23 July 2009
Sax in the City
The annual Sax in the City jazz festival returns to Leadenhall
Market in the City of London from Monday 27 until Friday 31 July.
Leadenhall Market is owned and managed by the City of London
Corporation.
In its fourth year, this event has a programme of jazz taking
place every lunchtime. Musicians from the Guildhall School of Music
will perform jazz greats with a different theme running through
each of the five days.
The music will take place from 12 noon until 2pm daily. Thursday
30 July is Party Night when there will also be music from 6pm –
9.30pm. In addition, throughout the week, Market traders will be
selling their wares at BBQ and food stalls.
Alec Mumford, Festival Organiser said:
- “This is our fourth year with the best line up yet. Not only do
we have the Guildhall School of Music but on Thursday evening Party
Night we have the winners of the Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2009,
Cattle Market; Steve Gregory who is known for being the saxophonist
in George Michael’s Careless Whisper; and Client Number 9, a band
made up of members of the insurance industry will each perform live
on stage.”
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Notes to editors
- Press enquiries
Kristina Blissett, Press Office, City of London Corporation
Tel 020 7332 3451 / Mob 07795 290040 Email
kristina.blissett@cityoflondon.gov.uk
- About the City of London
Corporation
The City of London Corporation provides
local government services for the Square Mile, the financial and
commercial heart of Britain. The City of London Corporation works
nationally and internationally to maintain and enhance the City as
a world-leading international financial and business centre. It
also serves London and the UK with special responsibilities such as
the Barbican Arts Centre, the Central Criminal Court at the Old
Bailey, 10,000 acres of open space including Hampstead Heath and
Epping Forest, three wholesale food markets, three inner-London
City Academies, the City Bridge Trust, economic regeneration
programmes in neighbouring boroughs and acting as London’s Port
Health Authority.