True to this year’s festival slogan ‘This City is Going to Make Some Noise’, the programme was set to rouse the city from its winter slumber and fill a host of venues with decidedly diverse sounds. This year’s venues included the well-loved settings of The Blue Lamp, Lemon Tree, Spin, Cowdray Hall and Queen’s Cross Church, plus the addition of the Tunnels for some late night club vibes, and the sophisticated surroundings of the Sandman Signature Hotel and The Advocates Library. 

The huge variety of musical styles on offer ranged from blues to big bands; swing to soul; vintage vocals to cutting-edge composition.