Friday, 2nd MAY 

Saturday, 3rd MAY 

Sunday, 4th MAY 

Lineup

Four-times Billboard Magazine musician of the year Vijay Iyer, Mercury Prize nominee Nubya Garcia, and celebrated Finnish trumpeter Vernari Pohjola are the three headliners of this year’s Bray International Jazz Festival.

We’re delighted to also welcome recent MOBO Award nominee and rising jazz star Amy Gadiaga, acclaimed young Belgian trombonist Nabou Claerhout, Scottish jazz fusion experimentalists Norman Wilmore and Corrie Dick, Japanese koto player Mieko Miyazaki, and South African pianist and Blue Note recording artist Nduduzo Makhathini, amongst others.

Irish artists are also well represented – with Bray neo-soul guitarist Zaska making a welcome return to the festival, internationally renowned award-winning vocal and guitar duo Christine Tobin and Phil Robson, and locally-based Grammy Award winning pianist Francesco Turrisi amongst those featuring.

  • Friday
  • Saturday
  • Sunday
8pmNubya Garcia (UK)
Also Featuring: Christine Tobin & Phil Robson
Venue: Mermaid Arts Centre
6pmGreg Murphy Trio (USA/Ireland)
Venue: Harbour Bar
6.30pmMieko Miyazaki & Franck Wolf (Japan/France)
Venue: Bray Town Hall
8pmAmy Gadiaga Quartet (France)
Venue: Whale Theatre, Greystones
8.30pmZoe Basha Sextet (Ireland)
Venue: Harbour Bar
10.15pmTBC
Venue: Harbour Bar
2.30pmZaska (Ireland)
Venue: Matinee @ Mermaid Arts Centre
4.30pmCarole Nelson Trio
Venue: Harbour Bar
6.30pmNorman&Corrie (Scotland)
Venue: Bray Town Hall
6.30pmTBC
Venue: Harbour Bar
8.00pmNduduzo Makhathini Trio (South Africa)
Venue: Whale Theatre, Greystones
8.00pmVijay Iyer (USA)
Also Featuring: Ronan Guilfoyle’s Bemusement Arcade (Irl)
Venue: Mermaid Arts Centre
8.30pmPizza Jazz
Venue: Harbour Bar
10.15pmTBC
Venue: Harbour Bar
2.30pmNabou Claerhout & Lynn Cassiers (Belgium)
Venue: Mermaid Arts Centre
TBCHayley Kavanagh Quartet
Venue: Harbour Bar
6.30pmSteinar Raknes (Norway)
Venue: Bray Town Hall
TBCAengus Hackett Trio
Venue: Harbour Bar
8.00pmVernari Pohjola Quartet (Finland)
Also Featuring: Francesco Turrisi Trio
8.30pmTBC
Venue: Harbour Bar
10.00pmTBC
Venue: Harbour Bar

WHERE THE FESTIVAL’S HAPPENING

Bray’s Mermaid Arts Centre will once more be the festival hub for this year’s Bray Jazz Festival, presenting day-time matinees on both Saturday and Sunday, and playing host to double-bill presentations, each night.

We’re also returning to Whale Theatre in Greystones with concerts on Friday and Saturday nights, will stage early-evening small ensemble and solo expositions at Bray Town Hall, and present a lively programme of the very best of Irish jazz on The Harbour Stage at Bray’s Harbour Bar – where all shows are free to attend.

Free to attend also are our other great live offerings on the festival’s jazz trail – which will bring music to bars and other venues across the seaside town.

For booking and more information contact box office here.

“One of the very best small jazz festivals in Europe”

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