Previous Events

Saturday 11 May at 2.00 pm Advantage Suite, Adam Smith Theatre We are delighted to hold a formal Festival programme launch in the Adam Smith Theatre, with the kind support of SCOPS Arts Trust. Before an audience of invited guests and ticket-holders, the event will...

Scottish jazz star Brian Kellock has put together a brand-new line-up to celebrate the music and spirit of one of the living legends of swinging jazz: the American rhythm guitarist, vocalist and raconteur Marty Grosz, who recently turned 92. Brian Kellock (piano),...

Saturday 1 June at 2.00 pm. Doors open 1.30 pm. We are delighted to bring Saturday’s programme to the newly-refurbished Adam Smith Theatre in Kirkcaldy. We present a full day of music with three performances in the intimate Beveridge Suite. Kicking off the day in...

Saturday 1 June 2024 at 4.15 pm. Doors open 3.45 pm. Scottish Jazz vocalist Marianne McGregor is an exciting new voice on the UK Jazz scene. Her vocals are rich and velvety in tone, with impressive technical agility and a warm sound that ignites old time jazz flair...

Saturday 1 June from 1.00 pm and throughout the afternoon We are delighted to be able to present free live music in the Theatre foyer and Spinning Top cafe/bar before each main performance in the Beveridge Suite. This has been made possible by funding from SCOPS Arts...

Saturday 1 June at 7.30 pm. Doors open 7.00 pm. Festival Saturday concludes with a performance of Solway Stories, a collection of twelve original compositions by bassist and composer Ben Crosland. The music was inspired by his 1988 visit with his mother to the...

Sunday 2 June 1.00 pm – 2.30 pm. Doors open 12.30 pm The Big Band Theory bring this year’s festival to a close with Big Band Swing. Big Band Theory are an 18-piece Big Band consisting of 5 saxes, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, bass, drums, guitar and keyboards and...

Sunday 2 June at Hayfield Community Centre 4.00 pm – 5.30 pm. Doors open 3.30 pm Commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day and grab your dance shoes for an afternoon of strictly fun dancing to the fabulous sounds of Scotland's big 9-piece tea dance band Jon Ritchie...

SATURDAY 6 APRIL 2024 AT 8.00 PM KIRKCALDY OLD KIRK The best bass soloist I’ve heard at his age - ever!” - that’s how Tommy Smith describes Ewan Hastie. The multi-award winning musician and composer is fast making his mark on the UK music scene after becoming the...

Award-winning piano-saxophone team Euan Stevenson and Konrad Wiszniewski’s New Focus: The Classical Connection gives fascinating insights into the relationship between classical music and jazz. In this superb, informal presentation two of the UK’s leading jazz...

Brian Kellock is one of that exclusive club of world-class jazz musicians to have emerged in Scotland. He is acclaimed for his distinctive, swinging playing style which has classic jazz piano influences such as Oscar Peterson and Monty Alexander at its heart. For...

Saxophonist, clarinetist and composer Brian Molley was last in Kirkcaldy in November 2021 with Mario Caribe's Boteco Trio. Now he brings his quartet of Tom Gibbs (piano), Brodie Jarvie (bass) and Stu Brown (drums) to the Old Kirk. The quartet has recorded 3 critically...

Tenement Jazz band are a traditional jazz band formed in early 2018 in Edinburgh. Brought together by their shared love of New Orleans music, and comprising musicians from various corners of Edinburgh's vibrant jazz scene, they are on a journey of exploration back to...