RYE INTERNATIONAL JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL

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As we all look forward to an exciting 2023 ahead it gives us the opportunity to reflect on the previous year and to think of the numerous ways in which we can all enrich our lives for the better through the power of music. 

Between 25 to 29 August 2022 the festival celebrated its 10th Anniversary with a vibrant programme of events which included seven exceptional and intimate headline concerts, various ticketed and free events at local venues and an array of wonderful free live music performances on the festivals dedicated outdoor community music stage.

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We are as ever immensely proud and committed to working with our fabulous charity partners 'The Music Well' by raising awareness and much needed donations during the festival. The amazing work that the charity undertake is life changing and provides wellbeing through music. 

The Music Well Website 

The festival would like to thank all those that have attended the festival over the years, our sponsors, advertisers, patrons, the incredibly talented musicians, venues, professional partners, and our enthusiastic and dedicated volunteers.

THE WHY, HOW AND WHAT WE DO IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT AND IS REFLECTED IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO AND HAVE PLANNED 

THE WHY - We absolutely love what we do and this is why we put so much passion, energy and commitment into running the festival. Everything that we do has a purpose and comes from the heart with integrity.

We get no greater pleasure than seeing our audiences having a wonderful experience listening and enjoying the fun and the love of music.

In 2023 we will continue to ‘raise the bar higher' in respect of quality, diversity, engagement, and inclusion; bringing positive wellbeing to the community of Rye, and the surrounding area.

Music plays a vital role in providing joy, inspiration, and wellbeing to us all, and we are immensely proud of what we have brought to Rye over the past 10 years.

We are a small enthusiastic team, and our raison d'être is to continue our long – term journey of musical enlightenment and to share what we discover with you all.

THE HOW - Nothing we do happens by chance and requires careful planning, huge amounts of hard work and funding support.

In order to allow us to continue to present free music which is a core value of the festival, we are looking at additional ways to secure and raise funding so that we can enhance our existing free music programme and include additional community events such as free music workshops, community music performances ,wellbeing through the creative process of song writing, spoken word, poetry, art and an educational project celebrating the origins and influences of Jazz, Blues and Gospel music and additional events.

In 2023 we will be announcing a ‘festival patrons' membership which will provide superb benefits to patrons that wish to support and help the festival grow.

In addition, the festival will also be launching a ‘Crowd Funder' for members of the public and our audiences to donate towards the vibrant free music performances during the festival.

More than ever before securing funding to support our free and accessible music and educational events is challenging and we are asking you to join our ‘Music Community' and to help the festival to deliver our exciting plans for 2023.

THE WHAT - What we do matters immensely to us, and we remain totally committed to providing the best possible live music experience to our audiences, musicians, sponsors, and patrons.

We pride ourselves on being able to provide the platform for established and emerging music talent to shine by performing at the festival to a wider audience.