The Royal Oak, Old Town

Our Tuesday night Jazz sessions have been running for 14 years and have seen many prominent and award winning artists performing such as Tina May, David Newton, Jim Mullen, John Etheridge, Howard Alden, Adrian Cox and many more. Tables can be booked through the venues booking page : - https://theroyaloakoldtown.co.uk/jazz-blues-live-sessions/

Since 2015, The Royal Oak has become a cornerstone of Old Town Swindon’s eating and drinking community and the only specialised Gin, Champagne and Oyster Bar in the area, stocking over 100 different Gins!

FREE Entry : Performance times: 20:00-21:00 / 21:30-22:30 The Royal Oak, 24 Devizes Road, Swindon, SN1 4BQ

2025

AUGUST

5th AUGUST - ROBERT FOWLER & RICHARD BUSIAKIEWICZ QUARTET - Former Tenor Saxophonist of the year at The British Jazz Awards Robert Fowler is returning to The Royal Oak. A member of The Pasadena Roof Orchestra, The Bryan Ferry Orchestra, and former member of the Humphrey Lyttelton Band, he joins piano master Richard Busiakiewicz, who makes his debut at the club. Also featuring Paul Jeffries (Bass) & Scott Hammond (Drums)

12th AUGUST - PETER JONES & ROSS HICKS TRIO - Acclaimed vocalist Peter Jones has been in the studio this year recording his new album. He joins us from London for an evening of American Songbook Classics also featuring Cardiff based pianist and alumni of Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Ross Hicks, plus Al Swainger (Double Bass) and Andrew Tween (Drums)

19th AUGUST - CHRIS COBBSON’S AFRO JAZZ PROJECT - Always a fantastic evening of Afro Jazz, and when better than on a summers evening! Expect songs from artists such as Miriam Makeba, Abdullah Ibrahim, Mulatu Astatke and much more, all with traditional African percussion, two guitars, and bass.

26th AUGUST - STARLINGS - FUNK! LATIN! JAZZ! This all female supergroup have it all! Bringing a showcase of covers and originals you don't want to miss this one! Emma Holbrook (Drums), Lisa Cherian (Percussion), Sophie Stockham (Saxophone), Ruth Hammond (Keys)

SEPTEMBER

12th SEPTEMBER - BRASS BAND BYCHAN - A SOUSAPHONE is entering the club! Courtesy of Trombone player Gareth Roberts & Trumpeter Gethin Liddington, we welcome back the pocket brass band and are in for a heavy dose of funk, groove and blues!

9th SEPTEMBER - STUART HENDERSON QUARTET - Such is his immense talent at Jazz, composition and heavy swing, it is sometimes hard to believe that trumpeter Stuart Henderson was also principal trumpet of The Scots Guards Band in Her Majesty’s Household Division! Always one of our most popular bands!

16th SEPTEMBER - JASMINE GRACE QUINTET - Jasmine, sometimes known as ‘Jazzy’ is a young singer at the start of her career but who is already impressing audiences. We had multiple audience members tell us how much they enjoyed her set at Christ church when she supported Sir Tom Jones’ Voice finalists Billy & Louie, so we just had to snap her up! Jasmine is from Swindon and has a voice and musicality well beyond her years. We really hope our long standing audience will support this artist who no doubt will be on bigger and bigger stages.

23rd SEPTEMBER - GLEN MANBY - We welcome back Hard-boppin saxophonist Glen Manby who last year released his latest album on the 33 Jazz Records label, “When Sunny Gets Blue" - available to stream on Spotify and You Tube! An incredible line up of Ross Hicks (Piano), Ashley John Long (Double Bass), and Scott Hammond (Drums)

30th SEPTEMBER - PASQUALE VOTINO TRIO - Having graduated in music in his home country Italy, Double Bass player Pasquale has been a touring musician based in the West Country of the UK for over 10 years. He has backed some of our best guest soloists, and it’s about time he led his own band at the club!