Festival Favourites
One of the sure signs of a successful festival is the number of talented friends who return year after year. The City of Derry Jazz and Big Band Festival has a legion of such favourites.
The crowds will be flocking to the exhilarating rockabilly trio Cat Scratch Fever, the master of the boogie woogie piano, Colm (Stride) O’Brien, the Jive Aces, kings of great jump jive and swing music, and the inimitable King Pleasure and The Biscuit Boys, a six–piece outfit guaranteed to bring the house down.
The Slammers Maximum Jive Band return to the festival after a great festival debut last year.
Always a highlight, the Lee Hedley Band bring their high energy blend of rock’n’roll-based blues; the Roaring Forties ‘swing until you die’ with progressive swing favourites, and the magnificent Mirenda Rosenberg is back again with her superb band.
There’s ‘King of the Blues’ Ronnie Greer and his band, multi-talented Stevie Rice, firm festival favourites the Harry Connolly Band and a host of other great talents.
