2016 is a special year for Brecon Jazz – the year of its thirty-third birthday. It has also been the moment of its reinvention.
A group of local partners and organisations have come together in order to plan a more community-led Festival this year, perhaps a little smaller in scale but not in imagination. It is a learning journey, taking elements from the past – iconic spaces, a mix of headlines, street scene, social and folk activities, indoor and outdoor venues – and the features of the present. With fewer financial resources, we are making more use of our friends, networks and people, drawing on talent near to hand – or returning – helping us to reimagine a connected festival and weekend of celebration.
The jazz club has also been instrumental in curating special lineups and in drawing together, combining established and new talents, which you will find here. As Tina May observes, these special ensembles have not been seen or heard together before. Thus something new emerges from this artistic/organisational collaborative process.
View our exciting programme of concerts, exhibitions and workshops here http://breconjazz.club/wp/ Tickets can be bought online.
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