Birmingham music festival teams up with major UK broadcaster.
7-9 July 2023, Moseley Park, Birmingham.
Birmingham’s Mostly Jazz Funk and Soul Festival are pleased to announce Jazz FM as their Official Media Partner for 2023.
The partnership will see Jazz FM broadcast direct from the festival site, with interviews, back-stage news, and curated performances, hosted by presenters including Tony Minvielle.
Founded in 2010, Mostly Jazz Funk and Soul Festival is a diverse, vibrant festival. Celebrating ground-breaking, innovative UK music alongside international trailblazers, the festival showcases major international artists and unsigned acts.
This year’s event runs from Friday 7 to Sunday 9 July 2023 at Moseley Park, Moseley, Birmingham, and sees performances from such artists as Fat Freddy’s Drop, Ezra Collective, KC and The Sunshine Band, Fred Wesley and The New JBs, Kokoroko, Incognito, Jungle (DJ set), and Goldie (Live).
Jazz FM is one of the largest commercial jazz, soul and blues stations in the world, celebrating the complete spectrum of jazz in all its colourful forms since 1990.
As the UK’s only dedicated jazz broadcaster, Jazz FM is on a mission to entertain, promote and celebrate all that’s great about jazz. Involvement with national festivals and awards is part of this – setting the bar high for live performance, recognising outstanding talent and strengthening the Jazz community.
John Fell, Festival Manager of Mostly Jazz, said: “We’re very excited to be partnering with Jazz FM. Their forward thinking music policy chimes perfectly with our own, and their involvement will not only give those attending the festival a new extra dimension – a peak behind the scenes – but also allow listeners around the UK to get a taste of the Mostly Jazz Funk and Soul experience.
“We can’t wait to welcome them on-site.”
Nick Pitts, Content Director of Jazz FM and Scala Radio said: “Performance and collaboration are central to jazz music and Jazz FM, and this partnership perfectly defines that.
“We are incredibly proud of our super talented music community and the fact that we can work with Birmingham’s Mostly Jazz Funk and Soul Festival to share that talent is absolutely what Jazz FM is all about.
“Our presentation teams will be at more festivals than ever before this year, soaking up the live music and talking to the artists for our audiences, wherever they are listening, and we’re pleased that Mostly Jazz Funk and Soul is part of this.”
For more information on Mostly Jazz Funk and Soul Festival, see: mostlyjazz.co.uk
LISTINGS
Friday 7 to Sunday 9 July 2023
Mostly Jazz Funk and Soul Festival
Moseley Park and Pool, Moseley, Birmingham B13 8DD
Website: mostlyjazz.co.uk
Social media:
facebook.com/mostlyjazz
twitter.com/mostly_jazz
instagram.com/mostly_jazz/
– Friday 7 July 2023 –
Fat Freddy’s Drop – Kokoroko – Jungle DJ Set – Goldie (Live) – Crazy P Soundsystem – Eva Lazarus – Jasmine Myra – Lynks – TrueMendous – Emma-Jean Thackray (DJ set) – Leftfoot DJs – Reli.ah – Nikhil Beats
– Saturday 8 July 2023 –
Ezra Collective – Fred Wesley and The New JBs – Smoove and Turrell – Mr Scruff – Boca 45 – Young Gun Silver Fox – Alogte Oho and His Sounds Of Joy – Mafalda – Leftfoot DJs – Toni – Heavy Beat Brass Band – The Notebenders – Lara Jones – Gabriella Liandu – Lucas D & The Ghetto Grove – B Music Ensemble
– Sunday 9 July 2023 –
KC & The Sunshine Band – Incognito – Craig Charles – Norman Jay MBE – Jamz Supernova – Huey Morgan – Mica Millar – Leftfoot DJs – VC Pines – Freekind – Mychelle – The Coalminers – Soul Grenades – O. – Ella More – Island T – Leftfoot DJs
Tickets: Adult Day Tickets – £57 (+ booking fee); Adult Weekend (3 days) – £145 (+ booking fee).
Payment Plan also available (£50 + booking fee, upon order; first instalment £50, 1 April; final instalment £45, 1 May 2023).
See festival website for all ticket options.
Volunteer with Mostly Jazz: Gain free entry to the festival in return for 2x shifts. For more information, see: mostlyjazz.co.uk/volunteer/
– Afterparties –
Friday 7 July 2023:
Goldie (DJ set) and Leftfoot DJs (£15 + booking fee)
Saturday 8 July 2023:
Sam Redmore and Leftfoot DJs (£5 + booking fee)
Hare and Hounds, 106 High Street, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7JZ, from 10pm.
ABOUT MOSTLY JAZZ FUNK AND SOUL FESTIVAL
Debuting in 2010, Mostly Jazz Funk and Soul Festival is a diverse, vibrant festival, celebrating ground-breaking, innovative UK music alongside international trailblazers. Held in Moseley Park, a stunning 11-acre woodland glade in the heart of Moseley Village, the festival is just two miles from the centre of Birmingham, yet is a world away from city life. With sloping grounds, creating a natural amphitheatre in front of the beautiful lake, it’s the perfect setting for a festival. Each year Mostly Jazz Funk and Soul brings incredible artists, workshops, arts, crafts, and a selection of Birmingham’s most loved street food and drinks vendors to Moseley, for one epic party weekend.
Previous headliners include Chic feat. Nile Rodgers, Public Enemy, Gregory Porter, Chaka Khan, De La Soul, Bonobo, The Specials, and The Wailers.
ABOUT JAZZ FM
Jazz FM is the largest commercial jazz station in the world, celebrating the complete spectrum of jazz in all its colourful forms since 1990. Jazz FM broadcasters, producers and team are true devotees, with a deep love and understanding of their particular jazz shade, their passion is vivid, their enthusiasm infectious, sharing the finest jazz with everyone.
As the UK’s only dedicated Jazz broadcaster, Jazz FM is on a mission to entertain, promote and celebrate all that’s great about jazz. Involvement with national festivals and awards is part of this – setting the bar high for live performance, recognising outstanding talent and strengthening the Jazz community.
An innovating and contemporary brand, Jazz FM launched Jazz FM Premium in 2021 allowing listeners a selection of 20 extra jazz themed stations, all ad break free along with the main station and 30+ years of archive material, exclusively for them for £3.99 per month.
No matter how people tune-in they always listen in colour.
Listen live now: planetradio.co.uk/jazz-fm/
PRESS / MEDIA ENQUIRIES
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Read previous Mostly Jazz 2023 news:
Read: Mostly Jazz Funk & Soul Festival 2023 confirms first wave of Artists (Dec 2022)
Read: Mostly Jazz Funk & Soul Festival 2023 adds more artists (Jan 2023)
Read: KC & The Sunshine Band set for Mostly Jazz Funk & Soul Festival 2023 (Feb 2023)
Read: Final line-up announcement for Mostly Jazz 2023 (Mar 2023)
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