Firstly, my apologise for being a little late with this months updates for The Jake Leg Jug Band and the various Warren James band -the month has been one of our most hectic yet with shows, festivals and so many long jouneys up and down the UK.

At Bude Jazz Festival, which is now our 10th annual pilgrimage, I had two performances with Baby Jools & The Jazzaholics, two more performances with the Jake Leg Jug Band, my own show “The Story of Skiffle” and another performance with Jeremy Huggetts Jazz and Boogie Band.

The sheer amount of exciting venues, old and new that we have visited this month has been exciting and it doesn’t stopped yet.

Warren James’ and The Jake Leg Jug Band updates are listed below as one combined list as I won’t be absent from any of this months concerts.

SEPTEMBER 2024

Sun 1 – Stafford, Jazz Club – Baby Jools & The Jazzaholics @ 12:30pm

Sun 1 – Birmingham, SNOBS, Broad Street – The Hit Parade Heroes @ 6:30pm – Guest: Barry Meek

Wed 4 – Tarporley, Nunsmere Hall – The Jake Leg Jug Band

Wed 4 – South Wales, Llantrisant Folk Club – The Jake Leg Jug Band

Fri 6 – Bristol, Old Duke – The Jake Leg Jug Band

Sat 7 – Timsbury, Somerset Jazz Festival – The Jake Leg Jug Band

Fri 13 – Somerset, Watchet – Peebles Tavern – The Jake Leg Jug Band

Sat 14 – London, Candlemaker – The Jake Leg Jug Band

Sun 15 – Coventry, Jazzamatazz, Ansty Club – The Hit Parade Heroes 50s Show @ 12:30pm

Wed 18 – Bristol, Warmley Jazz Club – The Jake Leg Jug Band

Thur 19 – Didsbury, Jazz Club – The Jake Leg Jug Band

Fri 20 – Ayr, Jazz Club – The Jake Leg Jug Band

Sat 21 – Kirkcudbright, Parish Church – The Jake Leg Jug Band

Sun 22 – Beattock, The Old Stables – The Jake Leg Jug Band @ 2pm

Tues 24 – Windsor, Datchet Village Hall – The Jake Leg Jug Band

Thur 26 – Henley in Arden, Wes Stanton Jam Session @ 7pm

Fri 27 – Shatterford, Village Hall – The Lonnie Donegan Story

Sat 28 – Poole, Venture Away Jazz and Rock ‘n’ Roll Weekend – Baby Jools & The Jazzaholics – 11am

Sat 28 – Devizes, Wharf Theatre – Jazz Britannia with The Jazzaholics

Sun 29 – Worcester, Chestnut Tree – Warren James R ‘n’ R duo @ 6pm – Guest: Stevie Barr

See you further on along the road folks!!!

Updates at: www.TheJakeLegJugBand.com and www.WarrenJamesGuitar.com

Happy summer from The Jake Leg Jug Band, from myself and the various shows that I host – Hit Parade Heroes, The Lonnie Donegan Story as well as everyone in the Skiffle Group.

As you signed up to our news letter in order to keep a close eye on us, so, I am happy to provide the dates list for this month of August… The Jake Leg Jug Band dates are listed first and then my own dates are listed below that.

We had a magnificent July, and it must be said that this years Birmingham Jazz and Blues Festival went brilliantly for all bands!!!! HUGE thanks to Big Bear Music that made the festival happen with £0 investment from Birmingham City Council – what an achievement for Jim Simpson and the team! Our thanks to them all

This month is the annual pilgrimage to Bude Jazz Festival as well as The Lonnie Donegan Story appearing at The Great British Rhythm and Blues Festival in Colne, Lancashire (The Biggest UK RnB Festival)

JAKE LEG JUG BAND – AUGUST 2024 DATES

THU 15 AUG 2024     CARLISLE JAZZ CLUB (CUMBRIA)
8.30pm, 2 x 60 min sets @ Carlisle Rugby Club. www.carlislejazzclub.co.uk

​SAT 17 AUG 2024      LOUTH JAZZ CLUB (LINCOLNSHIRE)
7.30pm 2 x 60 min sets. www.louthjazzclub.org.uk

​SUN 18 AUG 2024     THE CHESTNUT TREE (WORCESTER)
6.00pm 2 x 45 min sets, outdoors. www.facebook.com/TheChestnutInn

FRI 23 AUG 2024     THE VAULT (DARLINGTON)
7.00pm 2 x 45 min sets. www.facebook.com/thevaultdarlington

​THU 29 AUG 2024     BUDE JAZZ FESTIVAL (CORNWALL)
3.15pm, 2 x 60 min sets. @ Bude Methodist Church. www.budejazzfestival.info

​FRI 30 AUG 2024      BUDE JAZZ FESTIVAL (CORNWALL)
3.45pm, 2 x 60 min sets. @ The Falcon Hotel. www.budejazzfestival.info

SAT 31 AUG 2024      DALWOOD JAZZ CLUB (AXMINSTER, DEVON)
3.00pm, 2 x 45 min sets @ Dalwood Village Hall. Tickets: t.mackenney111@btinternet.com

WARREN JAMES SHOW DATES FOR AUGUST 2024

Thur 15 – Carlisle Jazz Club – Jake Leg Jug Band

Sat 17 – Louth, Jazz Club – Jake Leg Jug Band

Sun 18 – Worcester, Chestnut Tree – Jake Leg Jug Band

Mon 19 – St Ives, Private Engagement – 2pm to 5pm

Fri 23 – Darlington, The Vaults – Jake Leg Jug Band

Sun 25 – Colne, Lancs, Great British RnB Festival – Lonnie Donegan Story – Special Guest: Liam Ward

Tue 27 – Bude, Falcon Hotel, 3:45pm – Jazzaholics

Wed 28 – Bude, Parkhouse Center, 12:15pm – Jazzaholics

Thurs 29 – Bude, Golf Club, 11:45am – The Story of Skiffle – Special Guest: Alex Clarke

Thur 29 – Bude, Methodist Church, 3:15pm – Jake Leg Jug Band

Fri 30 – Bude, Falcon Hotel, 8pm – Jake Leg Jug Band

Sat 31 – Devon, Dalwood Village Hall – Jake Leg Jug Band

Hi everyone, just keeping you up to date of our whereabouts as you requested when you originally signed up to our newsletter at a live gig! The Jake Leg Jug Band forthcoming tour dates for July are listed first then you will find my own personal dates for The Hit Parade Heroes, The Lonnie Donegan Story and The Story of Skiffle among other projects listed below.

JAKE LEG JUG BAND – TOUR DATES – JULY 2024

WED 03 JUL 2024    AMERSHAM JAZZ CLUB (HIGH WYCOMBE, BUCKS)
8.00pm, 3 x 40 min sets. @ Royal British Legion. www.amershamjazzclub.co.uk

​THU 04 JUL 2024     PUMP HOUSE JAZZ CLUB (WATFORD)
8.00pm, 3 x 45 min sets. @ The Pump House Theatre. www.pumphouse.info 

​FRI 05 JUL 2024       FISHERY WHARF CAFE (BOXMOOR, HERTFORDSHIRE)
8.00pm, 2 x 45 min sets. www.fisherywharfcafe.co.uk 

​SUN 07 JUL 2024      OLD BARN HALL JAZZ CLUB (GREAT BOOKHAM, SURREY)
1.00pm, 3 x 50 min sets  www.thejazzguide.co.uk/venues/listing/old-barn-hall

​SUN 14 JUL 2024      SOLIHULL JAZZ (WEST MIDLANDS)
12.30pm, 2 x 60 min sets. @ Broomfields Hall. www.jazzamatazz.org.uk

​SUN 14 JUL 2024      THE VAULTS (UTTOXETER, STAFFORDSHIRE)
5.00pm, 2 x 60 min sets. www.facebook.com/thevaultsuttoxeter

​THU 25 JUL 2024      BIRMINGHAM JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL (WEST MIDLANDS)
11.00am, 2 x 50 min sets. @ The Exchange. www.birminghamjazzfestival.com

​THU 25 JUL 2024      BIRMINGHAM JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL (WEST MIDLANDS)
5.30pm, 2 x 50 min sets. @ Lee Longlands. www.birminghamjazzfestival.com

​THU 25 JUL 2024      BIRMINGHAM JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL (WEST MIDLANDS)
9.15pm, 2 x 50 min sets. @ The Night Owl (Digbeth). www.birminghamjazzfestival.com

​FRI 26 JUL 2024      TEWKESBURY LIVE FESTIVAL (GLOUCESTERSHIRE)
6.00pm, 2 x 45 min sets. @ The Anchor. www.tewkesburylive.co.uk

WARREN JAMES – TOUR DATES – JULY 2024

Wed 3 – Marlybone, Private Engagement – Silk Street Music @ 4pm to 7pm

Wed 3 – High Wycombe, Amersham Jazz – Jake Leg Jug Band @ 8pm

Thur 4 – Watford, Pump House Arts Centre – Jake Leg Jug Band

Fri 5 – Bedford, Private Engagement – Silk Street Music @ 10am to 1pm

Fri 5 – Boxmoore, Fishery Wharf Cafe – Jake Leg Jug Band

Sat 6 – Darlington, Jazz Club – Lonnie Donegan Story @ 12pm – Special Guest: Joe Moretti

Sun 7 – Surrey, Old Barn Jazz Club, Bookham – Jake Leg Jug Band @ 12 noon

Sat 13 – Bristol, The Old Duke – The Hit Parade Heroes @ 9pm

Sun 14 – Solihull, Jazzamatazz, Broonfield Hall – Jake Leg Jug Band @ 12 noon

Sun 14 – Uttoxeter, The Vaults of Uttoxeter – The Jake Leg Jug Band @ 5pm

Mon 15 – Hastings, Private Engagement – Silk Street Music 11am to 2pm

Tue 16 – Hampton in Arden, Fentham Hall – Lonnie Donegan Story

Sat 20 – Doveholes, Jazz Club – Lonnie Donegan Story – Special Guest: Phil Shotton

Sun 21 – Coventry, Jazzamatazz – Warren James Skiffle Group @ 12 noon – Guest TBC

Mon 22 – Birmingham Jazz & Blues Festival – Great Bridge Library – The Hit Parade Heroes @ 7:30pm

Tues 23 – Mablethorpe, Tower Tavern – Appearing with Andy Eastwood’s THOSE WERE THE DAYS

Wed 24 – Birningham Jazz & Blues Festival – Earlsdon Village @ 7:30pm – The Hit Parade Heroes – Special Guest: Simon Smith

Thur 25 – Birmingham Jazz & Blues Festival, The Exchange, Centenary Sq – The Jake Leg Jug Band @ 11am

Thur 25 – Nottingham,  Rhythm Club – Jazzaholics @ 8pm

Fri 26 – Tewkesbury, The Anchor – The Jake Leg Jug Band @ 8pm

Sat 27 – Birmingham Jazz & Blues Festival – Coventry CBS Arena @ 12:30pm – The Warren James Skiffle Group

Sat 27 – Birmingham Jazz & Blues Festival – The Brasshouse, Broad Steet @ 5pm – The Warren James Skiffle Group

Sun 28 – Birmingham Jazz & Blues Festival – Haden Hill House @ 2pm – The Warren James Skiffle Group – Guest: Simon Smith

Sun 28 – Birmingham Jazz & Blues Festival – The Station, Sutton Coldfield @ 7pm – The Warren James Skiffle Group – Guest: Simon Smith

Wed 31 – Pershore Jazz Club – Lonnie Donegan Story – Special Guest: Alex Clarke

June gig update for The Jake Leg Jug Band and Warren James’ Hit Parade heroes / The Lonnie Donegan Story and Baby Jools and The Jazzaholics.

So far The Jake Leg Jug Band have 97 dates from January to the end of 2024 – those dates are rising!

FRI 31 MAY 2024      PEBBLES TAVERN (WATCHET, SOMERSET)
8.30pm,  2 x 45 min sets. www.facebook.com/pebblestavern

​SUN 02 JUN 2024      VINTAGE NOSTALGIA FESTIVAL (WILTSHIRE) 
2.00pm, @ The bus top bar, 2 x 45 min sets. www.vintagenostalgiafestival.co.uk

​THU 06 JUN 2024      KELMARSH HALL & GARDENS (NORTHAMPTON) 
6.00pm, 2 x 45 min sets. www.kelmarsh.com

​SAT 08 JUN 2024      BERKHAMSTED JAZZ (HERTFORDSHIRE) 
8.00pm, 2 x 60 min sets  @ Berkhamsted Civic Centre. www.bjazz.org

​SAT 15 JUN 2024      YORK HOUSE CENTRE (STONEY STRATFORD, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE) 
8.30pm, 2 x 45 min sets  www.york-house.org.uk

​SAT 22 JUN 2024      THE JAZZ CENTRE UK (SOUTHEND-ON-SEA) 
2.00pm, 2 x 45 min sets  @ Beecroft Art Gallery. www.thejazzcentreuk.co.uk

​SAT 29 JUN 2024      DALWOOD MUSIC DAY (AXMINSTER, DEVON)
3.00pm, 2 x 45 min sets @ Dalwood Village Hall. Tickets: t.mackenney111@btinternet.com

​Warren James’ dates include this Sunday, 2 June – Hit Parade Heroes at 6:30pm at SNOBS Bar at 200 Broad Street, Birmingham – events previously held at the O Bar on Broad Street, but have now moved…. other dates include The Lonnie Donegan Story and Baby Jools & The Jazzaholics, all listed below

Sat 1 – Gloucester, St Oswald’s Village – The Hit Parade Heroes – Special Guest: Liam Ward
Sun 2 – Birmingham, Snobs Bar, 200 Broad Street – The Hit Parade Heroes @ 6:30pm
Wed 5 – Uttoxeter – Wedding – 2pm
Wed 5 – Sutton Coldfield Jazz Club – Jazzaholics 8pm
Thur 6 – Chaddesley Corbett, The Swan – Jazzaholics
Fri 7 – Tipton, Horseley Tavern – The Hit Parade Heroes
Sat 8 – Birkhamstead, Jazz Club – Jake Leg Jug Band
Sun 9 – LANZAROTE
Mon 10 – LANZAROTE
Tues 11 – LANZAROTE
Wed 12 – LANZAROTE
Thur 13 – LANZAROTE
Sat 15 – Stoney Stratford, York House Centre – Jake Leg Jug Band
Sun 16 – Uttoxeter, The Horse & Dove – The Hit Parade Heroes with Mike Owen and Barry Meek @ 1pm
Sun 16 – Uttoxeter, The Vaults of Uttoxeter – The Hit Parade Heroes with Mike Owen and Barry Meek @ 4pm
Sat 22 – Southend, Jazz Centre – Jake Leg Jug Band @ 2pm
Sat 22 – Shipston on Stour, Townsend Hall – Baby Jools & The Jazzaholics @ 8pm
Sat 29 – Louth, Jazz Club – Jazzaholics
Sun 30 – Worcester, Chestnut Tree – Warren James R ‘n’ R duo @ 6pm Special Guest: Duncan Wilc

It would appear that the Jake Leg Jug Band gospel shows have been fantastically received with very enthusiastic crowds and more and more venues being added, many of them at churches around the country

Our new CD release, Some Glad Morning, is selling remarkably already – you can get yours here if you haven’t already https://www.thejakelegjugband.com/discography

This week I will be performing with The Jake Leg Jug Band in Carlisle this week

Thursday 23 May at CARLISLE JAZZ CLUB – 8.30pm – to be held at Carlisle Rugby Club. http://www.carlislejazzclub.co.uk​

Then on Friday 24th May I am performing this special event – The Lonnie Donegan Story at New Oscott Village, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, B23 5LD – I will be joined by New Orleans drumming legend, Baby Jools… West End musical bassist, Jim Swinnerton… and my pal from the Jake Leg Jug Band, Liam Ward will join us on Harmonica.

Doors open at 7pm – tickets are £9 and the venue has a full bar and dance floor… If you are near or in Sutton Coldfield then please come along and join us, you’ll have a great night hearing about the man who launched British pop music and brought American folk and blues music to our shores in the mid 50s.

BOOK YOUR TICKET NOW on 0121 377 5000

Sunday 26th – I shall be performing at Stafford Jazz Club with Baby Jools & The Jazzaholics

Tuesday 28th – I’m on electric guitar duties with The Liam Ward Band at Bletchley Blues Club

Summer kicked in and it has popped off again, so everyone in the Jake Leg Jug Band and my own bands wish you a bright, warm and happy time at all of those live gigs taking place around the UK… Keep supporting live music folks – you’ll miss it of it went (again).

Best wishes,

Warren James – www.WarrenJamesGuitar.com
The Lonnie Donegan Story
The Jake Leg Jug Band
Hit Parade Heroes
Baby Jools & The Jazzaholics
The Johnny Cash Songbook

You are receiving this because you signed up to our newsletter at a live gig and requested updates, this is thems!

I have a nice busy month ahead of me with concert in all four corners of the job centre.

I’ll be as far south as Cornwall and as far north as Edinburgh and travelling east and west for Filey and Manchester.

Also, I will support to the folk rock band Merry Hell at Filey Folk Festival

Last month, we performed our final Walk on Back to Happiness concert at Hanger Farm Arts Centre, Totton, Southampton.

That show will now become The Hit Parade Heores details here

But a great time was had at the concert and a short snippet can be found here

The rest of this months concert dates will be as follows

Wed 1 – Sutton Coldfield Jazz Club – Jake Leg Jug Band

Thur 2 – York, Dringhouses Jazz Club – Jake Leg Jug Band @ 12 noon

Fri 3 – Saltburn, Arts Centre – Jake Leg Jug Band

Sat 4 – Filey Folk Fest, The Everon Centre – Warren James & Duncan Wilcox Supporting Merry Hell

Sun 5 – Filey, Methodist Church – Jake Leg Jug Band @ 1pm

Sun 5 – Filey, Folk Festival, Yorkshire – Jake Leg Jug Band @ 7pm

Mon 6 – Milverton, Street Fayre – Jake Leg Jug Band

Wed 8 – Bristol, Old Duke – Jake Leg Jug Band

Fri 10 – Newbold Verdon, Baptist Church – Jake Leg Jug Band

Sat 11 – Bude, Methodist Church – Jake Leg Jug Band

Sun 12 – Marchington Woodlands, St John The Baptist Church – The Jake Leg Jug Band

Thur 16 – Didsbury, Jazz Club – Jake Leg Jug Band

Fri 17 – Edinburgh, Jazz & Jive Club – Jake Leg Jug Band

Thur 23 – Carlisle Jazz Club – Jake Leg Jug Band

Fri 24 – Sutton Coldfield, New Oscott Village – Lonnie Donegan Story

Sun 26 – Stafford, Jazz Society – Jazzaholics

Tues 28 – Bletchley, Blues Club – The Liam Ward Band

Fri 31 – Somerset, Watchet – Jake Leg Jug Band

All details can be found at www.WarrenJamesGuitar.com

EXCITING NEWS EVERYONE – our 9th studio album SOME GLAD MORNING is out to purchase on GREEN BULLET RECORDS

Simply click here to order your copy

The album launch will take place this coming Sunday, 5th May, at Filey Methodist Church at 2pm.

With a busy month ahead of us, we look forward to seeing you as we travel and perform around a good proportion of the UK.

LIVE DATES MAY 2024

WED 01 MAY 2024

SUTTON COLDFIELD TRAD JAZZ CLUB (WEST MIDLANDS)

8.00pm, 2 x 60 min sets @ Boldmere Sports & Social Club

www.facebook.com/SuttonColdfieldTradJazzClub

THU 02 MAY 2024

DRINGHOUSES JAZZ CLUB (NORTH YORKSHIRE)

1.00pm, 3 x 40 min sets @ Dringhouses Sports Club

FRI 03 MAY 2024

SALTBURN ARTS (NORTH YORKSHIRE)

7.30pm, 2 x 45 min sets @ Saltburn Community Theatre.

www.saltburnarts.co.uk/music

SUN 05 MAY 2024

FILEY METHODIST CHURCH (NORTH YORKSHIRE)

2.00pm. 2 x 45 min sets. Album launch.

www.fileymethodistchurch.org.uk

GOSPEL CONCERT

SUN 05 MAY 2024

FILEY FOLK FESTIVAL (NORTH YORKSHIRE)

7.30pm. 2 x 45 min sets @ The Evron Centre

www.fileyevroncentre.co.uk

MON 06 MAY 2024

MILVERTON STREET FAIR (SOMERSET)

12.30pm, 2 x 45 min sets.

www.milverton.org.uk

WED 08 MAY 2024

THE OLD DUKE (BRISTOL)

9.00pm, 2 x 45 min sets.

www.theoldduke.co.uk

FRI 10 MAY 2024

NEWBOLD VERDON BAPTIST CHURCH (LEICESTER)

7.30pm, 2 x 45 min sets.

www.facebook.com/NewboldVerdonBaptistChurch

GOSPEL CONCERT

For information and tickets please email: nvbaptistevent@btinternet.com

SAT 11 MAY 2024

BUDE METHODIST CHURCH (CORNWALL) 

7.00pm, 2 x 60 min sets.

www.budeandholsworthymethodists.org.uk

GOSPEL CONCERT

SUN 12 MAY 2024

ST JOHN’S CHURCH (MARCHINGTON WOODLANDS, STAFFS) 

7.00pm, 2 x 45 min sets.

www.marchingtonwoodlandschurch.co.uk 

GOSPEL CONCERT

THU 16 MAY 2024

DIDSBURY JAZZ CLUB (MANCHESTER)

8.00pm 2 x 60 min sets. @ Didsbury Cricket Club.

www.jazznorthwest.co.uk/didsbury.htm

FRI 17 MAY 2024

EDINBURGH JAZZ ‘N’ JIVE CLUB (SCOTLAND)

8.00pm, 3 x 45 min sets @ Heriot’s Rugby Club.

www.edinburghjazz.com

THU 23 MAY 2024

CARLISLE JAZZ CLUB (CUMBRIA)

8.30pm, 2 x 60 min sets @ Carlisle Rugby Club.

www.carlislejazzclub.co.uk

FRI 31 MAY 2024

PEBBLES TAVERN (WATCHET, SOMERSET)

8.30pm,  2 x 45 min sets.

www.facebook.com/pebblestavern

You can find all dates online at www.thejakelegjugband.com also on our WhatsApp Channel https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaaKc2B3QxRtdtB1T50f

Greetings everyone – of course, you already know that you are receiving this email because you joined The Jake Leg Jug Band mailing list at a live gig.

We are delighted to announce the launch of  our new WhatsApp channel for the Jake Leg Jug Band.

A new, easy, and very secure way of receiving our updates.

Using the device that you have WHATSAPP on (usually your phone), simply click the link below and select FOLLOW in the channel, and that should be it.

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Most people have WhatsApp these days, so it makes perfect sense to just get an update via the channel.

Please join us at the link above…

Greetings everyone – of course, you already know that you are receiving this email because you joined The Jake Leg Jug Band mailing list at a live gig.

We are delighted to announce the launch of  our new WhatsApp channel for the Jake Leg Jug Band.

A new, easy, and very secure way of receiving our updates.

Using the device that you have WHATSAPP on (usually your phone), simply click the link below and select FOLLOW in the channel, and that should be it.

CLICK HERE FOR THE JAKE LEG CHANNEL

https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaaKc2B3QxRtdtB1T50f

Most people have WhatsApp these days, so it makes perfect sense to just get an update via the channel.

Please join us at the link above…

I’m delighted to announce my gigs for this month with The Jake Leg Jug Band, The Hit Parade Heroes, The Lonnie Donegan Story and Baby Jools & The Jazzaholics – plug a guest appearance with The Liam Ward Blues Band… All details can be found at www.WarrenJamesGuitar.com