JENNINGS Brewery has teamed up with Keswick's Theatre by the Lake to sponsor the town's annual Jazz Festival for the eighth consecutive year.

The Jennings Keswick Jazz Festival will see musical events taking place at approximately 16 venues across the beautiful Lake District town and, for the first time, will run for four days instead of three.

This, the 12th annual festival, is being managed by Theatre by the Lake for the first time, and runs from tomorrow (Thursday) until Sunday.

Demand for tickets has once again been high and Festival stroller tickets are sold out. However, there are some individual free events which are open to non ticket-holders.

A full list of venues and performances is available from the Theatre's Box Office on 01768 774411, however, all ticketed events are sold out. Many of the individual events in the festival are free.

Patric Gilchrist, Executive Director of Theatre by the Lake, said: "This year is a year of firsts for the Jennings Keswick Jazz Festival and the Theatre By The Lake. While it is the first time we have managed the

event, it is also the first time the festival has been held over four days.

May 14, 2003 09:30