JAZZ STROUD NEWS 2025

Jazz Stroud Weekender

23rd - 25th May 2025

This year we’re taking a break from our usual full town centre take over and concentrating on some very good news concerning our main venue and the final transfer of the Goods Shed to our umbrella organisation SVA. We want to have a party celebrating this huge breakthrough, so this year’s programme for Jazz Stroud 2025 will reflect this and focus on the Goods Shed and all the amazing potential of this extraordinary venue. 

Our weekend begins on Friday 23rd May, we are so fortunate and honoured to have our Bristol friends Analogue Lounge (SpaceJams/Brackery Collective) back for a full in the round takeover. It has been an incredible year for them and they return to Stroud for a full live collaborative session plus DJs to follow. 

Saturday 24th May will see a community procession led by Afon Sistema, many of whom have recently returned from Brazil where they have been immersed in carnival culture. The procession will weave through Stroud town centre down to the Goods Shed where our Sat day party begins. Our big celebratory activities continue into the eve with  Alogte Oho and his Sounds of Joy and Afriquoi plus Medina DJs. 

Sunday 25th May is a day of reflection from early afternoon til late with Bristol Based Reggae label 'Poor Man’s Friend' Sound System & Friends bringing Reggae music from across different decades played in an  original rub a dub style. Special guests include Martin Melody, Rider Shafique, Arthur Apollo from Apollo Sound, Big D & Rankin Snoopy reprsenting Bristol’s Jah Lokko. 

Spring & Summer programme

We will be posting updates on our Spring and Summer programme here

Our next event is with Matt Brown’s 6161 on the 25/4/25

6161 is a surge of fiercely drum led and brass heavy alt jazz, its the brand new project of Matt Stockham Brown who has previously received critical acclaim winning a Montreux Jazz Festival talent award in 2019, releasing two albums with Run Logan Run and most recently a 5 star Guardian review with Daniel Inzani’s triple release. Matt has also recorded/performed globally with the likes of Massive Attack, Rodriguez, This Is The Kit, Gregory Porter, Liz Lawrence, Cloth, Get The Blessing, Marc Ford, Squirrel Flower, Ghostpoet, Cosmo Sheldrake any many more. 

This exciting original line up of Drums, Synths and a four piece horn section is not to be missed. 6161 singles will be dropping from January and the full self titled debut album will be released in March on Severn Songs label. 

“Wildly inventive” – Tom Robinson (BBC Radio 6 Music)

“My beat of the week” – Huey Morgan (BBC Radio 6 Music)

“Full credit must go to Matt Brown for the imagination and artistry of his compositions” – Tony Benjamin (Bristol 24/7)

“A well judged mix of Old-School acoustic values and contemporary Electro-Jazz” – Jazzwise

jAZZ STROUD WEEKENDS

Jazz Stroud will be highlighting weekends:

May 23 - 25

July 18 - 20

September 5 - 7

Details to follow