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Read more: Scott’s Jazz Club to Leave Ballyhackamore Home After Six Remarkable Years
Scott’s Jazz Club has announced that its residency at the Hack Club in Ballyhackamore will come to an end later this month, bringing to a close a remarkable chapter for one of Belfast’s most highly regarded jazz venues. While the loss of its home is a significant blow to the city’s jazz scene, the team behind Scott’s is already looking to the future and hopes to return at a new venue in 2027.
Scott’s Jazz Club has announced that its final concerts at the Hack Club will take place in September, with all concerts scheduled for the remainder of 2026 postponed. Ticket holders for cancelled concerts will receive full refunds.
In a statement, Scott Flanigan, Cormac O’Kane and Richard Brown reflected on six years in Ballyhackamore during which the club welcomed hundreds of musicians and thousands of audience members from around the world. The team is already in discussions with a number of potential venues for 2027 and says it is “extremely hopeful” that Scott’s Jazz Club will return next year.
Read more: Scott’s Jazz Club to Leave Ballyhackamore Home After Six Remarkable Years
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Read more: JazzTime 6th September 2026
Weekly 2-hour jazz show from Dublin presented by Dermot Rogers.
Playing tracks by Henry Threadgill and Vijay Iyer, Mark Giuliana, Ambrose Akinmusire and Mary Halvorson, Wynton Marsalis, Drums and Louis Stewart and more.
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Read more: Tales from the far Side 03.09.26 A musical portrait of Bjoern Luecker
On this week's edition I feature, explore and celebrate the musical life and career of Bjoern Luecker, one of the leading drummers of modern contemporary Jazz in Germany, Europe and beyond as a sideman, composer and as a leader of his groups
Read more: Tales from the far Side 03.09.26 A musical portrait of Bjoern Luecker
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Read more: Icons in Jazz Vol. 30 - Django Reinhardt - The Creator of Jazz-Manouche
This podcast celebrates the music and life of some of the greatest movers and shakers in Jazz history.
Read more: Icons in Jazz Vol. 30 - Django Reinhardt - The Creator of Jazz-Manouche
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Read more: JazzTime 30th August 2026
Weekly 2-hour jazz show from Dublin presented by Dermot Rogers.
Playing tracks by John Coltrane, Jim Snidero, Joe Lovano, Melissa Aldana, Chick Corea and more.
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Read more: Tales from the far Side 27.0.826 Sonny Please- Jazz Greats with the nickname Sonny
On this edition I celebrate and explore the music of some of the great movers and shakers of Jazz with the name or nickname of "SONNY" and you can hear those master's like Sonny Rollins, Sonny Stitt, Sonny Criss, Sonny Clark, Sonny Red, Sonny Fortune and Sonny Sharrock.
Read more: Tales from the far Side 27.0.826 Sonny Please- Jazz Greats with the nickname Sonny
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Read more: Stella Bass Takes Flight with New Big Band Single ‘Time To Fly’
Irish jazz vocalist Stella Bass is set to release her new single Time To Fly on Friday, 28 August 2026, an upbeat original big band number that marks a new chapter in her work as both performer and producer.
Written and arranged by veteran composer and bandleader Dave Gold, Time To Fly has an unusual origin story. The song was written in 2024 following a good-natured bet with a friend who challenged Gold to write and arrange an entire big band song from scratch in just two weeks. Gold, who has more than 60 years in the music business, responded by completing it in just two days.
The resulting song draws on the classic big band sound of the 1940s and '50s and carries an appropriately uplifting message about overcoming fear and self-doubt and taking a leap of faith.
Read more: Stella Bass Takes Flight with New Big Band Single ‘Time To Fly’
