Jazz in Hull a current information site and historic archive
Jazz Venues past & present
Adelaide Club, Adelaide Street, Hull
Abercrombie, Campbell Street, Hull
Albemarle Music Centre, Ferensway, Hull. Staging occasional jazz events in collaboration with Hulljazz & the Hull Jazz Festival
All Jazz Centre, Spring Bank West, Hull later moved to Anlaby. Short lived venture started in 1960 by drummer Brian Epps
Bird’s Nest, Hedon Road, Hull
Blue Bell Jazz Club, Old Blue Bell, Market Place, Hull
Boatshed, The Marina, Hull. Outdoor location of the Hull Jazz Festival 1992 – 2008
British Legion Club, Beverley
Burgundy Jazz Club, Old Blue Bell, Market Place, Hull
Corn Exchange, Lowgate, Hull
Cottingham Rhythm Society, St Mary’s Church Vestry Rooms, Hallgate, Cottingham
Crescent City Jazz Club, Baker Street, Hull
Dee Street Club, Hessle Road, Hull. Home of Hulljazz (Jazz at Dee Street) 1996-2002
Dorchester Hotel, Beverley Road, Hull
Duke of Cumberland, Cottingham
East Park Ballroom, Holderness Road, Hull.
Embassy Club, Hedon Road, Hull (?)
Forester’s Arms, Beckside, Beverley
Fruit (now refurbished and re-opening as The Social) Humber Street, Hull.
Fulford Rooms, Beverley Road, Hull
George Hotel, Spring Bank West/Walton Street, Hull. Home of Jazz Vehicle 1970s
Goodfellowship, Cottingham Road, Hull. Home of Hulljazz from 2002 until 2020. Hulljazz returned to the GF in 2023
Hayworth Arms, Cottingham Road, Hull. Home of Hull Jazz Club from c.1964-1983
Hull Arts Centre/Humberside Theatre/Hull Truck Theatre, Spring Street, Hull. Regular national & international jazz concerts.
Hull Rhythm Club, Newington Hall, Albert Avenue, Hull.
Hull Truck Theatre, Ferensway, Hull. Home of the Hull Jazz Festival since 2009
Kelvin Ballroom, Market Place, Hull. ‘Birdland’ late night all-comers jam session in the 1960s. (Now home of Hull Boxing Club)
‘King Billy’, King William, Cottingham
Kingston Rowing Club, Oak Road Playing Fields, Hull. Taken over by artist and percussionist Paul Burwell 2000 - 2007
Lairgate Hotel, Lairgate, Beverley
Majestic Ballroom, Witham, Hull
Marlborough Club, Newstead Street, Hull
Matador Jazz Club see Ritzmond Jazz Club
Mecca Locarno Ballroom, Ferensway, Hull. Final residency of the Kirchin Band
Mortimer Suite, Hull City Hall, Victoria Square, Hull
"Nellie’s", The White Horse Inn, Beverley. Home of the 19:19 Band 1976-
New Adelphi Club, de Grey street, Hull
Newington Hall, Albert Avenue, Hull. Home to a regular Jam Session started in 1946 by the Hull Rhythm Club (founded in 1942)
Old Blue Bell, Market Place, Hull. Home of the Hull Jazz Club from 1954
Palais de Dance, (possibly the Palace Theatre) Anlaby Road, Hull. Jack Daniels & His Lions residency mid 1920s
Pave, Princes Avenue, Hull Home of Pave Jazz Jam and Sunday afternoon music sessions
Piper Club, Newland Avenue, Hull. Home of Hulljazz (Jazz at the Piper/Jazz Workshop) 1983 -1996
Red Cellar Club, Kingston Square, Hull. Club run by the Young Socialists started in 1960.
Regal Ballroom, Beverley, East Yorkshire.
Ritzmond Jazz Club, Eureka Cinema, Hessle Road, Hull
River Boat Shuffles aboard the s.s.Lincoln/Tattershall/Wingfield Castle Paddle Steamer Service Humber Ferries 1953 - 1978
Riverside Jazz Club
Salisbury Hall, Park Road, Hull
Scene Jazz Club, The, Astoria Cinema, Holderness Road, Hull
Social (formerly Fruit) Humber Street, Hull. www.socialhumberstreet.co.uk
7 - 11 Club
Speakeasy, Spring Bank, Hull. Club run by trumpet player Al Jenner in the 1960s.
Springhead Tavern, Anlaby, Hull
St John’s Parish Hall, Clough Road, Hull. The Unity Jazz Club
St Mary’s Church Vestry Rooms, Hallgate, Cottingham. Home of the Cottingham Rhythm Club
Tap & Spile, Spring Bank, Hull.
Tivoli Tavern, Mytongate, Hull
Unity Club, Anlaby Road, Hull
White Hart, George Street, Hull
White Horse Inn, Beverley, historically refered to as "Nellie's"
William Gemmell, The, Anlaby Road, Hull. Home of Hulljazz from September 2021 until closure & sale in January 2024
Windsor Hall, Argyle Street, Anlaby Road, Hull. Home of Hull Jazz Club from c.1960-1964
Y.P.I., Chanterlands Avenue, Hull. Home of Hulljazz in from September 2005 - March 2007.