This is your opportunity to show your appreciation and celebrate the talents and energies of the great musicians, educators, promoters, record labels, jazz organisations, blogs, jazz magazines and journalists who keep jazz flourishing, in spite of the challenges they faced in the last couple of years.

We have been bringing the best in UK contemporary jazz to The Marr's Bar in Worcester for over four years. We focus on excellence and innovation over popularity and convention, as we strive to demonstrate the exceptional talent pool in the UK right now. We are privately funded to ensure musicians are paid meaningfully while keeping our events economically accessible to our audience.

If you would like to show your appreciation and celebrate the opportunities that we have enabled for musicians to perform and for audiences to experience exceptional, original music, please consider nominating Music Spoken Here for Jazz Venue of the Year.

Nominations close at midnight on Friday 15th May.

Based on the Government's annual report, the West Midlands* has the lowest level of physical participation in the arts in England.

Yet "No reason in particular" is the most cited 'barrier' to participation, followed by "Not interested". ("Can't afford it" comes third).

We are confronting apathy, advocating the value and benefits of participating in live music, and making exceptional live music economically accessible in the West Midlands. If you are interested, sign up for our weekly 'Music Matters' newsletter covering our program of events, important news from the UK Government and music community, and the most comprehensive jazz, funk & soul gig guide for the West Midlands!

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*West Midlands metropolitan county has the lowest participation among ITL2 areas. The wider West Midlands ITL1 Region, which includes Shropshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire & Warwickshire, has the second lowest participation after the North East.

We hand-pick and showcase exceptional UK artists through two programs at The Marr's Bar in Worcester.

Kind of Jazz
Jazz, funk & fusion on the second and fourth Thursday of the month

Sunday Service*
Soul, gospel, RnB and reggae on the last Sunday of the month
*Currently paused due to insufficient interest across five events in 2025

Why pay 'booking fees' to a faceless tech company?

Who really cares how many people are coming to a gig?

We focus on delivering the best experience we can. We have NEVER cancelled an event due to expected low attendance and, now in our fourth year of running, we’ve yet to fill the Marr’s Bar to capacity. In these circumstances, tickets are an unnecessary distraction.

Find out more about how we are delivering exceptional live music AND exceptional value with flexible options to support this project.

Check out The Vault, where you'll find interviews, videos and reviews and a full list of the exceptional artists who have performed at Music Spoken Here events at The Marrs Bar, many for the first time in Worcester 

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