Mostly Jazz Funk & Soul Festival

Many thanks to Jurassic 5's Soup for this message, made specially for all of you looking to go to Mostly Jazz Funk & Soul this year!
Catch him live at the festival with his new band Fullee Love Collective on Friday 12th July! https://mostlyjazz.co.uk/element/jurassic -5-soup-presents/

What a wonderful 4* review of Ishmael Ensemble's new album 'A State of Flow'! The album is out today and we cannot wait to get our teeth into it.
Very much looking forward to hearing some of these tracks live at Mostly Jazz Funk & Soul Festival 2019!
https://www.theguardian.com/…/ishmael-e nsemble-a-state-of-f…

Mostly Jazz Funk & Soul Festival 2019 is now jam-packed full of live music, DJ sets, workshops and more. TICKETS ARE NOW RUNNING LOW! So, if you want to be partying in the park with us for our Tenth Anniversary celebrations, get your tickets now.
*We're pleased to announce our 2019 dance workshops!*
... Get transported into the 1920's with Swing Era, dust off the old dancing shoes with Northern Soul, embrace your inner festival yogi with I Am Yogi yoga sessions and get moving to classic soul, funk and disco tunes with SoFunk. More TBA!
Explore our full programme here: https://mostlyjazz.co.uk/element-category /full-programme/
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After performing sets at the festival in the day, Craig Charles and Sam Redmore will make their way to Hare & Hounds Kings Heath for a raucous afterparty guaranteed to get you moving on the dancefloor.
Craig will bring his iconic trunk of funk records for a set filled with the best in Funk & Soul music from his BBC 6 Music Craig Charles Funk & Soul Show. Sam’s hand-crafted tracks are guaranteed to provide dancefloor destruction.
Tickets on sale now!

The Dark Horse is hosting an After Hours event for Mostly Jazz Funk & Soul Festival 2019 which will keep you dancing right through to 3am!
This Friday Afterparty features DJ Food providing a visual history of Kraftwerk’s various eras, looks and line ups, combining 60 tracks of Teutonic Techno, European Electro & Kraut Crunk into a 90 min AV collage.
Tickets are on sale now!

The Brand New Heavies have brought the funk back with their new single 'Getaway'! Check it out via the link below 👇👇

Thanks to Smoove and Turrell for this message, giving us a good laugh!
Catch them at Mostly Jazz Funk & Soul Festival 2019 on Saturday 13th July: https://mostlyjazz.co.uk/tickets/festival -tickets/

We love welcoming the many families that come to Mostly Jazz Funk & Soul every year so today's Magic Moment Monday is a family special, courtesy of Theresa Jones:
“Some photos from Mostly 2016. My girlies and their bestie and my little man’s first Mostly. Plus my girly rocking her merchandise back in 2015!”
*Send your memories of Mostly Jazz Funk & Soul to info@mostlyjazz.co.uk! Pictures & videos encouraged*

We are absolutely loving the sunshine this #BankHolidayWeekend and our Mostly Jazz Funk & Soul playlist is giving us the perfect summer vibes 🌞🔥
https://tinyurl.com/y6srap3e

ONLY 12 WEEKS TO GO UNTIL Mostly Jazz Funk & Soul Festival 2019!!
The Jacksons, Burt Bacharach, The Brand New Heavies, Khruangbin, The Craig Charles Funk & Soul Show, Brian Jackson, Ibibio Sound Machine and many many more are all heading to Moseley Park and Pool to join us for our Tenth Anniversary celebrations!
We've now announced our full Afterparties programme, as well as the DJ line-up for our Off Piste area. It's shaping up to be our biggest programme of entertainment ye...t.
Come and party in the park with us this July! https://mostlyjazz.co.uk/tickets/festival -tickets/
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**MORE ARTISTS ADDED TO OUR LINE-UP**
We can now reveal the line-up for Off Piste – a new area for the festival that was introduced last year.
Expect DJ Sets providing the very best in Jazz, Funk & Soul. We'll be celebrating the last 10 years of Mostly Jazz Funk & Soul Festival by featuring music from some of our favourite artists, guaranteed to get you moving your feet on the dancefloor.
... Featuring DJ Food, Crazy P's Danielle Moore, Sam Redmore, Tina Edwards​, The Night Owl's Mazzy Snape and many more!
Check out full details via our website: https://mostlyjazz.co.uk/element-category /off-piste/
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You only have until 7PM TONIGHT (Thurs 18th) to enter our competition to win a meet and greet with The Brand New Heavies!
Head here for all the details you need: https://www.facebook.com/mostlyjazz/posts /10158990788028084

It's the Easter holidays and many of you may be taking a trip over the next couple of weeks. So here's a recommendation for some holiday listening!
Khruangbin launched AirKhruang.com, inviting users to “book” a curated playlist for an upcoming flight.
AirKhruang uses info provided by the user to create a personalized playlist powered by Spotify. It provides music for the exact length of the flight and draws from the band’s sound, which is rooted in the funk and soul of the Me...diterranean and the Middle East.
Give it a go here: https://www.airkhruang.com/
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Thanks to Caron Marley for today's Magic Moment Monday!
“This is my Daughter at her first Mostly Jazz festival (2016) admiring the graffiti pic of Grand Master Flash. The second is our groups annual "fez-tival" picture. 8 years and counting...”
*Have a memory from the last 10 years of Mostly Jazz Funk & Soul? Please email it to info@mostlyjazz.co.uk. Pictures & videos encouraged!*

We're still on a music hype after #RecordStoreDay yesterday so we're listening to the most recent releases from some of our Mostly Jazz Funk & Soul Festival 2019 line-up.
Ibibio Sound Machine, Ishmael Ensemble and Alice Auer have all released music recently. What's your favourite new release?

Happy #RecordStoreDay! What Jazz, Funk or Soul record are you loving at the moment?
Remember you can now pick up your Mostly Jazz Funk & Soul Festival 2019 tickets from these select record stores 🎫

With just 3 months to go until Mostly Jazz Funk & Soul Festival 2019, who are you most looking forward to seeing live in Moseley Park for our Tenth Anniversary this July?! 💃🕺

If you're taking a trip to support your local record store on Record Store Day this Saturday, be sure to keep an eye out for tickets to Mostly Jazz Funk & Soul Festival 2019 👀
We support a number of stores through the sale of our festival tickets. For those of you who live in Warwickshire, you can now pick up your Adult Weekend tickets to the festival from Head Records Leamington Spa. For our Birmingham crowd, you can head to Polar Bear Records or Swordfish Records!