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Gareth Lockrane Octet - Sligo Jazz Festival 2026

IrelandSligo Temple St Hawk's Well Theatre
25 Jul 2026
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16:00
10 / 20

Event Description

One of the UK’s most renowned jazz musicians, Gareth Lockrane, is a band leader, composer and one of the most gifted jazz flautists alive.

As well as his own bands, Gareth has been involved in many diverse projects on recording projects and live gigs - as a key member of the late great Bheki Mseleku's group during his last years from 2005 to 2008 and also working extensively with the James Taylor Quartet since 2003, Phil Robson's IMS Quintet featuring Mark Turner, as a featured soloist with Tommy Smith's Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, Laurence Cottle's Big Band, bands and recordings led by Quincy Jones, Dick Oatts, Tom Cawley, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Emma Rawicz, Nikki Iles, Jodie Abacus, Reuben James, Lianne La Havas, Christine Tobin, Asaf Sirkis, Eddie Parker, Miguel Gorodi, Michael Janisch, Brian Charette, Michael Kiwanuka, Marti Pellow, Seal, Corrine Bailey Rae, Myles Sanko, Michael ‘Patches’ Stewart, Xantone Blacq, Kate Williams, Khari Cabral Simmons, Bokani Dyer, Guida de Palma, Heritage Orchestra, Adam Glasser, Claudio Passavanti, Dan Messore, Karen Lane, Patrick Cornelius, Sheryl Bailey, Callum Au Big Band, Simon Woolf, Incognito, Max Luthert, Georgia Mancio, Tristan Mailliot, Dave Preston, Nia Lynn's Bannau Trio, Hans Koller, Sirius B, Anita Wardell, Natalie Williams, Paul Booth, Gwilym Simcock, Tom Richards Jazz Orchestra, The National Youth Jazz Orchestra and many more.


Recently, Gareth has been a featured soloist on some outstanding movie soundtracks - the 2018 Michael Caine heist thriller "King of Thieves" with composer Benjamin Wallfisch, and the 2019 Steven Soderbergh Netflix movie "The Laundromat" with the legendary David Holmes.

Lineup:

Gareth Lockrane – flutes
Cathal Roche – tenor sax
Micheal Murray – alto sax
Freddie Hendrix – trumpet
Sun-Mi Hong – drums
Scott Flanigan – piano
Paul Clarvis - percussion
Conor Murray - bass

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Venue Information - Hawk's Well Theatre

The Hawk's Well is a 340 seat theatre in Sligo, North West Ireland. We host a diverse programme of arts and entertainments including comedy, professional and amateur drama, a wide range of music from traditional and jazz to opera, plus dance, pantomime, children's theatre and comedy.