Galway Jazz Festival
At a glance
About this event
This year sees our most adventurous and comprehensive lineup to date, with contributions from renowned local, national and international artists, and we’re thrilled to be presenting four days packed with a variety of music ranging from Bach and John Cage through to Hip Hop and Electronica.
We’re particularly happy to present the Andy Sheppard Trio teamed with Irish actor Jane Brennan performing the Shakespeare Songs, the mesmerising Christian Wallumrød Ensemble from Norway and the 2016 UK JazzFM Vocalist of the Year, Dubliner Lauren Kinsella, who will be travelling from England with her London based ensemble.
This year’s festival has been supported by the Galway City Council Arts Office and has been made possible by the efforts of the local business community and the many individuals who have rowed in behind our various fundraising efforts. Huge thanks to you all!
You might notice that many of our sponsors are from the food and hospitality sector. The connection between good food and drink, and jazz and improvised music runs deep. Both start with fantastic raw ingredients, require a high degree of skill and hard work to reach an acceptable level, but then the good is separated from the outstanding by the willingness to improvise, to take risks, to be driven by passion. Both our sponsors and our artists exemplify this.
It’s no surprise then that when we were considering who might launch this year’s festival, on the top of the list was Ireland’s leading food writer, a passionate jazz fan and a former music journalist. We’re delighted to welcome John McKenna to Galway to officially open this years festival. I hope that you enjoy the programme on offer this year and I look forward to meeting you at one or more of the performances and sessions taking place throughout Galway.
Matthew Berrill
Artistic Director, gjf|16
Galway Jazz Festival Contact information
Tickets for all pay-in performances except Booka Brass Band available from Druid on 091 568660 or www.druid.ie/whats-on
Tickets for the Sofa Sessions and for Joe O'Callaghan/Derek Whyte are only available at the door.
Location
Galway
