Ambleside Days August 29th – 1st September inclusive
for bookings please contact Zeffirellis on 015394 33845
Evening Tickets £35
Afternoon Shows £18
All event Tickets £150 for all 7 events
Each year, a shifting cast of musicians assembles, staying for most if not the whole of the long weekend of gigs hosted by Zeffirelli’s in the centre of Ambleside. Four double-bill evening gigs provide the set-piece core of the festival, but there’s an ambush of beauty around every corner.
Alongside the quality of the music at Ambleside Days, an impossible to miss open-ness and enjoyment of being together has become a feature of the weekend, evident for example in the pleasure the musicians visibly take at listening to gigs in which they are not involved. It’s one of the reasons no doubt that future dates are already being circled in calendars.
(Mike Collins London Jazz)
Thursday 29th August7.30 pmZsofia Boros solo guitarIntermissionYazz Ahmed Quartet plus guest Tim Garland——————————Friday 30thAfternoon 2.00 pmHermine Deurloo Harmonica, Gwilym Simcock piano and Mike Walker Guitar.———————————————————————–Friday 30th7.30 pmFrank Harrison Trio Frank Harrison Piano, Steve Watts Double Bass and Asaf Sirkis Drums, joined by Mark Lockheart SaxophoneIntermissionThe Lighthouse TrioTim Garland Saxophones, Gwilym Simcock Piano, Asaf Sirkis Percussion—————————Saturday 31stAfternoon2.00 pmZsofia Boros Guitar————————————————————-Saturday 31st7.30 pmGwilym Simcock Piano quartet, Conor Chaplin bass, drums, Nick Smart trumpetIntermission .Mike Walker Guitar, Nikki Iles Piano, Conor Chaplin Bass Mark Lockheart Saxophone, James Maddren Drums and Immy Churchill Vocals——————————–Sunday afternoon2.00 pmFrank Harrison piano, Hermine Deurloo Harmonica, and Conor Chaplin Bass—————————————————————Sunday Evening 7.30 pmNikki Iles 12 piece Band and guestsAn evening of many of the resident musicians joining Nikki’s band
