Late Night Jazz at Band on the Wall
House band opens, then local players join for an open-ended second set.
Late night jazz at Band on the Wall starts with the house band and then opens the floor. Local players join for a second set that does not have a hard finish, which is how the best nights in this room have always worked. Swan Street has been a listening room for decades, and the sound is looked after in a way a lot of louder venues never bother with.
Tickets are from £12. The space is small enough that a horn section fills it without anyone straining, and close enough that you can watch people decide, mid-tune, to stay for one more. Arrive with time to get a drink and a sightline before the first downbeat. Plan for the night to run later than you told yourself it would. The second set is where it usually stretches.