Broughttoyouby Wigan'sJazzShowcase... Tuesday14thJuly• SouthStandSuiteJJBStadium Time8.00pm- 11.30pm• FullPrice£ 10, Concession£ 8 FeaturingFOURemergingbandsfromtheNorthernJazzScene... JamesMainwaringQuintetAltoplayerJamesMainwaringreturnstoWigan wherehediscoveredhisloveforjazzplayinginWYJO. Composingforthequintet, hehasbeenfusingmodernjazzsoundswithpopularmusic. Theband, madeup ofhisfellowLCMstudentsand' Leeds- basedvirtuoso'( TimeOut) NicSvarcon guitar, deliverenergythatmakestheirperformancesoexciting. ' 52Skidoo'area3- pieceHarlemswingbandwhohaveturnedback theclocktoplayadazzlingsetofvintageAmericanmusic. Classic favouriteslike' Ain'tMisbehavin',' TheJointisJumpin'and' YourFeet's TooBig'arecarefullywovenintowell- knownhitslike' Jeepers Creepers',' DarktownStruttersBall'and' IAin'tGotNobody'tocreate anauthentic1920/ 30' sHarlempartyatmosphere. StraightOnRedisa7- piecebandwhohailfromBirminghamand Londonandwereformedin2007. Theirrepertoireconsistsof contemporaryjazz, coveringmaterialbyPatMetheney, theBrecker Brothers, JonScofieldandMikeStern, plussomeoftheirown compositions. Thebandhavegiggedextensivelyaround Birmingham/ SolihullareaswithregularappearancesattheYardbirdand appearedatCoventryJazzFestivalin2008infrontofthebiggestcrowdfortheFestival. 6ixToys- holdtightherecomesthatshow- stopping 7- piecefunkmonster! Basedinandgiggin'outofLiverpool, 6ixToyshavespentthelasttwelvemonthstakingtheir debutalbumontheroad, blazingatrailatfestivals( Isleof Wight, SecretGardenPartyandVFestival) causinga" riot" inclubsacrossEurope. ThisshowcaseissupportedbyLiverpooljazz, andSouthportMelodicJazzClub( www. jazzinsouthport. co. uk). " Liverpooljazzisanot- for- profitjazzdevelopmentandpromotionorganisationbasedinLiverpool. Theyencourage, supportandraisetheprofileoflivejazzperformanceandjazzeducationinthe cityandonMerseyside. Regularjazzeventsareheldatpopularvenueswherelocalandregional jazzgroups, bandsandsoloistsperform." Pleasenotethatduetotheextensiveprogramme, thisconcertwillendatapproximately11.30pm. 8www. wiganjazz. net

Mark Nightingale BigBand featuringtheabsolutecreamoftheUK's jazzandstudiomusicians Wednesday15thJuly• SouthStandSuiteJJBStadium Time8.00pm• FullPrice£ 20, Concession£ 18 SaxesTrumpetsTrombonesRhythm NigelHitchcockDerekWatkinsGordonCampbellJohnHorler( piano) HowardMcGillSimonGardnerRichardEdwardsLaurenceCottle( bass) AndyPanayiPatWhiteAndyWoodMikeSmith( drums) BenCastleJohnBarclayJohnHigginbotham MartinWilliams "... MarkNightingaleisoneofthemostsensationalmusiciansthiscountryhaseverproduced." ( HumphreyLyttelton) MarkNightingalebeganplayingthetromboneattheageofnineandhisoutstandingtalent becamewidelyrecognisedwhenhewonthecovetedDonLusherAwardattheageoffifteen. At sixteenhewasalreadyleadtrombonistintheNationalYouthJazzOrchestraandsoonafterwards heformedandledthe5tromboneband,' Bonestructure', producingtheirdebutalbumin1988. Thisconcerthasbeenmadepossiblebythegeneroussupport ofMichaelRathofRathTrombones. Telephone019428256779