Liverpool International Jazz Festival

Liverpool International Jazz Festival (LIJF) was established in 2013 by Liverpool Hope University, and in previous years has included performances from some of Jazz music’s leading lights.

The emphasis of the Festival is on contemporary instrumental jazz in a variety of styles with a focus on presenting work from an international selection of world class artists, taking audience members on a musical journey that traverses numerous genres and cross-genres.

The next incarnation of the Festival will take place from Friday 26th Feb 2026 to Sun 1st March 2026 inclusive. The Festival will comprise concerts from a stellar line up of artists including Tim Garland and Geoffrey Keezer, David Helbock and Julia Hofer, Zoe Rahman and Arun Ghosh, Robert Mitchell's Little Black Book, Martin Taylor and Marius Neset Quartet. 

Festival Bundle Tickets, priced £72 + bf, cover all the main six Festival concerts Festival Bundle ticket holders and include free entry to the three evening Fringe Festival events taking place at Quarry on on Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings.  Bundle Tickets are only available until Friday 13th February 2026, when they go off-sale, and they can be purchased via TicketQuarter.

LIJF Fringe 2026 will take place in venues across Liverpool City Centre with all sorts of exciting events, grassroots artists performing and opportunities to play. Details of the Fringe Festival events can be found at: LIJF Fringe 2026. 

For LIJF enquiries please contact the Festival Director, Neil Campbell - campben@hope.ac.uk

For general Capstone Theatre enquiries please e-mail The Capstone Theatre - capstone@hope.ac.uk 

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