Friday 27 July

ALL EVENTS ARE FREE EXCEPT WHERE STATED

4:30pm Hargadons | Scott Flanigan Organ Trio featuring Mike Walker

Belfast based Flanigan is one of Ireland’s busiest and best jazz musicians, today he teams up with the phenomenal Mike Walker (UK) for some standards in the intimate surrounds of Sligo’s most famous pub.

5:30pm Thomas Connollys | Old Market Street Swing Band

A four piece Sligo-based Western Swing and Gypsy Jazz band featuring local legends Gerry Grennan, guitar & mandolin, Vinny Casey drums, Brian Mulligan bass and Karl Burthom, guitar.

6pm The Glasshouse | The Jazz Ladds

Speaking of local legends, nobody comes even close to the Jazz Ladds, they have been flying the jazz flag in Sligo for about six decades now!

7pm Tricky’s McGarrigles | Free Trane feat. Julien Segal

Julian Siegel (UK) Tenor Saxophone
Alan Niblock (NI) bass
Mark Sanders (USA) drums
A musical tribute to the great John Coltrane with UK sax phenomenon Julian Siegel

8pm Hawks Well Theatre €20/18/10 | BRIAN BYRNE’S GOLDENHAIR

Words by James Joyce, Music by Brian Byrne
Featuring The SJP Big Band, guests including Lucia Evans, William Byrne, Paul Booth & Ryan Quigley.
Sligo Jazz Project’s first Composer-in-Residence Brian Byrne is a Golden Globe nominated creator of film scores and a world class jazz pianist. Byrne's album “Goldenhair” masterfully interweaves James Joyce's poems with a variety of musical styles from traditional to jazz. The specially augmented SJP Big Band’s All Star line up is the perfect ensemble for Byrne’s creative masterwork.
A musical tribute to the great John Coltrane with UK sax phenomenon Julian Siegel

10pm Riverside Hotel | Free Trane featuring Julian Siegel

Julian Siegel (UK) Tenor Saxophone
Alan Niblock (NI) bass
Mark Sanders (USA) drums
Free Trane is an exploration of John Coltrane’s music. The Trio will focus on some of Trane’s later works, such as Sun Ship and Peace on Earth, and will explore his world of improvisation and free spirit. Free Trane will be uplifting both spiritually and musically for the musician as well as the listener, paying homage to a great visionary.
Plus Jam Session featuring a host of international talent from Europe’s premier jazz summer school

10pm Hargadons | Sarah Crummy and Graeme Bourke

Sarah Crummy keys & voice
Graeme Bourke keys & sax

Soul funk and jazz from two of Sligo’s brightest young talents