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JAM on the Marsh 2026
The full programme for the 13th JAM on the Marsh, 8 to 12 July 2026, curated by Edward Armitage BEM. Every concert, exhibition and community event across Romney Marsh, from Changeling Theatre's Much Ado About Nothing and Alexander Armstrong in The Roaring 20s to Black Dyke Band, Fenella Humphreys, the JAM Sinfonia and the world premieres of Into the Bellows, with biographies, booking details and how to get there.
In this publication
Welcome | 3 | John Frederick Hudson
Festival Overview | 4 | Edward Armitage BEM
2026 Festival Guide | 7
Festival Launch | 9 | Edward Armitage BEM, Paul Mealor LVO
Much Ado About Nothing | 10 | Changeling Theatre, Robert Forknall
Les Liaisons Dangereuses | 13 | National Theatre Live, Marianne Elliott, Lesley Manville
Thomas Kelly and John Frederick Hudson | 15 | Thomas Kelly, John Frederick Hudson
The Sunflower Singers | 16 | Rebecca Lodge Birkebaek
Open Masterclass | 17 | Ryan Corbett, Paul Mealor LVO, Zhenyan Li, George W. Parris, Noah Max
Ravel and Debussy with JAM Sinfonia | 18 | Cyrill Ibrahim, Joshua Ballance, Julien Durand, Timothy Jackson, Emily Davis, Ryan Corbett
Into the Bellows: Composer Residency Concert | 20 | Ryan Corbett, Noah Max, Zhenyan Li, George W. Parris
The Roaring 20s with Alexander Armstrong | 22 | Alexander Armstrong, Madeleine Shaw, Andrew Matthews-Owen
Fenella Humphreys, violin | 25 | Fenella Humphreys
Black Dyke Band | 26 | Nicholas J. Childs, Tom Hutchinson, Phoebe Mallinson, Gareth Hand
Festival Farewell | 29 | Edward Armitage BEM
Micro Macro | 31 | Jillian Bain Christie
Community Exhibitions | 33 | Victoria Morris
Associate Artists | 34 | Thomas Kelly, Ryan Corbett
Biographies | 36
How to Book and How to Get Here | 40
Looking Back over 26 Years at JAM | 42 | Edward Armitage BEM
JAM Commissions 2002 to 2026 | 44
JAM Digital | 46
Supporters | 48
Trustees and Creative Team | 50 | Paul Mealor LVO
Save the Date | 51
