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Soho Jazz Festival 2026. Europe's grassroots jazz festival.

Europe's Grassroots Jazz Festival 26

15 to 19

September 2026

London · The 40th edition

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Limited capacity · Advance ticket required

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The week

The shape of the week

A prize night, a day of new music, a mural unveiling, and a 40 artist jam. The full programme lands soon. Here is where it starts.

Prize Night
15
Tuesday

The British Jazz Prize

Three prizes. One night. British jazz finally says thank you. Winners announced live on stage.

Opening
16
Wednesday

The Festival Opens

Doors open across Soho. Basements, lounges, and rooms most people walk straight past.

New Music
17
Thursday

New Music at the Discovery Stage

A day for new music. Debuts and first listens on the Discovery Stage at Jack Solomons, Europe's first certified immersive live audio room.

Unveiling
18
Friday

The Spirit of Soho

The festival and its iconic bus join the unveiling of the Spirit of Soho mural, the mosaic landmark at the corner of Carnaby and Broadwick.

The Main Event
19
Saturday

The 40th Celebration Jazz Jam

40 artists. One all day session at the home of the Discovery Stage. The beat goes on.

The rooms

Where Soho plays

Every September the festival takes over the rooms that made Soho famous. Some you know. Some we are keeping quiet for now. Tap a name.

Full programme for every room announced soon.

British Jazz Prize crystal trophy

Announcing

The British Jazz Prize

Three prizes. One night. British jazz finally says thank you. Tuesday 15 September 2026.

In partnership with Kronenbourg 1664 Blanc

The archive

Forty years of moments

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About

Europe's grassroots jazz festival

40Years of the festival
10Years reimagined by Soho Live Studios

Every September, Soho fills with music in its most unexpected corners. A basement club here, a members' lounge there, a stage where you least expect one.

The scale grows every year. The heartbeat stays the same: artists at the centre, audiences up close, discovery in every room. 2026 is the landmark. Ten years since Soho Live Studios reimagined the festival, forty since it began.

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On sale now

The all access pass

Early bird pricing, priority access, and first look at the full lineup.

15 to 19 September 2026 · Limited capacity

Tuesday 15 September 2026

British Jazz Prize

Supported by Kronenbourg 1664 Blanc

Three prizes · One night · Winners announced live on stage

British Jazz Prize crystal trophy engraved 15.09.26 with 1664

The prizes

British jazz finally says thank you

Not the loudest names. The essential ones. Three prizes for the people who kept the music alive when nobody was watching.

Prize 01

The Icon

The jazz artist who gave more than they took. Not the name at the top of the bill, but the player who shared the stage, ran the jams, and spent their career pulling the next generation up behind them.

Cash prize and industry support package · Details at the ceremony

Prize 02

The Custodian

The promoter, venue owner, or programmer who kept British jazz alive at grassroots level, often at personal cost, when the industry was looking the other way.

Cash prize and industry support package · Details at the ceremony

Prize 03

The Accomplice

In partnership with Kronenbourg 1664 Blanc

The person behind the scenes whose tireless, under recognised work made careers possible. Photographer, engineer, writer, fixer, believer. The one artists quietly credit when no one is listening.

Cash prize and industry support package · Details at the ceremony

The Icon crystal trophy

The trophy

Cut from crystal

One cube per winner, engraved with their category and the date the room stood up for them. No gold. No gimmicks. Just glass, light, and a name that earned it.

The Accomplice trophy is presented with Kronenbourg 1664 Blanc

The night

Tuesday 15 September

The week begins with a thank you. One room, three prizes, and the people who earned them, the night before Soho throws its doors open.

DoorsWelcomeKronenbourg 1664 Blanc on arrival. The room fills.
First SetLive MusicThe house band opens the night the only way Soho knows how.
The PrizesThree AnnouncementsThe Icon. The Custodian. The Accomplice. Winners revealed live on stage.
LateThe JamWinners, nominees, and whoever brought their horn. The night runs on.

Nominations open

Who deserves this?

You know someone. The player, the promoter, the person in the shadows. Put their name forward.