Upcoming events.
BCUC & guests - Preston Jazz Festival - Official After Party
Preston Jazz & Improvisation Festival presents:
THE OFFICIAL FESTIVAL AFTER PARTY
with special guests
BCUC
(Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness // Indigenous Funk & Afro-Punk from Soweto, South Africa)
+ Persimmon
(North West Jazz, Funk, Neo-Soul, Spoken Word & Disco)
+ DJs: Jazzin The Park - Bolts - Mr Breen
Saturday 6th June, doors 4pm - late
The Ferret, Preston
FREE TICKETS (booking in advance is advised).
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The official after party for Preston Jazz Festival. An evening of dancing & good times, with world class live music from Soweto, South Africa - the incredible BCUC aka Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness. This is the full-on festival finale! Amazing DJs & live music til late!
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Demand for this FREE concert will be high and tickets are limited.
FREE TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE...
Please only pick up tickets if you wish to attend. Should your plans change - please return your tickets via Skiddle & they will be passed on to waiting fans. Visit skiddle.com/orders to cancel your order.
To buy tickets for this event please visit our events page: BCUC & guests - Preston Jazz Festival - Official After Party tickets from Skiddle .
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BCUC: Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness - Indigenous funk, hiphop consciousness and punk rock energy from Soweto, South Africa.
"Loved their set, it was one of my highlights of a great weekend" - Nick Dewey, Glastonbury Festival
"Without a doubt the best live act I saw"- Gilles Peterson
"Guaranteed to touch untapped corners of your soul" - Okayafrica
"The most impressive newcomers this year" - The Guardian
From humble beginnings, rehearsing in a shipping container a stone's throw from the church where Desmond Tutu organised the escape of the most wanted anti-Apartheid activists of Soweto, BCUC have grown to become one of the world's most celebrated bands, playing the biggest stages at some of the most important festivals in the world: Glastonbury West Holts, Roskilde, Afropunk Brooklyn, Worldwide, Womad, Boomtown, Colours of Ostrava & many more.
Like its elders, Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness sees its music as a hedonistic trance, but also as a weapon of political and spiritual liberation. 2023 even saw them win the prestigious Womex Artist Award, an accolade usually reserved for much older artists, in recognition of their fearless work ethic and prodigiously transformational live shows.
The seven-piece band has been mesmerising audiences both locally and globally with its indigenous funk and high-energy performances that have fast made it one of South Africa's most successful musical exports. Artistic heirs to Philip "Malombo" Tabane and Batsumi, they give contemporary voice to the ancestral traditions of indigenous peoples. Jazz sounds of 1970s and '80s productions replaced by hip-hop influences and punk-rock energy, taking the listener on an intriguing epic journey, sharing their controversial yet interesting views on modern Africa. They tackle the harsh realities of the voiceless, especially the plight of the uneducated workers at the bottom of the social food chain.
BCUC taps into the elusiveness of the spirit world of ancestors by which they are inspired. The Africa portrayed by BCUC is not poor, but rich in tradition, rituals and beliefs.
"We bring fun and emo-indigenous Afro psychedelic fire from the hood," says vocalist Kgomotso Mokone.
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Plus live guests:
PERSIMMON
North West Jazz, Funk, Neo-Soul, Spoken Word and Disco. Sensual, contemplative, experimental and inspiring.
Full DJ lineup from 4pm til late:
Beer Garden Sessions with Jazzin The Park + Bolts + Mr Breen.
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FREE TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM Skiddle: skiddle.com/e/42457502
Please only pick up tickets if you wish to attend. Should your plans change - please return your tickets via Skiddle & they will be passed on to waiting fans. Visit skiddle.com/orders to cancel your order.
Made possible thanks to public funding from the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
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All ages welcome (under 18s must be accompanied by a responsible adult).
Accessible ground-floor venue & facilities.
Dog-friendly venue.
Jay’s Open Mic MixrUPt Mixtape Jam with Aziz Ibrahim
🎤Jay’s Open Mic MixrUPt Mixtape Jam with Aziz Ibrahim🎤
Preston Jazz fest
The iconic Open Mic night returns – and it’s bringing serious energy with it.
Hosted by DJ Johnny Jay and the legendary Aziz Ibrahim (ex-Stone Roses / Simply Red), this is a night that celebrates musical freedom, collaboration, and cultural expression. Bring your instrument, your voice, your words, your beats – whatever you make music with – and get involved.
Expect an anything-goes mixtape jam of sounds, styles, and spontaneous magic. 🎶🔥
Performers AND listeners welcome – come through and support Preston’s most unpredictable and inspiring night of music.
No sign-up, no gatekeeping – just turn up and plug in.
Aziz Ibrahim is a renowned Manchester-born guitarist and composer, celebrated for his innovative fusion of rock, blues, and South Asian musical influences. With a career spanning over three decades, he has collaborated with iconic artists such as The Stone Roses, Simply Red, Ian Brown, Paul Weller, and Steven Wilson.
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📅 Tuesday, 2nd June
🚪 Doors Open at 7:30PM
📍 The Ferret, Preston
🎟 FREE ENTRY
Chiminyo + La French + Temporary Bodies + Tabes + Jazzin The Park DJs - FREE ENTRY! (Preston Jazz Festival)
CHIMINYO
+ La French
+ Temporary Bodies
+ Tabes
+ Jazzin The Park DJs + guests
(as part of Preston Jazz & Improvisation Festival)
Fri 6th June. Free entry.
The Ferret, Preston.
WHAT IS CHIMINYO?
Chiminyo plays all his music live on his drums...
Chiminyo built his own software...
Chiminyo does not play to a backing track...
Chiminyo is not jazz...
Chiminyo's laptop only plays a sound when he hits a drum or pad...
Chiminyo is not a vegan...
Chiminyo's drums control his laptop through triggers...
Chiminyo drinks too much coffee...
Chiminyo made this video to help you understand...
https://youtu.be/-HG_eTnQkB4?si=znqLVxqZYNbY5DFp
Chiminyo is a drummer and producer based in North London who combines the raw, immediate live sound of percussion and the futuristic timbres of his electronic productions to create his own, daring soundworld. Via laboriously self-coded software, each cymbal crash and drum hit triggers a synth or sample, allowing Chiminyo complete control and freeing him of all loops, click-tracks and backing tracks.
As well as his own solo project, Chiminyo performs and records with some of the leading figures of the UK’s music scene, including one of The Ferret’s faves K.O.G, spiritual jazz-leaning outfit Maisha and psychedelic energy bomb Cykada. He has also collaborated and recorded with Gary Bartz, Nubya Garcia, Shabaka Hutchings, Theon Cross, and Zara McFarlane.
The up-and-coming musician’s debut EP entitled ‘I Am Chiminyo’ was a visceral introduction to his all-encompassing universe. Described by Clash magazine as “a startingly inventive percussive workout”, the EP flows through a cascade of ethereal arpeggios, thumping basslines, and heavy, dance-inducing beats. Critically-acclaimed by the likes of Gilles Peterson, BBC 1Xtra and Jazz FM, it indirectly earned Chiminyo the Jazz FM Digital Award whilst the track ‘Kandy Lanx’ was nominated for a Worldwide FM Award.
Chiminyo - Kandy Lanx (live):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kygiEcfl0m8&t=164sChiminyo - See Me ft. K.O.G (live):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zybocJvsuskChiminyo - Reachin' (live):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lebjf1_rDsUChiminyo ft. Nubya Garcia - Bira (live):https://youtu.be/mvDw6697UTk?si=mMifUDhS6CL4kRBX- - -
LA FRENCH:
La French is a multi instrumentalist/producer based in Lancashire. Combining his love of hip hop, jazz and electronica he fuses these genres with an ambient warmth.
TEMPORARY BODIES:
Temporary Bodies is the new project from Preston-based artist Mike Warburton (Barium Network / Utopian Mechanics). Based entirely around live, improvised performance - on-the-spot loops are fed through an array of fx pedals to create layers of sonorous strings and pads, swirling ambient textures and melodies that range from the Baroque to the bleak.
Inspired by the characteristics of artists like Grouper, MJ Guider, Silent Servant and Deaf Center amongst many more, Temporary Bodies also uses hypnotic drum loops, orchestral motifs and sparse vocals to build a dense, cathartic experience that guides the listener through themes of loss and longing into a place of quiet optimism.
TABES:
Melodic polyrhythms, anarchic dancing, lyrics about stuff.
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CHIMINYO
+ La French
+ Temporary Bodies
+ Tabes
+ Jazzin The Park DJs + guests
(as part of Preston Jazz & Improvisation Festival)
Fri 6th June. Free entry - no ticket required.
The Ferret, Preston.
Doors 7:30pm until late.
All ages welcome (under 18s must be accompanied by a responsible adult).
Jay’s Open Mic MixrUPt Mixtape Jam with Aziz Ibrahim
🎤Jay’s Open Mic MixrUPt Mixtape Jam with Aziz Ibrahim🎤
Preston Jazz fest
The iconic Open Mic night returns – and it’s bringing serious energy with it.
Hosted by DJ Johnny Jay and the legendary Aziz Ibrahim (ex-Stone Roses / Simply Red), this is a night that celebrates musical freedom, collaboration, and cultural expression. Bring your instrument, your voice, your words, your beats – whatever you make music with – and get involved.
Expect an anything-goes mixtape jam of sounds, styles, and spontaneous magic. 🎶🔥
Performers AND listeners welcome – come through and support Preston’s most unpredictable and inspiring night of music.
No sign-up, no gatekeeping – just turn up and plug in.
Aziz Ibrahim is a renowned Manchester-born guitarist and composer, celebrated for his innovative fusion of rock, blues, and South Asian musical influences. With a career spanning over three decades, he has collaborated with iconic artists such as The Stone Roses, Simply Red, Ian Brown, Paul Weller, and Steven Wilson.
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📅 Wednesday, 4th June
🚪 Doors Open at 7PM
📍 The Ferret, Preston
🎟 FREE ENTRY