Seven Arts, our main venue is a community business cafe/bar in Chapel Allerton with an excellent performance room, good acoustics and a decent piano. We run jazz concerts there fortnightly on Thursday evenings and on Sunday afternoons. The address is 31 Harrogate Road Leeds LS7 3PD.
Tel: 0113 262 6777
The Barn Coffee Shop is our second venue at Meanwood Valley Urban Farm, Sugar Well Rd, Leeds LS7 2QG. Our other jazz club piano is there and we run our workshops and jam sessions there. This year we hope to start a monthly Sunday afternoon concert there too.
The Barn is a social enterprise, that give all profits to local community projects. They exist to see loneliness reduced in the local area. Volunteering opportunities and training and work experience placements are available for local individuals including: young people, people with learning difficulties, those seeking work/returning to work, and the older generation looking to keep active.
Tel: 0113 262 5048
JAZZ VOCAL WORKSHOPS
Thank you to all participants in the Spring programme of the jazz vocal workshops! It’s been great fun, and if you’re interested in future opportunities to sing jazz songs in a group setting and learn more about the great jazz singers of history who inspire us then please contact the tutor Oliver Bolton.
JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL WORKSHOPS
Workshops have started again and run fortnightly at Meanwood Valley Urban Farm (Barn Sugar Well Rd, Leeds LS7 2QG) on Sunday mornings, 10:30am-12:30pm (future dates include: 22nd May and 12th June). Cost per session: £10/8. All instruments and standards welcome – all you need is a wish to learn how to improvise and play jazz tunes. There is a piano available and a drum kit, otherwise please bring your instruments. Limited spaces available. To join – contact the tutor Dominic Moore.
e: Dominic Moore – [email protected]
We acknowledge the support and help from Leeds City Council, Leeds Inspired, Arts at Leeds, Jazz North, Seven Arts and Meanwood Valley Urban Farm. We are a member of the Northern Voluntary Promoters Jazz Network, and you can access their blog here: https://northernjazz-live.blogspot.co.uk/