Individual gig tickets for this year’s Herts Jazz Festival in Welwyn Garden City go on sale next week.

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The 2015 Herts Jazz Festival takes place at the Hawthorne Theatre, Campus West, from Friday, September 18 to Sunday, September 20.

Highlight gigs include Loose Tubes performing material from their soon-to-be-released album ‘Arriving’ for the first time, Claire Martin with a star-studded quartet, and Big Band Britannia playing the music of Stan Tracey and Tubby Hayes.

Tickets for gigs go on sale on Thursday, July 16.

Weekend and day tickets are already on sale.

Festival director Clark Tracey said: “We’ve had plenty of fans chasing us to put the gig tickets on sale and we can now make them available.

“We are looking forward to welcoming jazz fans from all round the UK and beyond to the Hawthorne Theatre where they will enjoy the best of British jazz in a comfortable and friendly environment where the focus is completely on the music.”

Festival tickets are on sale online at www.hertsjazzfestival.co.uk and from the Hawthorne Theatre box office on 0300 3039 620.

All tickets have allocated seats at no extra cost.

* For more information about the festival, visit www.hertsjazzfestival.co.uk

HERTS JAZZ FESTIVAL 2015 LINE-UP

Programme

Friday, September 18

8.30pm-11pm: Loose Tubes

11pm-12.30am: After hours in the foyer – Bryan Spring Trio – FREE.

* Saturday, September 19

11.30am-12.30pm: Dennis Rollins’ Velocity Trio

1pm-2pm: Alan Barnes Quintet featuring Tony Kofi

2pm-3pm: Lunch in the foyer – Nat Steele Trio – FREE.

3.15pm-4.30pm: The Three Tenors

5pm-6.15pm: Maltese Connection

6.15pm-7.30pm: Dinner in the foyer – Jim Mullen Organ Trio – FREE.

7.45pm-10.15pm: Claire Martin Quartet

10.30pm-12am: After hours in the foyer – Brian Kellock Trio.

* Sunday, September 20

11.30am-12.30pm: Herts Youth Jazz Ensemble – FREE.

1pm-2pm: Fionna Duncan Trio

2pm-3pm: Lunch in the foyer – Nikki Iles & Karen Sharp – FREE.

3.15pm-4.30pm: Leon Greening Quartet

5pm-6.15pm: Julian Arguelles Tetra

6.15pm-7.30pm Dinner in the foyer - Chris Eldred Trio – FREE.

7.45pm-10.15pm: Big Band Britannia: the music of Tubby Hayes and Stan Tracey.

* For more information about Herts Jazz Club, see www.hertsjazz.co.uk