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Most classical festivals are spread out over some weeks, with tickets available for individual

performances. Buxton has an acclaimed literary strand as well as its own fringe. Only a mile

away from each other are the Glyndebourne festival with its superb opera and the Love Supreme

jazz jamboree with eminent divas such as Chaka Khan. An enterprising music fan could perhaps
tick off both.

Tell us which festivals you’re looking forward to, or which ones we’ve overlooked in the
comments below.

La Linea

Who’s playing? Lila Downs, Nação Zumbi, Domenico Lancellotti and Ricardo Dias Gomes,

Los Tigres del Norte, Ana Tijoux.

What is it? Latin music is a treacherously amorphous genre, but this annual season does a fine

job of covering the waterfront, from mariachi music to manguebeat, bossa nova, electronica, rap
and classically influenced tango.

When? April 12 to 22 (comono.co.uk/la-linea), £16.50-£134

Where? Various venues across London

Cheltenham Jazz Festival

Who’s playing? Gregory Porter, Jack Savoretti, UB40, Dionne Warwick

What is it? Last year’s curator, Gregory Porter, is the closest the headliners get to jazz (UB40?),
but peer beyond the pop acts on offer in the picturesque spa town and you’ll find genuine

improvising greatness. Look out for the crowd-galvanising fusion of the vast collective Snarky

Puppy and the intensely inventive trumpeter Theo Croker; the world’s best jazz pianist Brad

Mehldau in a trio setting; and a Caribbean-themed 60th birthday celebration from the UK’s

multi-reeds perennial Courtney Pine. This year’s line-up is also a bonanza for lovers of the

female voice with Dionne Warwick, Dee Dee Bridgewater and Norma Winstone among a clutch
of celebrated singers.

When? May 1-6 (cheltenhamfestivals.com/jazz), £10-£76

Where? Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

Norfolk & Norwich