THIS year’s extended three-day jazz festival at the Drayton Court Hotel in The Avenue, West Ealing, features many of the UK’s best jazz musicians.

The Drayton Court Festival, from August 17-19, is a now a widely-anticipated event in West London, with jazz from well-known bands with local connections and FREE admission.

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It was established in response to overwhelming demand from fans and musicians after the removal in 2016 of local musicians from the council-run Ealing Jazz Festival.

Now, in the setting of the pub’s spacious garden, there are main stage bands playing through each day, between sets by a jazz duos in the bar area.