Jazz at Progress
Since 2012, Jazz in Reading has been programming fantastic monthly jazz gigs - featuring leading British and international jazz stars - at Progress Theatre here in Reading under the Jazz at Progress brand.
We feature some of the finest soloists, singers and band leaders in the UK and beyond who are supported by a bevy of talented musicians. Expect some great evenings of live modern jazz, right here on your doorstep.
Scroll down for further details of these irresistible gigs.
Check out our new Gallery page for images from some of the great gigs we've put on at Progress.
Jazz at Progress | Five-Way Split | Buy tickets
Friday 18 September 2026 | Progress Theatre, Reading | 7: 30pm | £21.68, £19.51 concessions, £10.84 under 16 inclusive of all fees. Vasilis Xenopoulos sax | Quentin Collins trumpet, flugelhorn Rob Barron piano | Matyas Hofecker bass | Matt Home drums We start the new season with the fantastic Five-Way Split, featuring their 2026 album, “Modus […]
Jazz at Progress: Olie Brice Quartet | Reading | Buy tickets
Friday 23 October 2026 | Progress Theatre, Reading | 7: 30pm | £21.68, £19.51 concessions, £10.84 under 16 inclusive of all fees. Alex Hawkins piano, Rachel Musson tenor sax, Olie Brice bass, Will Glaser drums | The Olie Brice Quartet play music from their 2025 debut album ‘All It Was’. Brice’s most personal album to date – with most […]
New Jazz Venue! | Stacey Dawson & Friends | Queens College Arms, Pamber End
Fri 20 Nov 2026 | Stacey Dawson alto sax, Andy Sturmey piano, Phil Berry bass, Jim Wade drums | Queens College Arms, Aldermaston Road (A340). Pamber End RG26 5QR | 8 – 10pm | Free entry Alto saxophonist Stacey Dawson has played regularly throughout Europe and at some of London’s leading jazz clubs, including the […]
Jazz at Progress | Nick Tomalin’s ‘Shades of Shearing’ Quintet | Buy tickets
Friday 27 November 2026 | Progress Theatre, Reading | 7: 30pm | £21.68, £19.51 concessions, £10.84 under 16 inclusive of all fees. Nick Tomalin formed his ‘Shades of Shearing’ Quintet in 2021 to celebrate the remarkable musical legacy of iconic British-born, blind-from-birth, jazz pianist George Shearing. The band features the same line-up as his classic […]
Jazz at Progress | The Songs of Satchmo and Sinatra | Buy tickets
Friday 18 December 2026 | Progress Theatre, Reading | 7: 30pm | £21.68, £19.51 concessions, £10.84 under 16 inclusive of all fees. Denny Ilett vocal and guitar | Enrico Tomasso trumpet and vocal Colin Good piano | Stuart Barker bass | Sebastiaan de Krom drums The Songs Of Satchmo and Sinatra is an intimate, heartwarming […]
Jazz at Progress | Martin Speake’s Charukesi | Buy tickets
Friday 29 January 2027 | Progress Theatre, Reading | 7: 30pm | £21.68, £19.51 concessions, £10.84 under 16 inclusive of all fees. Martin Speake alto saxophone | Alyson Cawley tenor saxophone | Mike Outram guitar | Richard Fox tuba | Tom Hooper drums. For 30 years alto saxophonist, composer and improviser Martin Speake has been […]
Jazz at Progress | Jazz at Progress | Benn Clatworthy Quartet | Tickets on sale soon
Friday 19 March 2027 | Progress Theatre, Reading | 7: 30pm | £21.68, £19.51 concessions, £10.84 under 16 inclusive of all fees. Benn Clatworthy tenor sax | Alex Hutton piano | Simon Thorpe bass | Matt Home drums Benn was active in the London Music Scene in the 1970’s and was a protégé of Ronnie Scott. […]
Progress Theatre
www.progresstheatre.co.uk | The Mount, Off Christchurch Road, Reading RG1 5HL
Bar at all gigs from 7:00pm. Drinks may be taken into the auditorium during performances.
Progress Theatre is a self-governing, self-funding theatre group founded in 1947, maintained by volunteers. The Theatre itself is an intimate 95-seat venue. It is the oldest operating theatre in Reading and has a fully licensed bar. There is wheelchair access to the Theatre with a space for disabled patrons. In 2011 Sir Kenneth Branagh became the Patron to Progress Theatre.
