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upcomingSHOWS

2023
 

THU 25TH MAY Cole & Ward @ The Beehive (Swindon)

9.00pm, 2 x 45 mins www.bee-hive.co.uk


FRI 26TH MAY The Liam Ward Band @ Gloucester Brewery
8.00pm, 2 x 50 mins www.gloucesterbrewery.co.uk

SAT 27TH MAY The Liam Ward Band @ The Old Duke (Bristol)
9.00pm, 2 x 45 mins www.theoldduke.co.uk

 

MON 29TH MAY Cole & Ward @ Highclere Show (Berkshire)

Times TBC www.highclereshow.co.uk

THU 1ST JUNE The Jake Leg Jug Band @ The Globe (Newcastle upon Tyne)
8.00pm, 2 x 45 mins www.theglobenewcastle.bar


FRI 2ND JUNE The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Edinburgh Jazz 'n' Jive Club
8.00pm, 3 x 45 mins www.edinburghjazz.com

 

SAT 10TH JUNE The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Kirkcudbright Jazz Festival (Scotland)
6.30pm, 2 x 45 mins (Venue: Church Hall) www.kirkcudbrightjazzfestival.co.uk

SUN 11TH JUNE The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Kirkcudbright Jazz Festival (Scotland)

3.15pm, 2 x 45 mins (Venue: Church Hall) www.kirkcudbrightjazzfestival.co.uk


FRI 16TH JUNE The Jake Leg Jug Band @ The Old Duke (Bristol)
9.00pm, 2 x 45 mins www.theoldduke.co.uk

SAT 17TH JUNE The Jake Leg Jug Band @ The New Crown (Merthyr Tydfil)

9.30pm, 1 x 60 mins www.thenewcrownmerthyr.com

WED 21ST JUNE The Lonnie Donegan Story @ Sutton Coldfield Jazz Club

8.00pm, 2 x 45 mins www.facebook.com/SuttonColdfieldTradJazzClub

THU 22ND JUNE The Jake Leg Jug Band @ The Bootlegger (Cardiff)

9.00pm, 2 x 45 mins www.bootleggerbars.com


SAT 24TH JUNE The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Upton Jazz Festival


8.00pm, 2 x 60 mins www.uptonjazz.co.uk

SUN 25TH JUNE The Jake Leg Jug Band @ The Fleece Inn (Evesham)

12.30pm, 2 x 45 mins www.thefleeceinn.co.uk

 

FRI 30TH JUNE Harmonica Workshop @ Folk in a Field (King's Lynn)

Times TBC www.folkinafield.co.uk


FRI 30TH JUNE The Liam Ward Band @ Folk in a Field (King's Lynn)
Times TBC www.folkinafield.co.uk


SAT 1ST JULY The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Knotty Centenary Celebration (Newcastle-under-Lyme)
2.00pm, 2 x 45 mins (Venue: Brampton Park)

 

SAT 1ST JULY The Jake Leg Jug Band @ The Bootlegger (Exeter)

9.30pm, 2 x 45 min sets www.bootleggerbars.com

SUN 2ND JULY Ward & Thorne @ Bristol Fringe

5.00pm, 2 x 50 mins www.thebristolfringe.co.uk

WED 5TH JULY The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Amersham Jazz Club (High Wycombe)

8.30pm, 3 x 40 mins www.amershamjazzclub.co.uk

 

SAT 8TH JULY The Liam Ward Band @ The Queens Tap (Swindon)

9.00pm, 2 x 50 mins

FRI 14TH JULY The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Seafest (Scarborough)

Times TBC (Venue: West Pier) www.facebook.com/ScarboroughSeafest


SUN 16TH JULY Cole & Ward @ Newbridge Hotel (Newport)
5.00pm, 2 x 45 mins

THU 20TH JULY The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Didsbury Jazz Club (Manchester)
8.00pm, 2 x 60 mins www.jazznorthwest.co.uk/didsbury.htm

FRI 21ST JULY The Liam Ward Band @ Chalfest (Gloucestershire)
6.15pm, 1 x 45 mins (Venue: Bar Stage) www.chalfest.co.uk

FRI 21ST JULY The Jake Leg Jug Band @ The Old Duke (Bristol)
9.00pm, 2 x 45 mins www.theoldduke.co.uk

 

SAT 22ND JULY The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Birmingham Jazz Festival
11.00am, 2 x 45 mins (Venue: Birmingham Markets Customer Centre) www.birminghamjazzfestival.com

SAT 22ND JULY The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Chapel Arts Centre (Bath)

8.00pm, 2 x 45 mins www.chapelarts.org

SUN 23RD JULY The Jake Leg Jug Band @ The Fleece Inn (Evesham)

12.30pm, 2 x 45 mins www.thefleeceinn.co.uk

 

WED 26TH JULY Cole & Ward @ Gloucester Blues Festival

Times TBC (Venue: The Fountain) www.gloucesterblues.co.uk

THU 27TH JULY The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Carlisle Jazz Club (Cumbria)

8.30pm, 2 x 45 mins www.carlislejazzclub.co.uk

 

FRI 28TH JULY Liam Ward London Harmonica Camp 2023

4.00pm Workshop, 8.00pm Concert www.london-harmonica-school.com


SUN 30TH JULY The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Old Barn Hall Jazz Club (Great Bookham, Surrey)
1.00pm, 3 x 50 mins  www.thejazzguide.co.uk/venues/listing/old-barn-hall

 

THU 3RD AUGUST Cole & Ward @ Bristol Fringe

8.00pm, 2 x 50 mins www.thebristolfringe.co.uk

FRI 4TH AUGUST The Liam Ward Band @ The Bootlegger (Exeter)

9.30pm, 2 x 45 mins www.bootleggerbars.com


SAT 5TH AUGUST The Liam Ward Band @ The Old Duke (Bristol)
9.00pm, 2 x 45 mins www.theoldduke.co.uk

 

SAT 12TH AUGUST Cole & Ward @ Retro Music Cafe (Fulham)

7.30pm, 2 x 60 mins

 

SUN 13TH AUGUST Cole & Ward @ Princess Alexandra (Crouch End, London)

5.00pm, 2 x 45 mins www.princessalexandran8.co.uk

THU 17TH AUGUST The Jake Leg Jug Band @ The Bootlegger (Cardiff)

9.00pm, 2 x 45 min sets www.bootleggerbars.com

 

FRI 18TH AUGUST The Jake Leg Jug Band @ The Bootlegger (Exeter)

9.30pm, 2 x 45 min sets www.bootleggerbars.com


SAT 19TH AUGUST The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Wharf Theatre (Devizes)
7.30pm, 2 x 45 mins www.wharftheatre.co.uk

SUN 20TH AUGUST The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Plymouth Jazz Club
7.30pm, 2 x 60 mins www.plymouth-jazz-club.org.uk

 

FRI 25TH AUGUST The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Colne Blues Festival (Lancashire)

9.00pm, 1 x 60 mins (Venue: St. John's Community Hall) www.bluesfestival.co.uk

 

SAT 26TH AUGUST The Liam Ward Band @ Colne Blues Festival (Lancashire)

6.00pm, 1 x 60 mins (Venue: Exchange Project Stage) www.bluesfestival.co.uk


SUN 27TH AUGUST The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Aberjazz (Fishguard)


2.30pm, 1x 70 mins (Venue: Ffwrn) www.aberjazz.com

MON 28TH AUGUST The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Twinwood Festival (Bedfordshire)

2.00pm, 1 x 60 min set (Venue: Moonshine Glade) www.twinwoodevents.com

FRI 1ST SEPTEMBER The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Bude Jazz Festival (Cornwall)


11.45am, 2 x 60 mins (Venue: Golf Club) www.budejazzfestival.info
 

FRI 1ST SEPTEMBER The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Bude Jazz Festival (Cornwall)


8.00pm, 2 x 60 mins (Venue: Falcon Hotel) www.budejazzfestival.info


SAT 2ND SEPTEMBER The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Dalwood Jazz Club (Devon)


3.00pm, 2 x 45 mins www.thetuckersarmsdalwood.co.uk
 

SUN 3RD SEPTEMBER The Liam Ward Band @ The Railway Inn Meare (Somerset)

Times TBC www.facebook.com/TheRailwayInn1

 

WED 6TH SEPTEMBER The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Sutton Coldfield Jazz Club

8.00pm, 2 x 45 mins & 1 x 30 mins www.facebook.com/SuttonColdfieldTradJazzClub

FRI 8TH SEPTEMBER The Jake Leg Jug Band @ The Bootlegger (Brighton)

9.00pm, 2 x 45 min sets www.bootleggerbars.com

 

SUN 10TH SEPTEMBER The Jake Leg Jug Band @ The Chestnut Tree (Worcester)

6.00pm, 2 x 45 mins www.facebook.com/TheChestnutInn

 

TUE 12TH SEPTEMBER The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Leeds Jazz Club (Yorkshire)

8.00pm, 2 x 60 mins www.leedsjazz.club

THU 14TH SEPTEMBER The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Bristol Fringe

8.30pm, 2 x 45 mins www.thebristolfringe.co.uk


FRI 15TH SEPTEMBER The Jake Leg Jug Band @ 1066 Jazz Club (East Sussex)


8.00pm, 3 x 40 mins www.1066jazzclub.co.u

FRI 22ND SEPTEMBER The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Loom Makers Bistro (Burnley)

8.30pm, 2 x 45 mins www.facebook.com/TheLoomMakersBistro

SAT 23RD SEPTEMBER The Liam Ward Band @ Barnoldswick Arts Centre (Lancashire)

8.00pm, 3 x 30 mins www.barnoldswickmusicandartscentre.com/liam-ward-band


SUN 24TH SEPTEMBER The Jake Leg Jug Band @ The Kirkgate Theatre (Cockermouth)


7.30pm, 2 x 45 mins www.kirkgateartsandheritage.org.uk

FRI 29TH SEPTEMBER Cole & Ward @ Gloucester Brewery
7.00pm, 3 x 40 mins www.gloucesterbrewery.co.uk

 

SAT 30TH SEPTEMBER The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Cottage Concerts  (Old, Northamptonshire)
8.00pm, 2 x 60 mins www.kcbworld.co.uk
 

SUN 1ST OCTOBER The Jake Leg Jug Band @ The Concorde Club (Southampton)
1.00pm, 2 x 60 mins www.theconcordeclub.com

WED 4TH OCTOBER The Jake Leg Jug Band @ The Old Duke (Bristol)

9.00pm, 2 x 45 mins www.theoldduke.co.uk

 

FRI 6TH OCTOBER The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Mickleover Royal British Legion (Derby)

8.00pm, 2 x 45 mins www.mickleoverrblclub.org


SAT 7TH OCTOBER The Liam Ward Band @ Borough Blues Club (Cwmbran)
Times TBC www.boroughblues.com

SUN 8TH OCTOBER The Jake Leg Jug Band @ The Cube (Malvern)

Times TBC www.malverncube.com

WED 11TH OCTOBER The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Amersham Jazz Club (High Wycombe)

8.30pm, 3 x 40 mins www.amershamjazzclub.co.uk

THU 12TH OCTOBER The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Pump House Jazz Club (Watford)

8.00pm, 3 x 45 mins www.pumphouse.info

 

FRI 13TH OCTOBER Cole & Ward (supporting Mike Zito & Albert Castiglia) @ Long St Blues Club (Devizes)

Times TBC www.longstreetbluesclub.co.uk

 

SAT 14TH OCTOBER The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Brooks Blues Bar (London)

8.00pm, 2 x 45 mins www.brooksbluesbar.co.uk


SUN 15TH OCTOBER The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Old Barn Hall Jazz Club (Great Bookham, Surrey)
1.00pm, 3 x 50 mins www.thejazzguide.co.uk/venues/listing/old-barn-hall

 

WED 18TH OCTOBER Cole & Ward @ Carpenters Arms, Miserden (Gloucestershire)

8.30pm, 2 x 45 mins www.thecarps-miserden.co.uk

FRI 20TH OCTOBER The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Pebbles Tavern, Watchet (Somerset)
9.00pm,  2 x 45 mins www.facebook.com/pebblestavern


SAT 21ST OCTOBER The Liam Ward Band @ The Old Duke (Bristol)
9.00pm, 2 x 45 mins www.theoldduke.co.uk

 

SUN 22ND OCTOBER The Jake Leg Jug Band @ The Bell Inn (Bath)
1.00pm,  2 x 45 mins www.thebellinnbath.co.uk

THU 26TH OCTOBER The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Dringhouses Jazz Club (York)


1.00pm, 2 x 60 mins www.facebook.com/groups/206967454788114

SAT 28TH OCTOBER The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Hallelujah Blues Festival (Hartlepool)

2.40pm, 2 x 45 mins (Venue: South Durham Social Club)

 

WED 1ST NOVEMBER The Lonnie Donegan Story @ Hanger Farm Arts Centre (Southampton)

Times TBC www.minsteadtrust.org.uk/hanger-farm


FRI 3RD NOVEMBER The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Neverland Theatre (Skegness)
8.00pm, 2 x 45 mins www.neverlandtheatre.co.uk

SAT 4TH NOVEMBER The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Louth Jazz Club (Lincolnshire)
8.00pm, 2 x 60 mins www.louthjazzclub.org.uk

 

WED 8TH NOVEMBER Liam Ward w/House Band @ Nuneaton Blues Club

Times TBC
 

THU 9TH NOVEMBER The Jake Leg Jug Band @ The Mesmerist (Brighton)
9.00pm, 2 x 45 mins www.mesmerist.pub


FRI 10TH NOVEMBER The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Droitwich Jazz Club


8.00pm, 2 x 60 mins www.richardleachjazz.co.uk

SAT 11TH NOVEMBER The Jake Leg Jug Band @ St George’s Theatre (Great Yarmouth)
7.30pm, 2 x 45 mins www.stgeorgestheatre.com

 

SUN 12TH NOVEMBER The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Southwold Arts Centre (Suffolk)

3.00pm, 2 x 45 mins www.southwoldartscentre.co.uk

 

THU 16TH NOVEMBER The Jake Leg Jug Band @ The Bootlegger (Cardiff)

9.00pm, 2 x 45 min sets www.bootleggerbars.com


FRI 17TH NOVEMBER The Jake Leg Jug Band @ The Old Duke (Bristol)
9.00pm, 2 x 45 mins www.theoldduke.co.uk

 

SAT 18TH NOVEMBER The Jake Leg Jug Band @ The Britannia (London)

8.00pm, 2 x 45 mins www.britannia.smokd.co.uk


SUN 19TH NOVEMBER The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Bude Jazz Club (Cornwall)
8.00pm, 2 x 60 mins www.budejazz.co.uk

WED 22ND NOVEMBER The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Beoley Jazz Club (Worcestershire)


8.00pm, 2 x 60 mins www.beoley.org.uk
 

THU 23RD NOVEMBER The Jake Leg Jug Band @ The Beehive (Swindon)
9.00pm, 2 x 45 mins www.bee-hive.co.uk

FRI 24TH NOVEMBER The Jake Leg Jug Band @ The Bootlegger (Exeter)
9.30pm, 2 x 45 mins www.bootleggerbars.com


SUN 26TH NOVEMBER The Jake Leg Jug Band @ The Prince Albert, Stroud (Gloucestershire)


7.00pm, 2 x 60 mins www.theprincealbertstroud.co.uk
 

FRI 1ST DECEMBER The Liam Ward Band @ The Bootlegger (Exeter)

9.30pm, 2 x 45 mins www.bootleggerbars.com


SAT 2ND DECEMBER Warren James & Liam Ward @ The Rose & Crown Charlbury (Oxfordshire)
9.00pm, 2 x 60 mins www.roseandcrown.charlbury.com

 

WED 6TH DECEMBER The Liam Ward Band @ The Old Duke (Bristol)

9.00pm, 2 x 45 mins www.theoldduke.co.uk

THU 7TH DECEMBER The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Carlisle Jazz Club (Cumbria)

8.30pm, 2 x 45 mins www.carlislejazzclub.co.uk

 

FRI 8TH DECEMBER The Jake Leg Jug Band @ The Queens Tap (Swindon)
9.00pm, 2 x 45 mins www.mightylocal.co.uk/pubs/queens-tap-swindon


SAT 9TH DECEMBER The Liam Ward Band @ Shropshire Blues Club
Times TBC www.facebook.com/ShropshireBluesClub

 

SUN 10TH DECEMBER The Jake Leg Jug Band @ The Walnut Tree (Blisworth, Northants)
12.30pm, 2 x 60 mins www.walnut-tree.co.uk

SUN 10TH DECEMBER The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Halesowen Jazz Club

8.00pm, 2 x 60 mins

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SAT 24TH FEBRUARY The Liam Ward Band @ Diseworth Blues Club (Liecestershire)

Times TBC www.muckyduckpromotions.co.uk/diseworth-blues-club

SUN 25TH FEBRUARY The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Pickles Vintage Cocktail Bar (West Yorkshire)

4.00pm, 2 x 60 mins www.facebook.com/PicklesDeliBaildon

SAT 2ND MARCH The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Ram Jam Records (Kingston Upon Thames)

8.00pm, 2 x 45 mins www.ramjamrecords.co.uk

SUN 3RD MARCH The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Willingham Jazz Club (Cambridge)


12.30pm, 3 x 45 mins www.willinghamsocialclub.com

THU 7TH MARCH The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Blues with Bottle Club (Ramsgate)

Times TBC www.blueswithbottleclub.co.uk

SAT 6TH APRIL The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Darlington New Orleans Jazz Club

12.30pm, 2 x 60 mins www.darlingtonjazz.co.uk

SAT 13TH APRIL The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Calstock Arts (Cornwall)

7.30pm, 2 x 45 mins www.calstockarts.org

SUN 21ST APRIL The Lonnie Donegan Story @ Torquay Jazz Weekend

Times TBC

SUN 28TH APRIL The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Old Barn Hall Jazz Club (Great Bookham, Surrey)

1.00pm, 3 x 50 mins www.thejazzguide.co.uk/venues/listing/old-barn-hall

SUN 28TH APRIL The Liam Ward Band @ Blues at the Red (Stevenage)

8.00pm, 2 x 50 mns https://tandooriblues.com

FRI 3RD MAY The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Saltburn Community Theatre (North Yorkshire)

7.30pm, 2 x 45 mins www.saltburnarts.co.uk

SUN 5TH MAY The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Filey Folk Festival (North Yorkshire)
Times TBC (Venue: Evron Centre) www.fileyevroncentre.co.uk

SAT 18TH MAY The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Private Party (Sheffield)

SAT 8TH JUNE The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Birkhamsted Jazz (Hertfordshire)

8.00pm, 2 x 60 mins www.bjazz.org

SUN 7TH JULY The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Old Barn Hall Jazz Club (Great Bookham, Surrey)

1.00pm, 3 x 50 mins www.thejazzguide.co.uk/venues/listing/old-barn-hall


SAT 12TH OCTOBER The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Jazz at The North West Castle (Stranraer)
Times TBC

SUN 27TH OCTOBER The Jake Leg Jug Band @ Old Barn Hall Jazz Club (Great Bookham, Surrey)

1.00pm, 3 x 50 mins www.thejazzguide.co.uk/venues/listing/old-barn-hall
 

Liam Ward harmonica player (black and white)

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