leyburn jazz festival 2025
Returning for a 5th year
World-class jazz in the Yorkshire Dales
October 16-19 2025
Ticket prices held for 2025!
All performances at
St.Matthew’s Church, Harmby Road, Leyburn DL8 5FD
Artists
performing this year
Ian Shaw & Tony Kofi Quartet
Saturday Oct 18 at 8.00pm
2 UK jazz legends join forces to present a night of Ellington and Strayhorn classics. Find out more…
Northern Swing Orchestra
Sunday Oct 19 at 3.00pm
16-piece big band with guest vocalist Cherie Gears. Find out more…
Alligator Gumbo
Friday Oct 17 at 8.00pm
LJF favourites return to raise the roof once more. Be sure to book early! Find out more…
Paul Edis & Vasilis Xenopoulos
Quartet
Friday Oct 17 at 4.30pm
Piano and sax lead the way in this exceptional modern quartet. Find out more…
Hot Club du Nord
Thursday Oct 16 at 6.00pm
Emma Fisk and friends bring their classic gypsy jazz sound to Leyburn once more. Find out more…
Alexia Gardner Quintet
Friday Oct 17 at 2.00pm
Grammy nominated vocalist showcases the Great American Songbook and more. Find out more…
Pedigree Jazz Band
Saturday Oct 18 at 2.00pm
Classic trad jazz from the best in the business. Find out more…
Nicola Farnon Trio
Thursday Oct 16 at 8.30pm
Infectious swing and energy, a real treat from last year returns to Leyburn. Find out more…
Jack Pearce Quintet
Saturday Oct 18 at 4.30pm
Storming modern jazz from this young sax supremo. Not to be missed. Find out more…
Joseph Carville Trio
Sunday Oct 19 at 12.30pm
Festival debut for this local piano-led band. Find out more…
Jazz Eucharist with Light My Choir
Sunday Oct 19 at 10am
Free to attend service with a little gospel and jazz. Find out more…
St.Matthew’s church
Venue
All this year’s performances take place in our spiritual home, St.Matthew’s Church in Leyburn.
Atmospheric, intimate, and with superb acoustics, we’re delighted to continue our relationship with the team at St. Matthew’s. Built in 1868, It is the only church designed by the architect Christopher George Wray who also designed the Docks Offices, now the Maritime Museum, in Hull and the Cairo Hotel in Cairo.