London based blues rock guitarist Jack J Hutchinson has announced THREE intimate acoustic performances for the summer of 2026 the middle one being for the Club & The Muse in Brecon the only date inWALES. Showcasing the blues and roots side of his playing, the shows will feature new material written especially for the run, plus select covers of blues artists who have influenced his song-writing. The dates come on the back of a successful year for Hutchinson which saw his latest album Battle Scars crash-land in the Official Blues Chart Top5. Classic Rock raved about the release describing it as genuinely spiritual. In recent years Hutchinson has completed headline tours of Europe, plus shows in America and Brazil. He has also supported acts like FM, King King and Ocean Colour Scenes Steve Cradock, and played festivals alongside BlackBerry Smoke, the Black Crowes Chris Robinson and Jeff Beck. He is currently recording his fifth studio album at Momentum Studios, Plymouth, with producer Josiah J Manning, and will be hitting the road in support t of the release throughout 2026. Jack J Hutchinson Acoustic Dates: 29 May-Eric Morecambe Centre, Harpenden 6 June- The Muse, Brecon for theMWR&BC 7June-The Half Moon, Putney Special Guest Act for June 6th. Aled Cliffordof Henrys funeral shoe will be supporting the amazing Jack Hutchinson. Aled will be playing a solo set of covers and original songs, some from his band and others from his back catalogue. https://www.henrysfuneralshoe.com/ To know more about the Mid Wales R&B Club date please PM me all the very bestAngus. Tickets will be 14. https://jackjhutchinsonmusic.com/ www.midwalesrand.com

Having played Brecon Jazz Festival to a delighted audience in 2024, Fabulous Red Diesel return to sweep you off your feet. Kat Lee-Ryan belts out raw soul with Bush/Mitchel-esque lyrics over the grooviest arrangements of original funk, latin, soul ,gypsy punk and swing. There are trumpets, a flute and even a tuba when one is required. You come away from a gig feeling like you have met friends, the vibe is so infectious. Their current studio album Goddess The Seahorse has been featured on Jazz FM, they have sold out Upstairs at Ronnie Scotts three times. They are currently mixing their new album, and new songs from that album will be aired at the Brecon jazz FesTival 'Think Eartha Kitt meets Frank Zappa via Hiatus Kaiyote. Line up- Kat Lee Ryan- vocals,keys,flute Wil Lee-Ryan- drums Simon Dobell- -trumpet, guitar Bea Gullick -double bass, trumpet ,tuba Website: https://thefabulousreddiesel.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FabRedDiesel Watch:https://youtu.be/OiaKUZ5ipmY?si=T7jaHmFVilJrdKmi

Described as A band about to make its mark on UK Jazz, The Jack Pearce Quintet showcases Jacks original compositions that pay homage to jazz traditions while injecting a fresh, inventive spirit. A band of Leeds Conservatoire Alumni, the Jack Pearce Quintet focuses on a fusion of melodic and technical excellence. Experienced thanks to Brecon Jazz Club here at The Muse back in November 2025, the festival is thrilled to have these musicians bringing their fantastic energy and sound back to Brecon! Drawing influence from Post-bop and 90s world fusion, the original compositions have a uniquely open and interactive approach. The bands strength is particularly apparent in a live setting where countless hours have been dedicated to every facet of the music, then refined on the stage, culminating in an exciting musical experience. Strong rhythms underpin vibrant, playful melodies creating a fusion complimentary to both traditional and modern jazz. Coming off the success of their first UK tour, the Jack Pearce Quintet are quickly building a reputation as a band to watch on the UK jazz scene. Links Website- https://jackpearcesax.com Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/jackpearcesax/ Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/jackpearcesax/ Youtube- https://www.youtube.com/@JackPearceQuinte

Hot Club Gallois are a dynamic 4-piece gypsy-jazz band based in South Wales playing the hottest picks of the Swing Era. Their irresistible mix of fiery violin, lyrical vocals, virtuosic guitar and stomping bass has thrilled crowds around the British Isles. There set contains Django Reinhardt classics, Swing flavoured jazz standards and some Hot Club Gallois originals. From gypsy to jitterbug, ballads to bolero, Hot Club Gallois will transport you to the swirling dance halls and gypsy camps of Paris in the 1930's and 40's. https://www.hotclubgallois.com/ Facebook hotclubgallois https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XymZbvzTl E https://youtu.be/bRq7ci N5CE?si=BPfE7ywgZYDEnYPJ XENIA PORTEOUS - Violin Fast and furious improvisation on a knife edge is Xenia's idea of a fun night out. Her fledgling career to date has included several TV and radio credits including the BBC, ITV and S4C. She's performed in some great venues like the 02 in London and the Royal Albert Hall, and plays regularly in a number of musical styles from classical to disco. Although Xenia grew up with the violin she didn't study at music college, believing the pressure of earning a living from music would take away the joy of playing. In 2013 in a kind of pre-mid-life crisis she resigned from a lucrative finance job and escaped to South America for 6 months where she realised that music was too important not to be the focus of her life. She set up as Xenia Violin on her return and has been performing and recording ever since. When she's not playing she enjoys dancing Argentine Tango and raising her family. LUKE ARCHARD - Guitar Luke is a former classical guitarist who developed a passion for the swing style of Gypsy Jazz after a chance encounter with the music during a visit to the New Orleans Jazz festival. Inspired by the melodic beauty, virtuosity and flamboyancy of the gypsy style, he plays with an intensity that is both authentic and evocative. Having played with various gypsy jazz line ups in London, he relocated to South Wales. He now plays full time with Hot Club Gallois. RICHARD JONES - Guitar Vocals Richard was a typical teenage bedroom guitarist who soon gained a reputation playing in the pubs and clubs around South Wales. His horizons expanded into contemporary Jazz, free improvisation and world music while gaining a degree in Jazz from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Whilst there he co-founded modern jazz quartet The Jones O'Connor Group with whom he toured nationally, making several radio and TV appearances as well as two critically acclaimed albums. More touring and recording followed with Os Sambistas, a Brazilian Roots and Samba group, featuring a notable collaboration with Brazilian percussion master Bosco d'oleveira. Around the same time Richard was invited to join the Welsh Jazz Composers Orchestra as a guitarist/composer. The 18 piece jazz ensemble featured Wales' most prominent Jazz musicians during their 2006 Tour. Richard has featured in several TV and radio appearances most notably BBC Children in need 2007' and S4C's coverage of Brecon Jazz Festival 2006 and 2008. Festival credits include London Jazz Festival, Edinburgh Festival, Brecon Jazz, Experimentica Festival, Cork Jazz Festival . Richard is adept in a wide range of musical styles. His session credits range from rap group Goldey Lookin' Chain to Dance Producer Jean Jacques Smoothie and classical singer Aled Jones. He recently performed in the U.S.with classical baritione Mark Llewellyn Evans. Richard now teaches Jazz guitar at RWCMD on the same course that earned him his degree. He has also lectured in pop/rock at ICMP and tutored at various Jazz summer schools around the UK. MIKE MORGAN - Stick Bass / Vocals Bass player and singer. Artisan and compulsive maker of things including the instruments he plays on stage. Music has been his downfall and continues to provide endless pleasure in his cosmic confusion. Unable to work out what he is going to be when he grows up, he looks on the next few years as a bit of an experiment.

Grounded Thread offer an inventive take on contemporary jazz, combining guitar, bass, cello and live tapdancing. The group features Alex McDowall on guitar, Pablo Sonnaillon on bass, Georgina Aasgaard on cello, and Hannah Ballard from Sole Rebel UK tap dancers, creating a layered, rhythmdriven performance that merges movement and music in real time. Grounded Thread uses improvisation as a central premise to connect jazz musicians with tap percussion https://solerebel.co.uk/project/groundedthread/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgJ2Cz48peE https://www.instagram.com/grounded thread/

Jane , Bella and Gareth have played together in various duos but joined forces as a trio in the summer of 2025 after coming together to perform a gig at Aberjazz Festival 2025 https://youtu.be/l3ytaOCbRUY?si=bji-HFomMlMQyDCH Bella Collins is a well known singer , guitarist , bass player with a power rich smokey blues voice has been wowing audiences all over the country with her unique style and skill. Jane Williams, performed on Van Morrisons 2016 album ROLL WITH THE PUNCHES IN and was headhunted by Wild Willy Barrett (John Ottway & Barrett ) to be lead singer in his alternative band. 2024 saw her performing on CH 4s popular show - The Piano and releasing an album of her original songs. Gareths is a multi instrumentalist and is signed to Washington DC based label Nexgen Music. https://youtu.be/l3ytaOCbRUY?si=bji-HFomMlMQyDCH

Brecon Jazz Festival is thrilled to be welcoming back Jack Mac after their high energy performance at last year's Festival Spring Taster day. This time he is in great company with his Funk Pack!The Funk Pack is a collective of some of the strongest musicians from the Cardiff and Bristol area. From soulful melodies to grooving rhythms, the Funk Pack has it all and will get the crowd dancing. Taking inspiration from New Orleans Funk groups like Galactic, Dumpstaphunk and Trombone Shorty's Orleans Avenue, our original tunes are a mix of rich harmonies, syncopated rhythms, snappy licks and bold horns to move along with. Watch:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsmJ3n0I4m-IfLEWClTJCf3GD5J30vJSZ Listen: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsmJ3n0I4m-IfLEWClTJCf3GD5J30vJSZ

Opening the Muse Stage for this year's Brecon Jazz Festival is Ewan Bleach and the Cable Street Rag Band, bringing live 1920s and 30s jazz, blues and swing for your enjoyment! "This is an old-style jazz band that also plays blues, song-book foxtrots and swing numbers along with other dance music from around the world, including waltzes, beguines, tangos and the odd polkas, All of their repertoire dates from the 1850s-1940s." The band released the LP 'Dust' in 2018. Band leader Ewan Bleach is an exceptional clarinetist, saxophonist, pianist, singer, bandleader, composer, teacher and session musician based in London and specialising in the early styles of jazz, ragtime, blues and swing. watch:https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3ueaikG5Xwg

Following a sell out show at last years festival Dionne is back with a late night Saturday show on The Muse Stage. Dress your best and come and enjoy a set of jazz, funk, blues and raw vocal brilliance. Known for her commanding stage presence and soaring voice, Dionne blends groove, grit and charisma into every performance. Expect deep rhythm, big energy, Dionne Bennett, a British/West-Indian singer-songwriter, producer, and radio personality.

Celebrating the 12th anniversary of theMWR&BC the confirmed line-up is listed below with approximate timings (both subject to change) doors should be open at 3pm with background music played until and in between all acts JON AMOR TRIO 2026 UK BLUES AWARDS NOMINEES Band of The Year Delivering high-energy Blues Funk. Jon Amor fronts the trio, known throughout Europe & North America for his time with The Hoax, but now well-established as a performer in his own right. He has taken the stage alongside the likes of Van Morrison, Buddy Guy and Billy Bragg, and recorded with Robert Plant. Bass virtuosoJerry Soffe has recorded and played live with Bernie Marsden (Whitesnake), Larry Garner, John Etheridge, and Louisiana Red. Dynamic drummerTom Gilkeshas toured and recorded with Marc Ford (Black Crowes) Ian Siegal, Elles Bailey, Muddy Manninen (Wishbone Ash), Willie & The Bandits, and John Cornfield (Muse, Oasis). https://jonamor.tumblr.com/ THE TERRAPLANES BLUES BAND (DUO) Authentic Delta Blues & RnB. Formed in 2013 as a duo, with a shared appreciation of Mississippi country blues. Nick Scrase always in fine voice, gritty and soulful alongside his powerful lead guitar soloing is inventive, blistering in short, just right. Eduardo Allen (surely the sharpest-dressed harmonica player in the West) is an incredible showman, with a remarkable physical presence on stage. https://www.theterraplanesbluesband.com/ CARLEYS WRECK & RUIN (DUO) A British blues duo with a dark, unmistakable edge. Primitive and raw Blues from the underworld! A British duo with a dark, unmistakable edge. Blending gritty blues and roots music, its raw, rhythmic, and possessed by something older than rock n roll itself! The music is the beat-up brainchild of Jo Carley (vocals, mandolin, washboard, percussion) and Tim Carley(battered archtop guitar, rattlin shoe, kick drum, distorted vintage amps, backing vocals), from JO CARLEY & THE OLD DRY SKULLS. www.wreckandruin.uk [//www.wreckandruin.uk] ELSIE FRANKLIN (SOLO) Elsie Franklinbrings an enchanting blend of acoustic country blues, ragtime and jazz played on her trusty National resonator, all delivered with a beautifully authentic touch. Drawing from early masters like Memphis Minnie, Bessie Smith and Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Elsies fingerstyle and slide guitar playing is steeped in history yet utterly fresh. In the words of blues legend Dave Kelly: Elsie Franklin is the most natural blues singer Ive heard in years shes the whole package. https://www.elsiefranklin.com/ Paul Keddle & Friends... Local BluesmanPaul Keddle has been playing across the Brecon area and beyond for well over 4 decades with several line-ups under this belt he will open our 12th anniversary gathering alongside a variety of fellow musicians from across the area and will also compare the entire day. Running order subject to change. 8.30PM THE JON AMOR TRIO 7.15PM THE TERRAPLANES BLUES BAND (DUO) 6PM CARLEYS WRECK & RUIN (DUO) 5PMELSIE FRANKLIN (SOLO) 4PMPAUL KEDDLE & FRIENDS TICKETS 25 That can be reserved via Angus Kings Angus Kings 0786 6000 596 www.midwalesrandb.club [//www.midwalesrandb.club] [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/midwalesrhythmandblues https://www.instagram.com/themidwalesrandb/ We will have a fully licensed bar more details to follow.

Would you like to try some printing techniques? Would you like to create beautiful silk flags with the community that celebrate Brecons artistic festivals? Flags are signifiers of identity, place and belonging and indeed protest - in recent months, flags also have the power to divide and disrupt community. The aim of this project is to bring the community together, to celebrate the towns sights, sounds and cultural activity whilst having fun. Over 3 x 3 hour sessions (please note attendance at all 3 sessions is required): This block of sessions is aimed at ages 14-25 years Dates: 26 & 27 May & 13 June Times: 4.30pm-7.30pm Please get in touch if you have accessibility requirements. As part of a small group, with an artist, you will develop a design brief under the title "Brecon: Sounds and Visions" inspired by Brecon's colourful and rich festival scene and the beauty of the place itself. You will try out simple block printing techniques and learn about positive and negative printing. You will design and make your own lino block and try out your print on paper and fabric. You may also try simple screen printing techniques. As a group you will combine the different print techniques to create a vision for the final design of four community silk flags and work together to produce these. These flags, and eight others will be unveiled to Brecons public at the launch of Brecon Choir Festival during the week of 13th July 2026. In addition to the flags themselves, the group will select from their prints and designs to create a display to be exhibited at Theatr Brycheiniog. This project is run by The Muse Agency CIC in collaboration with The Yard Print Studio, thanks to funding from PAVO, Brecon Choir Festival, Brecknock Art Trust, The Audrey Tyler Charity and support from Brecon Volunteers Bureau, Theatr Brycheiniog and The Muse, Brecon

WELL HUNG HEART live inWALES Explosive, genre-defying, and unapologetically raw WHH is returning to the stage for a one-off show in Wales to help celebrate the 12th year of The MWR&BCatThe Muse in Brecon. This will be the bands only scheduled Wales appearance for 2026, making it a rare and unmissable performance. Formed by Greta Valentiand Robin Davey,WHH has carved out a fierce reputation for their incendiary live shows, blending garage rock, blues, punk, and a splash of soul into a sound thats as rebellious as it is unforgettable. The line-up will feature Valenti and Davey alongside original drummerPhil Wilson and more special guests tba, delivering a high-voltage set packed with fuzzed-out riffs, primal vocals, and unapologetic attitude. From the U.S. West Coast to stages across the UK and Europe,WHHslive shows are equal parts sonic assault and immersive performance art. This intimate gig atThe Muse will be a rare opportunity to witness the bands full force up close. More at. wellhungheart.com [//wellhungheart.com] Special Guest will be. RUZZ EVANS(Solo performance) Based in Bristol, UK, Gretsch-endorsed guitarist. "Ruzz Guitar is without doubt one mighty fine guitarist, with a range of styles, but clearly bound up in his love of playing the Blues" Pete Clack (Blues In Britain Magazine) "Ruzz Guitar is a joy to see and keeps this beautiful roots music alive and well" - Kirk Fletcher (The Fabulous Thunderbirds/Joe Bonamassa/Solo Band) More at. https://www.thebluesrevue.com/ Tickets 25 Doors Open 5.30pm Show Time 6.30pmRUZZ EVENS 7.30pmWELL HUNG HEART More details please contact Angus Kings directly via 0786 6000 596 / [email protected]

We are thrilled to be welcoming back Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage with double bassist Jon Thorne as part of the 2026 UK tour. Critically acclaimed folk duo Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage join forces with virtuoso double bassist Jon Thorne for a special one-off UK tour. With their vintage guitars and heartfelt harmony vocals sharing just a single microphone for pickup, Hannah & Bens live shows have always been magical, intimate experiences. This special collaboration with Thornes unmistakably rich tone and musical intuition promises to be a balm for the soul. A perfect fit for The Muse, this will be a wonderful evening of music. Arrestingly beautiful Songlines Sanders has an alluring mystique and a voice of disarming purity that massages your senses. Savage is a singular guitarist with a sound as distinctive as it is innovative. Together their harmonies and unique stage presence shimmer with an infectious enthusiasm and joy for the connection music offers. They remain passionate advocates for the singularity of a live performance - no night of a Hannah & Ben tour is ever the same - but each one is special. As heartwarming as it is beguiling - 'MOJO 'Really lovely! - Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio2 Folk Show

Four years on and were still hereworking ourselves down to the nub. From day one, weve been fully DIY, pushing against the tide just to keep this thing moving. We started as nine and quickly grew to eleven within six monthsmore mouths to feed, more logistics to juggle, but more drive than ever to make it work. We record (and still do) all our own music, book all our own gigs, and build everything through pure graft and networking. The tour name Down to the Nub actually came from a coin flipone Sam (regrettably) wonbut the meaning behind it couldnt be more fitting. It reflects the hard work and persistence that's carried us this far. Things are stronger now: the shows are bigger, the music hits harder, and the vibes are higher than ever. But most importantly, the support from you has made it all possible. From helping us land support slots to reaching out and sharing what the music means to youyouve kept us going. This tour is a reflection of that journey, and we need your support once again to launch it and make it a success. Were not going anywhereand weve got a lot more in store for 2027. Join us as tickets go on sale now for our 2026 tour, Down to the Nub.

Jazz Guitar Workshop: - With tutor Ian Cooper - Second in the series - All ability guitarists welcome