On the 1st of December at 14.00, the Jazz Promotion Network is hosting an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) to vote in new candidates to the board of trustees. After having closed applications last week to fill the remaining 5 vacancies, we are very pleased to announce that we have seven candidates up for consideration. You can read more … Read More
Papers and details On the 22nd of September at 14.00, we are hosting the JPN Annual General Meeting. This will happen using videoconferencing software, enabling us to get together as a Network despite the physical barriers to us meeting in person. During the meeting we will be taking stock of the successes and challenges within … Read More
JPN NETWORK MANAGER- RECRUITMENT PACK For details of the Communications Manager position, please click here. The Jazz Promotion Network (JPN) was established in 2015 as a membership organisation to provide support for the jazz sector across the UK and Ireland. Membership is open to promoters, managers, agents, labels, journalists, educationalists and musicians. We currently have … Read More
JPN COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER- RECRUITMENT PACK (This is the page for the Communications Manager position. For details of the Network Manager position please click here.) The Jazz Promotion Network (JPN) was established in 2015 as a membership organisation to provide support for the jazz sector across the UK and Ireland. Membership is open to promoters, managers, … Read More
Jazz Promotion Network (JPN) has been awarded over £90,000 by Arts Council England to deliver a multi-strand programme of work that focuses on developing the jazz workforce across the UK and Ireland
5th October 2019 Leytonstone Ballroom, Leytonstone, East London Mark Kass – CEO – London East Jazz Network & Jazz East Festival Director writes… “Blimey, that was hard work!” Those were the words (or in a similar, unprintable veign) I heard myself say as I lay in bed in the early hours of Sunday morning! Turning your passion … Read More
Board Nominations The election ballot for candidates for the JPN board will be held at the AGM in Glasgow on 21 June 2019. The deadline for nominations is 5pm on Friday 7th June 2019. Candidates can propose themselves but must be seconded by one other paid-up JPN member. All candidates must email their nomination to … Read More
Two of the musicians most prominently associated so far with the Going Dutch project feature on the newly released double album documenting the October Meeting 2016 held in the Bimhuis in Amsterdam. The October Meeting was one of several events to which a large group of Jazz Promotion Network members have been invited courtesy of Dutch … Read More
JPN members Jez Matthews and Tony Dudley-Evans have obtained funding from Arts Council England to deliver this JPN pilot project, which takes recent graduates on a UK tour of member venues. We’re delighted to announce that we have been successful in gaining Arts Council England funding for a pilot Emerging Talent scheme, providing a unique … Read More
Why might jazz promoters need insurance? Let’s face it, insurance isn’t a particularly glamourous topic in the jazz promoting world, but promoters should consider carefully whether they have adequate cover in the event of injury to members of the public attending gigs, or accidental damage to the premises in which they operate. Sometimes the venue’s … Read More