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Playing at Zeffs The Retrosettes

Tickets: Music Deal £23.50 £4.00

Live Music Zeffirellis Jazz Bar

Enjoy contemporary jazz and world music live performances every Friday and Saturday upstairs in the jazz bar at Zeffirellis.

Why not enjoy a 2 course meal and live music for £23.50 per person (choose any 2 courses from Zeffirellis evening menu), we advise booking your table between 7pm and 7.45pm. Alternatively, tickets to enjoy just the music are £4 per person, these are available to book from 7.30pm. Music starts at 8pm.

Occasionally we host special concerts, ticket prices vary and these are highlighted below. To purchase a ticket for one of these events please book on the calendar below

Some tickets/seats are held back, if event is showing as sold out please call 015394 33845 to check availability

See below for full listings

Please book by choosing the right date from the calendar below

Please note that all booking confirmations will be sent as table reservations, even if you are just watching music and not eating with us

Retrosettes Duo

The Retrosettes

Tickets: Music Deal £23.50 Tickets: Ticket Only £4.00

Please book by choosing the right date from the calendar on the main live music page or give us a ca…

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Santa, Holly and the music of Christmas!

Tickets: single child £3.00 Tickets: single adult £6.00 Tickets: family £15.00

Santa, Holly and the music of Christmas (scan QR code in pic or click weblink below - not website) …

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Fred Binley and friends Christmas Special

Tickets: Music Deal £23.50 Tickets: Ticket Only £4.00

Please book by choosing the right date from the calendar on the main live music page or give us a ca…

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Jeremy Platt Trio

Tickets: Music Deal £23.50 Tickets: Ticket Only £4.00

Jeremy Platt – Piano/Guitar Richard Iles on trumpet BASS - Grant Russell Multi Instrumentalist Jere…

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ESK

Tickets: music £4.00 Tickets: music and meal £23.50

Second time out in Zeffirellis for our local girl making a really classy performance along side qual…

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New Years Eve Band: Outlier

Tickets: New Year's Eve Deal £75.00

SOLD OUT!Our New Years Eve entertainment: OUTLIER are a fresh Jazz Fusion, Soul & Blues trio fro…

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John Bailey Quartet

Tickets: ticket £4.00 Tickets: music and meal deal £23.50

A jazz guitarist with classical credentials, as likely to play a nylon-strung acoustic instrument as…

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Nik Svarc Trio

Tickets: Music Deal £23.50 Tickets: Ticket Only £4.00

Nik Svarc -Guitar Jose Canha -Double BassDave Hassell-DrumsLeeds-based guitarist and educator Nik Sv…

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Dan Whieldon Quartet

Tickets: Music Deal £23.50 Tickets: Ticket Only £4.00

Dan Whieldon Trio - featuring Special guest Alex Clarke Featuring also : Dave Walsh - drums Ed Harri…

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Stray Horns

Tickets: music only £4.00 Tickets: music and meal deal £23.50

THE STRAY HORNS (With Mike Smith - A Zefs favourite) Roll up roll up! You’ve found it, this is the…

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Dom Pipkin ( session player for : David Byrne, Ray Davies, Morcheeba)

Tickets: Meal deal £23.50 Tickets: music only £4.00

Dom Pipkin - piano from London, soul from New Orleans Alongside a glittering session career (David …

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Groove Elation

Tickets: meal deal £23.50 Tickets: music only £4.00

‘Groove Elation pays tribute to the funky, groove-driven sounds of legends like John Scofield, Rhoda…

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Gaz Hughes Trio

Tickets: Music + Meal Deal £23.50 Tickets: Ticket only £4.00

Gaz Hughes is a renowned jazz drummer and band leader, who first gained wide public attention as the…

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Dave Walsh Trio

Tickets: meal deal and music £23.50 Tickets: music only £4.00

Experience The Dave Walsh Trio, featuring the unique compositions and guitar work of Jim Faulkner, a…

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Jack Pearce Quintet

Tickets: music and meal £23.50 Tickets: music only £4.00

The Jack Pearce Quintet showcases Jack’s original compositions that pay homage to jazz traditions wh…

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Stevie Williams

Tickets: Music Deal £23.50 Tickets: Ticket Only £4.00

As a phenomenally talented UK singer/songwriter and bassist with a plethora of diverse musical influ…

Clock Winders

Tickets: Music Deal £23.50 Tickets: Ticket Only £4.00

Please book by choosing the right date from the calendar on the main live music page or give us a ca…

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Claude Bourbon

Tickets: Music Deal £23.50 Tickets: Ticket Only £4.00

“A breathtaking acoustic fusion of blues, jazz, classical and Spanish guitar from a stunning guitar …

Lauren Bush

Tickets: music and meal deal £23.50 Tickets: music only £4.00

Frank Griffith

Frank Griffith

Tickets: Music + Meal Deal £23.50 Tickets: Music ticket only £4.00

As a renowned jazz saxophonist and clarinettist, Frank Griffith has been performing for over 40 year…

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Trio JDM

Tickets: Music Deal £23.50 Tickets: Ticket Only £4.00

Trio JDM Depending on one’s level of interest in the horseless carriage, the initials JDM might well…

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Tommy Smith and Gwilym Simcock

Tickets: £18.00

Tommy Smith & Gwilym Simcock Duo Tommy Smith and Gwilym Simcock collaborate to bring two generat…

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The Retrosettes

Tickets: Music and meal Deal £23.50 Tickets: music Only £4.00

The Retrosettes will appear at Zeffirellis as a stripped back duo. Lead singers Helen and Paul Bythe…

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Mu Quintet

Tickets: music and meal deal £23.50 Tickets: music only £4.00

info to follow…

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Eddie Gripper and Alex Clarke

Tickets: Music Deal £23.50 Tickets: Ticket Only £4.00

Described as "one of the best debut recordings" (The JazzMann) and with "an aura of maturity beyond …

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Samuel Moore - Flamenco Guitar

Tickets: music and meal deal £23.50 Tickets: music only £4.00

Hailed as “a fantastic flamenco guitarist” (BBC Radio 3) and honoured as a First Category prizewinne…

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Dale Storr

Tickets: Music Deal £23.50 Tickets: Ticket Only £4.00

"A very, very fine piano player indeed" ~ Paul Jones, BBC Radio 2 Described by Jazz Journal magazine…

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Billionaires trio

Tickets: Music Deal £23.50 Tickets: Ticket Only £4.00

Piano man Boogie Bill Roberts returns to Zeffs and is joined by The Billionaires' tight and talented…

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Groove Crusade

Tickets: Music Deal £23.50 Tickets: Ticket Only £4.00

Back by popular request, a heartfelt tribute to the work of the Crusaders, the great and enduring ja…

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Caravanouche

Tickets: music ticket £4.00 Tickets: music and meal deal £23.50

Composed of guitarists Dan Bolam and Erin Stephens and double bassist Geoff Higginson, Caravanouche …

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InterStellarDuo

Tickets: music only £4.00 Tickets: music and meal deal £23.00

Interstellar Duo Live at Zeffirellis Original jazz, classical and folk compositions written for pi…

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Hunter Muskett RESCHEDULED SATURDAY 25th OCTOBER 2025

Tickets: Music meal Deal £23.50 Tickets: Ticket Only £4.00

The zeffirellis calendar would not be complete without a visit from these ol boys... That was then……

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Simon Kempston

Tickets: Music Deal £23.50 Tickets: Ticket Only £4.00

Simon Kempston is ‘one of Scotland’s very best singer-songwriters’ (The Herald), a composer and lead…

Gin Mill Genies

Tickets: music only £12.00

More info to follow…

Gaz Hughes

Gaz Hughes Trio

Tickets: Music + Meal Deal £23.50 Tickets: Ticket only £4.00

Gaz Hughes is a renowned jazz drummer and band leader, who first gained wide public attention as the…

Travelling Janes

Tickets: Tickets MUSIC ONLY £12.00

Hermine, Gwilym Simcock and Mike Walker

Tickets: Tickets £20.00