Derry’s world renown Jazz festival has kicked off
www.derryjournal.com - 2024-05-02T10:13:16.000Z

The festival is hosting 450 artists across 72 venues, and you will struggle to be bored this weekend. Among the artists setting the Jazz standard for this weekend are The Paul McIntyre Quartet, Joe and Sharon Quigley, John and Fiona Trotter, Jim Whiteside and Joseph Leighton. The majority of the events are free, making quality live music available to everyone, looking at the programme for the Jazz festival you can see all the main bars of Derry have some live music to get you up and out of your...

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