The Burton Agnes Jazz & Blues Festival, which began in 2007, celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2017.
Performers included jazz’s great Claire Martin OBE and Ray Gelato, Mississippi native Lisa Mills, and Belfast Blues legend Kaz Hawkins. To crown the celebrations a link was made with the Caribbean Island nation of Saint Lucia.
They now look forward to the next decade of the Burton Agnes Jazz and Blues Festival; great music in a great setting. Join them in 2018 on the weekend of Friday 13th July to Sunday 15th July.
‘They say that good things come in small packages. This may be one of the summer’s smallest gatherings, but it’s also one of the most sophisticated…’ Daily Mail
The festival is uniquely set in one of the UK’s finest Elizabethan stately piles, our very own Burton Agnes Hall.
“The location for the festival is spectacular…. the festival organiser, bouncing with charisma, with infectious enthusiasm, mixing with festival goers and seemingly everywhere all at once, has a great little festival chipping away at the established music hegemony” Bebop Spoken Here Live review
Over twenty five bands provide a weekend of Jazz and Blues from our manicured lawns and inside our ornately carved Great Hall.
We provide music for all tastes, from those seeking an ambient accompaniment to a glass of wine in the majestic and breath-taking grounds; to the jazz or blues aficionado wanting to get up close to star performers. Delicious baking from our courtyard cafe will be served in the tea tent; with locally roasted coffee brewed on our Gaggia coffee machine.
There is a fabulous range of locally sourced food on our food lawn; next door to our vintage ice cream van and its real dairy ice creams. Award winning Wold Top beers will be on tap, brewed just a few miles away.
There is camping for tents, caravans and motor homes in the beautiful surroundings of the adjacent Park Field, with hot showers laid on. For the children and young at heart there is balloon artistry and face painting and highlights of Burton Agnes’ grounds including a maze, giant games, jungle garden and woodland walk with forest creatures to find.
‘Possibly the most enjoyable jazz concert I’ve ever attended’. The Independent
‘Now this is a proper music festival’ The Times
One of The Daily Telegraph’s best fifteen festivals for the over 50s.
“This is a very English festival, with a wonderful laid-back atmosphere…superbly organised and efficiently run, which brought together such a wide range of musical styles across a successful weekend…Yes, this is a wonderful English festival.” Fatea Magazine
“Who could have imagined such an idyllic and sublime location for a Jazz and Blues Festival….thankfully somebody did…This unique venue and event is a must attend festival….make sure you get your tickets…I guarantee you won’t be disappointed.” Yorkshire Gig Guide
Artists will be announced over the coming weeks and months – please visit http://www.burtonagnes.com/Jazz_Festival/Line_Up.html / www.facebook.com/BurtonAgnesJazzBluesFestival/ to be kept up to date.
Tickets for the full weekend along with day and evening only tickets are available now at early bird discounted prices from here:
https://www.burtonagnes.com/Jazz_Festival/Tickets_and_Prices.html
You can also buy tickets by phoning the estate office weekdays 9am to 5pm on 01262 490 324 or by visiting Burton Agnes Hall and its courtyard shops.
