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 | Moscow Drug Club | Buy tickets
Friday 29 January 2016 | Progress Theatre, Reading | 7: 30pm | £15.00 (£13.00 concessions) plus maximum 5% booking fee. Featuring Katya Gorrie vocals, Jonny Bruce trumpet, Mirek Salmon accordion, Denny Ilett guitar and Andy Crowdy bass. Moscow Drug Club is a curious musical place where certain elements of 1930’s Berlin Cabaret, Hot Club de […]
Jazz at Progress | Darius Brubeck Quartet | Sold out
Friday 20 November 2015 | Progress Theatre, Reading | 7.30pm | £18.00 (£16.00 concessions) plus maximum 5% booking fee Dave O’Higgins tenor saxophone | Darius Brubeck piano | Matt Ridley double bass | Wesley Gibbens drums Darius is one of five Brubeck brothers who often toured with Chris, Dan and Dad – jazz icon Dave […]
Jazz at Progress | Gabriel Garrick’s Expansions Quintet | Buy tickets
Friday 23 October 2015 | Progress Theatre, Reading | 7.30pm | £14.00 (£12.00 concessions) plus maximum 5% booking fee Gabriel Garrick trumpet | Nigel Price guitar | Terry Collie piano | Dave Jones bass | Paul Cavaciuti drums ‘Expansions’ is the latest band led by Gabriel Garrick who took up the trumpet aged seven, started […]
Jazz at Progress | Simon Spillett & Peter King’s Tribute to Tubby Hayes
Friday 4 September 2015 | Progress Theatre, Reading | 7:30pm | £16.00 (£14.00 concessions) plus maximum 5% booking fee | Buy tickets Simon Spillett tenor sax | Peter King alto sax | John Horler piano | Alec Dankworth double bass | Spike Wells drums – 2015 being the 80th anniversary of Tubby Hayes’ birth Tenor […]
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.
