Southport Jazz festival 2026 - Sunday - All Day Pass

Our 3 day festival comes to a close in fine style with our last 3 incredible shows!

12.00pm - 1.15pm   Wigan Youth Jazz Orchestra in Concert

3.00pm - 4.15pm   Baiana featuring Snowboy and The Haggis Horns

8.00pm - 10.30pm  iG4 Claire Martin, Nikki Iles, Karen Sharp and Ewan Hastie                                                                                                 

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Wigan Youth Jazz Orchestra

We are delighted to present the ever popular and hugely entertaining Wigan Youth Jazz Orchestra. WYJO is celebrating their 50th Anniversity this year and they continue to go from strength to strength as the North West's premier youth big band. The British jazz scene has a lot to thank this band for as WYJO continue to produce highly skilled musicians many of whom go on to have incredibly successful music careers at the very top level. Under the direction of David Little expect a high energy performance, tight ensemble playing and superb soloists from this 18 piece outfit. Dave is assisted by dedicated members of the Wigan Music Service team, who continue to inspire and guide these young musicians. The show starts at 12.00pm.

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Baiana featuring Snowboy and The Haggis Horns

Baiana is the Brazilian-inspired project of Liverpool-born singer-songwriter Laura Doyle. 

Refreshingly joyful and charismatic, the show will feature internationally acclaimed percussionist Snowboy, (Lisa Stansfield, Imelda May, Amy Winehouse, Rod Temperton, Airto Morreira) who produced their stunning debut album along with the trio from The Haggis Horns (John Legend, Mark Ronson, Corinne Bailey Rae, Amy Winehouse).

Dubbed “the band we are all obsessed about” (Deb Grant, BBC 6 Music), Baiana’s thrilling live shows have been described as “Outstanding” (Robbie Vincent Jazz FM) and having “a proper wow factor” (John Osbourne Solar Radio). A hugely popular draw at Love Supreme, Buxton and Jazz Festival, Baiana also supported Brazilian mega-star Gilberto Gil on his UK tour.
It promises a heady mix of infectious rhythm, superb musicianship and beautiful song. Not to be missed!

So Good” Gilles Peterson, BBC 6 Music

“Homegrown Jazz Gem” Daily Mail

“Lush and Sophisticated” RnR Magazine

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 iG4 featuring Claire Martin, Nikki Iles, Karen Sharp and Ewan Hastie

iG4 is a new intergenerational band of 4 of the UK's finest jazz talent sharing their love of great songs and composers.

Vocalist Claire Martin OBE joins multi-award-winning pianist and composer Nikki Iles, much-in-demand saxophonist Karen Sharp and rising star bassist Ewan Hastie who won the BBC's Young Jazz Musician of the Year in 2022. Brand new arrangements written for this project by Nikki will shine a light on classic repertoire from Tom Waits to Burch Bacharach, Anthony Newly and Joni Mitchell as well as stylish reworkings from the great writers of the American songbook including Cole Porter and Johnny Mandel.

Claire Martin has, to worldwide critical acclaim, established herself as a tour de force on the UK jazz scene gaining many awards, including winning the British Jazz Awards eight times during her career which spans over three decades.

Nikki's recent work has taken her across the world as a member of the Julian Arguelles Octet, The Kenny Wheeler Big Band, Claire Martin and “The North “, a Scandinavian/Anglo/Canadian collaboration featuring Percy Pursglove and Anders Morgensen.

Karen is well known and admired for her melodic, full-toned saxophone playing, winning the British Jazz Awards for best tenor saxophonist on numerous occasions. She has worked alongside musicians such as John and Jacqui Dankworth, Ken Peplowski, Alan Barnes, Tina May, Nikki Iles, Esther Miller, Jeremy Pelt, Howard Alden, Scott Hamilton, Warren Vache, Scott Robinson and Harry Allen.

Ewan Hastie is a multi-award-winning bassist and composer, already making his mark on the UK music scene. Just recently graduating from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland receiving a Bachelor of Music degree in jazz, he won the coveted BBC Young Jazz Musician of the Year 2022 title,