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This summer, jazz performers and fans from across the world will be in Birmingham to attend the 24th Birmingham International Jazz Festival.

Lightnin' Willy and the Poor Boys

The event offers a combination of jazz, blues, food, poetry, art, photography, cinema and literature, and 90% of the shows are free to the public.

With ten days of entertainment from 4 July - 13 July, organisers Big Bear Music and Birmingham City Council promise something for everyone.

The Rogue Dolls

From across the sea to a Brummie train carriage

The Jazz Festival presents nearly 200 performances with bands and musicians coming from Canada, France, the Netherlands, Spain, the United States, Hungary, Australia, Germany and Sweden, to name a few.

Home grown talent like the Rogue Dolls and Mellow Harmony will play alongside world renowned acts like Lightnin’ Willie and the Poorboys.

Mellow Harmony

A big jazz party

Europe’s biggest free jazz party has a well established reputation, drawing visitors from around the world, as well as locals.

Free gigs will take place in 73 unusual settings; shops, museums, cricket grounds and even trains - as organisers aim to bring jazz music into the public sphere, so that everyone can experience it.

For information on gigs and events happening around the city, visit the Birmingham Jazz Festival website.