Groove Jazz Gig and Jam @ The Commons Café

The Minories, 14 Mar 2026


Latin/funk/swing jazz with six-piece band

Tickets: £10 general / £7 for under-18s and students.
Available online, at the café, or on the door.

A relaxed, social evening where you can dance, chat, mingle, or just enjoy great live music.

The band features these fine musicians:
Carl Sterling – saxophone, Ian Buzer – trumpet, Tony Gooderham – keys, Gareth George – guitar, Joshua Graham – bass, Elmer Van Der Hoek– drums

From 10pm, we’ll open the stage for a jam session — all jazz / funk/ latin musicians and singers welcome to join in.

The café is fully licensed and will serve snacks.

Entry is through the back door in the wall behind The Minories, opposite the Firstsite gallery.
From 8pm our heavy grooving sextet will play two sets swing, funk and Latin jazz — we will create a space to dance.

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Artists performing live


Saxophone
British jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player
Guitar
Keyboards

Show Details


Venue
The Minories
Date
Saturday, 14 Mar 2026
Doors
7:30 p.m.
Starts
8 p.m.
Ends (approx):
11:30 p.m.

About The Minories


Arts charity and Colchester's oldest gallery, in a historic townhouse in central Colchester.

74 High Street, Colchester, CO1 1UE

01206 582 067 / info@theminories.org

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