Jazz Cafe Festival 2026
Background
Jazz Cafe Festival was back at Burgess Park for another sold-out celebration of soul, jazz, hip hop, R&B and electronic music.
Curated by the team behind North London’s iconic Jazz Cafe, the festival returned after a huge 2025 edition, bringing the energy and spirit of the much-loved Camden venue to a much bigger stage in South London.
Working with Elixar Events Ltd, The Fair once again took care of the full festival production, from the early planning stages right through to show day, continuing a relationship that has now spanned more than a decade.
Across the festival, audiences moved between stages and spaces to catch a stacked line-up including Ari Lennox, Smino, Greentea Peng, Mansur Brown, Billy Woods, Mr Cutts and Dan Shake. Ari Lennox’s performance made the day even more special, marking her only UK date of the year.
Combining that knowledge with trusted relationships and our end-to-end event production expertise, we helped transform Burgess Park into a one-day home for everything people love about Jazz Cafe (just on a much bigger scale).
Delivery
- Full event production from concept to delivery, overseeing the planning and production process through to the live festival.
- Site design
- Enhanced stage design and additional LED screens for 2026
- Budget management
- Procurement and supplier management
- Production scheduling
- Site cleansing and litter management, with the cleansing team delivering a major turnaround following the preceding live shows.
- Collaboration with We Are OPS, who managed licensing, health and safety, safety documentation, stakeholder liaison, on-site safety provision, crowd management, traffic management and security management
Results
- Successfully delivered a sold-out show
- Smooth audience egress, supported by integrated crowd, traffic, security and safety planning from We Are OPS.
- A brilliant crowd and atmosphere, delivering exactly the relaxed Sunday energy the festival called for.
- Positive feedback from audience and press
Press and Audience Feedback
“The venue layout handled the heavy foot traffic comfortably, with seamless physical flow between stages and, crucially, absolutely zero sound bleed between the Main Stage live bands, The Plant Room’s hip-hop beats, and the electronic sets bouncing over at Four Corners and The Dome.” – We Plug Good Music
”Quickly becoming one of London’s standout day festivals.” – Festivals and Gigs