Battersea Park, London. Monday 31-August-2026.
As part of our Bank Holiday sojourn in London we went to an open air concert in Battersea Park with Annie, an ex-colleague of Mary’s, her partner Simon and a couple of their friends.
We all brought a picnic and some wine; Annie very kindly rustled up an extra set of picnic chairs for us.
The headline act was Ronnie Scott's Jazz Orchestra preceded by the Amy Winehouse band.
Timetable:
- Gates Open - 1.30pm
- Jazz Dynamos - 1:45pm
- Inzeza - 3:00pm
- Toby Lee - 4:20pm
- The Amy Winehouse Band - 5:45pm
- Ronnie Scott's Jazz Orchestra - 7:20pm
- Last entry - 8.00pm
- Expected show finish - 9.00pm
We entered just as the second act, Inzeza, was finishing up and got settled in for Toby Lee, previously Young Blues Musician of the Year. He played some impressive rocking blues.
The next act was the Amy Winehouse Band (her original backing band).
The singer did a good job of standing in for Amy.
Ronnie Scott's Jazz Orchestra played an a mixture of big band and jazz standards with a good sized horn section to belt out the tunes.
This guitarist added a splash of colour.
They had three different guest singers, unfortunately I didn't capture their names, but the best was the last.
Then we went home via the new Northern Line spur line tube station at Battersea Power Station - a public transport first for us.
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