Organisers of the Nantwich Jazz, Blues and Music Festival say it will go ahead despite fears over the Coronavirus.
The festival – one of the biggest weekends in the Nantwich calendar – will take place over the Easter weekend April 9-13.
Headline acts for the 2020 Nantwich Jazz, Blues and Music Festival have been unveiled.
It will be the 24th annual Jazz Festival held over the Easter weekend.
Nantwich Jazz, Blues and Music Festival organisers have unveiled the full line up and programme for this year’s event.
The festival, April 18-22, will feature Martin Turner, ex-Wishbone Ash bass player on the opening Thursday night.
Nantwich Jazz, Blues and Music Festival will be headlined by Liverpool band Cast, organisers have revealed.
The 90s rock band will be performing live on the Sunday night of the festival in April.
A Nantwich woman now living in Paris has published her first book of short stories.
Former Nantwich and Acton Grammar School pupil Nicky Gentil has published “The Jazz-Girl, the Piano, and the Dedicated Tuner”.
Music fans have been flocking into Nantwich to enjoy an eclectic mix of live performances during the 22nd Nantwich Jazz, Blues and Music Festival.
Soggy conditions failed to dampen the spirits of thousands of revellers on Good Friday as they took in dozens of different shows in venues across town.
Police chiefs in Nantwich say they will be ready for the influx of thousands of music fans attending the town’s 22nd Jazz, Blues & Music Festival.
The four-day event is classed as a ‘Force’ event by officers in Cheshire, with policing strategy forged from headquarters.
Tens of thousands of visitors are expected to descend on Nantwich over the Easter weekend for the town’s 22nd Jazz, Blues and Music Festival.
Tickets to see headliners Dr Feelgood and Glenn Tilbrook from Squeeze are fast approaching sell-out and organisers have advised music-lovers to book early to avoid missing out on their favourite performers.
Nantwich Jazz, Blues and Music Festival is set to be a star-studded event with a record number of performers lined-up to entertain this Easter.
Festival programmes are now available online and at local outlets listing all the famous names whose stage skills will turn Nantwich into a mecca for music-lovers over Bank Holiday weekend, March 29 to April 2.
Nantwich Jazz, Blues and Music Festival organisers are pressing ahead with plans for next year’s event and hope to make it the ‘biggest and best yet’ in memory of its founder Phillip Martin.
Mr Martin, who was proprietor of The Crown Hotel, established the festival in 1996 and was well ahead with plans for Easter’s music programme when he died of a heart attack aged 65 in November.
The founder of the Nantwich Jazz Festival Phillip Martin has died suddenly.
Mr Martin, who was landlord of the Crown Hotel in Nantwich, created the Jazz, Blues and Music Festival in 1996.
Nantwich Police have hailed the 21st Nantwich Jazz Festival as a success with just seven arrests during the five-day event.
Tens of thousands packed in to the town to watch more than 100 live performances at dozens of venues.
By Jonathan White
The 21st Nantwich Jazz, Blues & Music Festival is up and running with thousands enjoying some fine performances.
Organisers expect 40,000 people to attend the festival during its five-day period April 13-17.
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