What's on in Sidmouth this weekend

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Events coming up in Sidmouth

Thursday 25 May - Monday 29 May: Sidmouth Jazz and Blues Festival 2023

Mud Morganfield (Sidmouth International Jazz and Blues Festival)

The Sidmouth International Jazz and Blues Festival will be held again this year from 25 to 29 May.

This year's programme includes four headline evening concerts and three days of free music on the festival's outdoor stage at Blackmore Gardens.

There will also be free live music performances at various local venues and music workshops and other outreach community events.

Headline acts

The first headliner will be multi-award winning American singer, saxophonist and composer Curtis Stigers. He will open the festival on 26 May.

British 'acid jazz' band The Brand-New Heavies will play on 27 May, followed by Chicago-based blues musician Mud Morganfield on 28 May.

Closing the festival on 29 May, will be British jazz saxophonist, OBE and CBE Courtney Pine performing his show 'The House of Legends'.

Free live music

Three days of free music will be available from 27 to 29 May on the festival's outdoor stage at Blackmore Gardens.

Artists performing there include Faye Patton, The Violet Jive, Dom Pipkin and The Ikos, Connor Selby, Orpheus Latin band, the Adam Sweet band, Jazz Defenders, All Jazzed Up, Hannah Williams and the Affirmations.

There will also be free live performances at various local venues and music workshops and other outreach community events from 26 to 29 May.

The venues include Rincon Coffee, The Courtyard Café, The Chattery Sidmouth, Radway Inn, Dukes, The Swan Inn, The Kings Arms Otterton, The Balfour Arms, 14 Miles East, The Marine and the Blue Ball Sidford and a special afternoon BBQ with swing and jazz at the Volunteer Inn Sidmouth on Sunday 28 May at 4pm.

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