Enjoy a delightful mix of seasonal words and music with a jazz band, actors, poets and special guests plus refreshments and free mince pies!

Special guest readers are noted actors Gareth Williams, who had a Christmas Number 1 hit with the Flying Pickets and starred in Guys and Dolls in the West End, plus Paula Tinker whose career has taken her to the Chichester Festival Theatre and the West End. With Mike Carey’s Big House Jazz Band.

Held in the atmospheric setting of the grade 1 listed Guildhall, the Festive Jazz Café is a great way to kick off the run-in to Christmas with mellow jazz classics and entertaining readings. Expect all your favourite tunes, plus entertaining and inspiring readings.

A joint CDC/South Downs Poetry Festival seasonal gala.

Tickets cost £12 and can be booked here.