The British Jazz Prize
Three prizes. One night. British jazz finally says thank you. Winners announced live on stage.
Hello Soho
15 to 19
September 2026
London · The 40th edition
Limited capacity · Advance ticket required
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.
Three prizes. One night. British jazz finally says thank you. Winners announced live on stage.
Doors open across Soho. Basements, lounges, and rooms most people walk straight past.
A day for new music. Debuts and first listens on the Discovery Stage at Jack Solomons, Europe's first certified immersive live audio room.
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.
40 artists. One all day session at the home of the Discovery Stage. The beat goes on.
The rooms
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.
The archive
About
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.
On sale now
Early bird pricing, priority access, and first look at the full lineup.
15 to 19 September 2026 · Limited capacity
Tuesday 15 September 2026
Supported by Kronenbourg 1664 Blanc
The prizes
Not the loudest names. The essential ones. Three prizes for the people who kept the music alive when nobody was watching.
Prize 01
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 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
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 trophy
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
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.
Nominations open
You know someone. The player, the promoter, the person in the shadows. Put their name forward.