Turner Contemporary Margate Summer season of music events featuring swinging Gypsy jazz guitar. I’m very happy to have been asked to play twice at Turner Contemporary this Summer as part of their music season. Having such a state of the art gallery/exhibition space in town is fabulous anyway (I’m a big fan), getting to play Django-style Gypsy jazz guitar there is just awesome! There are live music events throughout the Summer, held outside by the cafe entrance. The food is re

The UK's best Django Reinhardt style festival hosting top international musicians. The March Manouche Gypsy Jazz Festival in Menai #Wales was packed out for the whole weekend, a bumper turnout for this excellent grass-roots event. Held over three days in picturesque Anglesey, it’s become a magnet for players and aficionados of #DjangoReinhardt and the #GypsyJazz guitar style. People started arriving on the Thursday with a ‘fringe’ #festival running alongside the main event. A

UK Gypsy Jazz Trio release new video on popular Youtube channel. The latest video from our session at Fez Micropub in #Margate, #Kent, has just been released on our popular Youtube channel. This time the JONNY HEPBIR TRIO have opted for a classic instrumental from the 1930’s, ‘Topsy’. This catchy little number was a hit for Benny Goodman in 1938 where it rose to number 14 in the charts! It was first recorded a year earlier by Count Basie and was written by Edgar Battle and Ed

UK Gypsy jazz Quartet release new video on their popular Youtube channel. We are proud to release the first of the new JONNY HEPBIR QUARTET videos filmed on live on location in Margate, Kent. The song ‘Meglio Stasera’ was written by Henry Mancini with Italian lyrics by Franco Migliacci. It was originally sung and performed by the fabulous Fran Jeffries in the first of the famous ‘Pink Panther’ films from 1963. We thought it would be cool to do the film version straight up but

UK Gypsy swing guitarist Jonny Hepbir live in Kent January 2018 Always good to get out and about after the Festive season onslaught. Starting off 2018 with two local #Kent solo gigs in #Sandwich and #Margate. If you’re in the area, need a swing guitar fix then the first date is January 2nd 8pm at the Hop and Huffkin in Sandwich, fine Tuesday night food treats, fine ales and some chilled out Django-style tunes for your ears. The second performance is at that quirkiest of venue

Popular UK Gypsy Jazz Band release new series of videos on Youtube. We are very proud to release the first of our run of videos featuring the JONNY HEPBIR TRIO, filmed live and on location in the very hip and groovy town of #Margate in #Kent. Trying to pick a good location is always difficult, with so many factors involved. The other element of danger is that we play live and don’t mime to a playback track, which is often the safer option for some groups out there, so you hav

It was great to be asked to play at the coolest bar in #Margate #Kent. Situated in the High Street, #Fezmicropub has already proved itself to be one of the most popular spots in town. Owner Phil Evans thought an afternoon of #DjangoReinhardt style #Gypsyswing would be perfect for his top-rated establishment. The bar filled up pretty quick as the sound of #Parisian style #swingguitar drifted out into the street. With lots of Jive and Lindyhop dancers in the area, there were so

A great time playing solo Gypsy Jazz guitar at a private party in #Margate Kent for acclaimed artist Twinkle Troughton. The occasion was a small gathering for old friends who'd come from all over the world. Twinkle chose JONNY HEPBIR SOLO as the musical backdrop for this warm event. I often play at events and venues where space or budget might be an issue. My clients are often surprised as I keep the classic 'two guitar' sound of Gypsy jazz going throughout the time I'm playi