{"id":69777,"date":"2026-03-26T14:33:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T14:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/?p=69777"},"modified":"2026-03-26T15:11:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T15:11:03","slug":"sheffields-first-jazz-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/03\/26\/sheffields-first-jazz-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield&#8217;s first jazz festival named a success"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On 21 March, nine venues across Kelham Island saw over 40 performances for Sheffield&#8217;s first jazz festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Organised by Dave Sheard (also known as Nonna Fab) and Danny Tennant, Kelham Jazz Festival showcased popular Northern artists such as Franz Von, TC and The Groove Family, and Montuno.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event included a mixture of both live jazz and DJ sets, hosted in intimate spaces such as Shakespeare&#8217;s, as well as warehouse venues like Peddler Market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Food stalls were available outside most venues, and various musical workshops were running throughout the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the success of their first event, organisers hope that Kelham Jazz Festival will become an annual affair for Sheffield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kelham Jazz Festival 2026\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MKstiZssBa0?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nine venues across Kelham Island opened their doors for the first ever Sheffield jazz festival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":840,"featured_media":69816,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43,2038,85],"tags":[231,2112,119,38,131],"class_list":["post-69777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-music","category-top-story-2","tag-community","tag-jazz","tag-music","tag-sheffield","tag-south-yorkshire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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