishops Gate Hotel

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Da Vincis Hotel

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Amelias Bar

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The Delacroix

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Blackbird

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The Derby Bar

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Dananos

Don Bar

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The Quays

The Dungloe

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Georges Bar

Everglades Hotel

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Granny Annie’s

Foyleside Shopping Centre

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Holywell

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Guildhall

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Spaghetti Junction

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Gweedore Bar

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The Carraig Bar

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The Gate Bistro

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The Ritz Bar

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Grand Central

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Jacks Bar

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The Magnet

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Maldron Hotel

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Metro Bar

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Millennium Forum

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Monico Bar

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Park Bar

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The Phoenix Bar

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Pitchers Wine Bar

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The Playhouse

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River Inn / Silver Street

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The Rocking Chair

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Iona Inn

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COMING SOON

Strabane Half Marathon Date: 15th May Derry City and Strabane District Council in conjunction with Lifford Athletic Club have organised a crossborder Half-Marathon and 5K Fun Run aimed at attracting athletes of all ages and abilities.

Hell & Back Date: 21st May Location: Newtownstewart First in Northern Ireland!

The 8km route snakes around three spectacular lakes as well offering stunning views of Baronscourt’s majestic country manor. www.hellandback.ie

NW Angling Fair Date: 28th-29th May Location: Strabane A host of world class fly dressers, casters and top angling celebrities will gather for this year’s fair.

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Walled City Marathon

Ulster Rally

Date: 5th June Location: Derry

Date: 19th–20th August Location: Ebrington base, Derry and Strabane routes

The SSE Walled City Marathon sees athletes from Ireland, Britain and across the world compete over a stunning 26.2 mile course that takes in all the sights and sounds of the city. www.thewalledcity marathon.com

The City and district will host the Ulster Rally in August 2016, which is one of a select number of events included in the prestigious MSA British Rally and TROA Irish Tarmac Rally Championships.

Foyle Maritime Festival

Hallowe’en Carnival

Date: 9th-17th July

Date: 29th–31st October Location: Derry & Strabane

Join us for another unforgettable Homecoming Party as the Clipper Round The World Yacht Race 2015/16 docks on the banks of the Foyle.

Foyle Cup Date: 18th-24th July Location: Derry The Hughes Insurance Foyle Cup is about more than the football. Join almost 3000 young footballers displaying their skills in Derry City and surrounding areas.

Voted best in the world destination in the world

by USA Today 2015. The world famous Hallowe’en carnival returns to Derry City and Strabane District this October with a bigger and even busier programme of events than ever before.

For full events listings visit www.derrystrabane.com – register there to be kept up to date with all of the latest events.

USEFUL INFORMATION Flight Information: www.cityofderryairport.com Telephone: (028) 7181 0784 Media Information: Telephone: (028) 7137 6504 or Email: jazz@derrystrabane.com Accommodation Enquiries Telephone: (028) 7126 7284 Website: www.visitderry.com

This document is available upon request in a number of formats including large print, Braille, PDF, audiocassette and minority languages. For further information on alternative formats please contact: Telephone: (028) 71 253 253 Email: equality@derrystrabane.com

NOTE: Information contained within this programme is correct at time of printing.

The City of Derry Jazz and Big Band Festival Organisers reserve the right to make programme changes.

Keep up to date at

www.cityofderryjazzfestival.com

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