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Chichester RAJF 2011 music line up is:
Fri 1st July
ASWAD with The Selecter plus the Skarlets
Sat 2nd July
Spirit FM’s 15th Birthday Party
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel plus Alvin Stardust
Fri 8th July
The Dictionary of Soul and Sing Baby Sing
Sat 9th July
The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
Last Night of the Proms (concert ends 10.30pm) plus Peter Rogers
Saturday afternoons (1pm – 5pm)
Sat 2nd July
The Jazz Smugglers with Turnaround
Sat 9th July
King Pie with Turnaround
About the music at RAJF
In recent years we have had many great acts appear at our music festival.
These include the Human League, Squeeze, Blondie, Simple Minds, the Pretenders, Status Quo, M People, 10CC, Katie Melua, Squeeze, Bad Manners, ABC, Robert Cray and the late, great Mr James Brown.
As well as great stars like these, our party nights are also very popular. We often have top quality tribute bands carefully selected by us with one thing in mind – for you to have a really great night out.
So is it a Jazz festival?
Not any more.
When we started out in 1980 jazz was the cornerstone of the musical menu at RAJF.
As time passed, we noticed that more of our audience seemed to be interested in blues, rock, pop and other forms of music, so we adapted our choice of bands.
Since then we’ve had some memorable nights with epic performances from some of the biggest music acts ever to appear in West Sussex – let alone our hometown of Chichester.
What is there for jazz lovers, then?
On the Saturday afternoons of the festival we offer the very successful Jazz in the Park concerts.
These jazz concerts are on a much smaller scale than the main festival and they are a return to the earlier days of Real Ale and Jazz, where you could enjoy a great pint of real ale while listening to jazz and swing of all types.
Our Saturday afternoon jazz concerts are a great family afternoon out too, with free entry for children who accompany their parents.
It’s a perfect way to spend a summer’s afternoon in Chichester.
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