In collaboration with Penarth Pier Pavilion, Penarth Jazz Club and Penarth Jazz Festival, bringing together inspirational women from across the globe, the photography exhibition: Women in Jazz Photography: Her Frame. Her Sound is coming to  Penarth!

WJM: Her Frame. Her Sound photography exhibition: Oct 1st to 30th 

Free entry and open all day.

Penarth Jazz Festival: October 12th 18th

Links to further information and festival tickets

Debs Hancock, founder and chair of the newly formed Penarth Jazz Club, has curated part of this year's Penarth Jazz Festival which is in its second year and explains ‘Penarth Jazz Club and Penarth Jazz Festival is delighted to host the Women in Jazz Media photographic exhibition Her Frame. Her Sound, a powerful and inspiring exhibition of women performers taken by women photographers from around the world and I’m thrilled that we’re able to bring it to Penarth as part of this year’s festival.’

Set against the stunning backdrop of Penarth Pier, the Penarth Jazz Festival returns October 12th to 18th with an outstanding programme of live music, special events and unforgettable performances celebrating the very best of jazz.

An incredible line up including acclaimed singer and jazz legend, Ian Shaw, the Ross Hicks Trio (performing as Los Diablos Ritmicos),  Capital City Jazz Orchestra and the Keith Little Trio featuring Jane Williams. Debs Hancock will be paying tribute to the legendary ‘Ladies of Jazz’ on Oct 17th , while Ms. Maggie & The Cat's Pyjamas will ‘transport audiences to the glamour of a 1920s speakeasy with their vintage swing’.

This festival offers even more to discover beyond musical performances with Jazz cinema session on Bill Evans, Miles Davis and Bird, dance classes, a Jazz LP Sleeve Art - History Talk and also includes the Women in Jazz Media photography exhibition Her Frame, Her Sound.

A unique opportunity to celebrate women working in jazz both behind and in front of the camera. Inspirational moments in jazz captured by some of the incredible female photographers leading the way in jazz photography. Exhibiting legends such as Geri Allen, Abbey Lincoln, Alice Coltrane, Nina Simone to contemporary artists including Lakecia Benjamin, Nubya Garcia and Brandee Younger, there has never been an exhibition like this. Legendary and award-winning photographers from South Africa, New York, Poland and the United Kingdom, this breathtaking exhibition features the work of Monika S Jakubowksa, Vuyo Giba, Tatiana Gorilovsky, Enid Farber and Kasia Ociepa.