The fourth Barbican International Jazz and Blues Festival gets under way this weekend.With a Royal Wedding, a new Festival Village, Marquee and Market, Swing Sunday and a Grand Festival Jazz Parade, the event is set to turn the Barbican festive from April 29 through to May 2.
The four-day event features local, national and international jazz and blues artistes, with free and ticketed gigs in venues dotted throughout Plymouth's historic quayside quarter.
Royal Wedding action The Royal Wedding takes place during the Festival and Plymouth Waterfront Partnership and the Association of Barbican Businesses will be staging a street party along Southside Street on Friday afternoon. The road will be closed to vehicles from 10am to 6pm and guests are invited to bring their own picnic to sit out on chairs and tables and celebrate the union between 2pm and 5pm. The best red, white and blue costume could win £100 cash!
The Festival The event - supported by Plymouth City Council and backed by the Plymouth Waterfront Partnership - links a network of waterside venues to create a buzzy atmosphere of free and ticketed gigs. Look out for gigs in the B-Bar, the Barbican Theatre, Plymouth Gin Distillery, the National Marine Aquarium, the Blues Bar and Grill, The Treasury, the Admiral MacBride, The Minerva and more.
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Buy Festival Stroller Tickets from the official website: www.
The Stroller Tickets give entry to the Festival's main stage - within a licensed marquee at the centre of the all-new Festival Village on Commercial Wharf. The marquee will have a rolling programme of excellent live local, national and international acts.
Festival-goers can choose:
- Weekend Stroller wristbands, for £40 each, giving unlimited access to the Festival Marquee every day and evening of the Festival
- Half-Day Stroller tickets, for £10 each, giving access to the Festival Marquee daily either from 11am to 7pm, or from 7pm until 11pm.
There will also be a limited number of tickets for each marquee gig, priced at £6, on sale at the marquee entrance just before each gig.
Stroller tickets are on sale from the Barbican Tourist Information Centre
NB: Individual concert tickets will only be available on the door subject to space after stroller ticket holders have been seated. Due to the limited size of the venues a ticket does not guarantee entrance. Stroller ticket holders must make sure they arrive at the venue early to get a seat.
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