The Admiral 2010 Mumbles Mostly Blues and Jazz Festival

April 30th to 3rd May 2010
Ticket hotline: 01792 361302
Patron: Spencer Davis

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The 2010 programme

  • Jazz event
  • Blues event

Friday 30th April 7.30–11.30pm

  • Festival Pavilion at Southend Gardens
  • The Year of Women in Blues and Jazz: Maggie Bell with Dave Kelly and The BBQ – two stalwarts of the British R&B scene with a band of legendary musicians including the great Zoot Money
  • + Sean Webster Band – back by popular demand, one of the most exciting and powerful bands on the blues and rock circuit

Saturday 1st May 1–5.30pm

  • Festival Pavilion at Southend Gardens
  • Steve Arvey and Blues Move – one of the great popular rock and blues showmen: just come and enjoy!
  • + Derik and the mOOn Dogs, a contemporary modern blues band with a reputation for astounding festival performances

Saturday 1st May 3.00–5.00pm

  • Con Club at 672 Mumbles Road
  • Berry Ray Band – swinging jazz standards and Berry singing with his Louis Armstrong-style voice!

Saturday 1st May 5.30–7.30pm

  • Mumbles Rugby Club, opposite the Festival Pavilion
  • The Electric Revelators – one of the U.K.'s leading blues bands returns to the festival

Saturday 1st May 5.45–8pm

  • Con Club at 672 Mumbles Road
  • Oliver Nezhati Quintet – fast-rising group of talented young musicians with great reputations

Saturday 1st May 7.30–11.30pm

  • Festival Pavilion at Southend Gardens
  • The Year of Women in Blues and Jazz: Ana Popovic Band – hot Serbian-born guitar-and-vocal star of the European and North American festival circuit; expect sex, soul and fury!
  • + Earl Thomas & The Kings of Rhythm – direct from the U.S.A., classic R&B, soul and contemporary blues from a master singer, with the late, great Ike Turner's backing band

Saturday 1st May 8.45–11.15pm

Sunday 2nd May 1.00–5.30pm

  • Festival Pavilion at Southend Gardens
  • The Year of Women in Blues and Jazz: Claire Martin with the Gareth Williams Trio – award-winning singer returns to Swansea with one of the most acclaimed jazz instrumentalists and his knockout band
  • + Pete Allen Jazz Band – one of Britain’s most exciting jazz clarinetists leading one of the most entertaining professional jazz bands

Sunday 2nd May 3–5pm

  • Con Club at 672 Mumbles Road
  • Mike Markey and Nick Jones – authentic and consistently entertaining acoustic blues from a highly skilled duo from South Wales

Sunday 2nd May 5.45–8pm

  • Con Club at 672 Mumbles Road
  • Dirty Aces – superb no-nonsense, gritty R&B

Sunday 2nd May 7.30–11.30pm

  • Festival Pavilion at Southend Gardens
  • Protect The Beat – five top U.K. session musicians take the stage to play some jazz/groove but find it impossible to avoid getting “seriously funky”!
  • + Mark Nightingale All Star British Jazz Quintet – internationally acclaimed jazz trombone soloist with a great band including Swansea's great Laurence Cottle on bass

Sunday 2nd May 8.45–11.15pm

  • Con Club at 672 Mumbles Road
  • John O’Leary & Sugarkane – a potent mix of blues, funk and rock from one of the great masters of the blues harmonica and his fabulous band

Monday 3rd May 1.00–5.30pm

  • Festival Pavilion at Southend Gardens
  • Brian Breeze Rhythm & Blues Band with Taff Williams – two of Wales’s finest rock and blues musicians join forces for a display of guitar pyrotechnics!
  • + The Amigos – you’ll probably never hear such a wide range of music, all played with virtuosity and bucketfuls of passion

Monday 3rd May 5.30–7.30pm

  • Mumbles Rugby Club, opposite the Festival Pavilion
  • Red-Eyed Fly – popular South Wales band returns by popular demand following their storming set in 2008

Monday 3rd May 7.30–11.30pm

  • Festival Pavilion at Southend Gardens
  • The Hamsters – party time for the festival closer: powerhouse entertainment with a whole lotta finesse from the U.K.’s premier blues-rock attraction!
  • + The Year of Women in Blues and Jazz: Big Mamma’s Door – dirty blues with soul

Festival sponsors

  • Admiral - Car Isurance
  • Mumbles Development Trust
  • Swansea Jazzland
  • Swansea Bluesland
  • Swansea Bluesland
  • Swansea Bay Radio
  • Tourism Swansea Bay
  • Welsh Assembly Government
  • City and County of Swansea
  • Arts Council of Wales
  • Mumbles Tourist Information
  • KNM
  • Vibe TV
  • Adastra Cymru Ltd
  • Swansea Life

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