Upcoming events.
Opera in New York tour with Academy Travel (AUS)
https://academytravel.com.au/opera-in-new-york-tour-april-2026
From Bechet to Bird at Ilminster Arts Centre
With Trevor Whiting (cl, sax) and Craig Milverton (pno) - further details are here
The Uptown Five at the Spice of Life, Soho, London
https://www.spiceoflifesoho.com/events/swinging-lunchtime-jazz/
Monthly residency fronted by Jeff Williams (tbn) and Al Nicholls (ten)
Pete Rudeforth Jazz Band at Colchester Jazz Club
further details to follow - club website here
Al Nicholls Quartet at Spike's Place, Beckenham
https://www.spikesplace.co.uk/spike-s-place-beckenham
Blue Harlem at Pizza Express Soho
https://www.pizzaexpresslive.com/whats-on/blue-harlem-2
The Uptown Five at the Spice of Life, Soho, London
https://www.spiceoflifesoho.com/events/swinging-lunchtime-jazz/
Monthly residency fronted by Jeff Williams (tbn) and Al Nicholls (ten)
Wagner's Ring Cycle in Berlin with ACE Cultural Tours
https://www.aceculturaltours.co.uk/tours/wagners-ring-cycle-berlin-wrbl-26
Tosca at Glyndebourne with Feast of Reason
Lecturing at this private visit to Glyndebourne
Bach Festival in Leipzig with ACE Cultural Tours
https://www.aceculturaltours.co.uk/tours/bach-festival-in-leipzig-bach-26
Pete Allen Big Jazz Band at Wharf Theatre, Devizes
https://www.wharftheatre.co.uk/show/pete-allens-big-jazz-band/
Sibelius Festival in Finland with ACE Cultural Tours
https://www.aceculturaltours.co.uk/tours/sibelius-festival-in-finland-sibe-26
concert with Bloomsbury Chamber Orchestra (double bass)
concert details here: https://www.bloomsburychamberorchestra.org.uk
The Uptown Five at the Spice of Life, Soho, London
https://www.spiceoflifesoho.com/events/swinging-lunchtime-jazz/
Monthly residency fronted by Jeff Williams (tbn) and Al Nicholls (ten)
Misshapen Pearl: Baroque Music lecture for the Arts Society Chichester Evening
https://chichesterliving.com/event/misshapen-pearl-an-overview-of-music-in-the-baroque-era
The Uptown Five at the Spice of Life, Soho, London
https://www.spiceoflifesoho.com/events/swinging-lunchtime-jazz/
New monthly residency fronted by Jeff Williams (tbn) and Al Nicholls (ten)
Pete Rudeforth Jazz Band at the Pumphouse, Watford
https://pumphousewatford.co.uk/events/pump-house-jazz-club-5/
online lecture (2 of 2) on Rossini’s Barber of Seville for OperaPlus
More information here - https://www.operaplus.net - scroll down for details
The Spice of Life with Martin Litton’s Giants of Jazz
https://www.thejazzguide.co.uk/venues/listing/spice-of-life-jazz-club-soho-london/
Exploring Bach's St Matthew Passion - lecture for the Arts Society Brussels
https://theartssociety.org/events/exploring-bachs-st-matthew-passion
online lecture (1 of 2) on Rossini’s Barber of Seville for OperaPlus
More information here - https://www.operaplus.net - scroll down for details
Bath Bachfest with ACE Cultural Tours
https://www.aceculturaltours.co.uk/tours/bath-bachfest-festival-babf-26
From Preludes to Passions: JS Bach lecture for the Arts Society North Yorkshire and South Durham
e Arts Society https://theartssociety.org/events/preludes-passions
Jazz Dinner at Kettering Park Hotel
https://www.thejazzguide.co.uk/gigs-and-events/gigs-concerts/listing/jazz-dinner-kettering-park-hotel/
The Uptown Five at the Spice of Life, Soho, London
https://www.spiceoflifesoho.com/events/swinging-lunchtime-jazz/
New monthly residency fronted by Jeff Williams (tbn) and Al Nicholls (ten)
The Age of Jazz lecture for The Arts Society Cardiff
https://theartssocietycardiff.org.uk/Lectures/FutureLectures.aspx
Beethoven anniversary lecture for the Arts Society Bristol
https://www.theartssociety-bristol.org.uk/documentation/2025-26%20Lectures.pdf
The Spice of Life with Jack Honeybourne (pno)
https://www.thejazzguide.co.uk/venues/listing/spice-of-life-jazz-club-soho-london/
The Age of Jazz lecture for the Arts Society SE Suffolk
https://www.tassoutheastsuffolk.org.uk/Lectures/FutureLectures.aspx
conducting an all-Mozart programme with the Chiswick Chamber Orchestra
The venue is St Michael and All Angels Church, Bedford Park. W4 1TT
https://chiswickchamberorchestra.org/concerts/