Seaton Tramway – Tomorrow’s Warriors presents: UK Rising Stars of jazz

aBOUT THE EVENT

Date: 4th July 2026

Entry: £12 or £32 early bird as part of the whole festival ticket

Doors open: 7.30pm

Headliners: Betty Accorsi, Tomorrow's Warriors present Klara Devlin Trio and Ankora

Supports by: East Devon Soul Jazz DJ

East Devon Soul are working in coordination with the world renowned Tomorrow’s Warriors jazz agency, bringing some of the greatest new young jazz talent to the festival. These artists will blow your mind, a chance to see some of the best musicians in the country just before they explode onto the world scene. Tomorrow’s Warriors have previously brought us Ezra Collective, Nubya Garcia, Moses Boyd and Sons of Kemet. Jazz royalty.

The Seaton Tramway will feature performances from 7.30pm until 10.30pm

Betty Accorsi is an Italian-born, Brighton-based saxophonist, composer and multi-instrumentalist who’s been making a name for herself as one of the UK’s most imaginative jazz voices. Offering a sound that blends elegant European jazz and earthy, intuitive expressionism, she’s made each release feel like a journey both outward into the world and inward into the self.

More info on Betty here

Legendary jazz talent agency Tomorrow’s Warriors present the Klara Devlin Trio and Ankora

Klara Devlin Trio

https://www.instagram.com/klara_devlin/

Rising star Klara Devlin is one of the most exciting new trumpet voices on the UK jazz scene. A finalist in the 2024 BBC Young Jazz Musician competition, the 19-year-old trumpeter is currently studying jazz at the Royal Academy of Music, having begun playing at the age of five, discovering jazz soon after. Formed through Tomorrow’s Warriors, the Klara Devlin Quartet performs Devlin’s original compositions and arrangements, drawing on bebop, blues and free jazz with a bold, personal voice beyond her years.

Devlin has already appeared at leading venues and festivals, including Jazz In The Round, Pizza Express Soho, Jazzlive at the Crypt, and festivals such as Brick Lane Jazz Festival, We Out Here and Brecon Jazz.

Ankora

https://www.instagram.com/ankoramusic/

Ankora’ is a London based, eight-piece ensemble composed of the next generation of top UK jazz talent: Mali Sheard, Keira Chakraborty, Hannah Clifton, Klara Devlin, Miranda Radford, Tami Adebanjo, Kezia Abuoma and Holly Reinhardt. Meeting at the hailed music organisation ‘Tomorrow’s Warriors’, these ambitious young musicians previously performed as the band ‘Tomorrow’s Warriors Frontline’, under the tutelage of acclaimed drummer and composer, Romarna Campbell. ‘Ankora’ is the exciting new step the ensemble are taking to launch into the London jazz scene. https://www.ankoramusic.com/

Tickets just £12 or second release £32 as part of the festival ticket

What a perfect way to spend a mid summer evening, with the jazz stars of the very near future.