Big House Trio with Jim Bernardin and special guest Brian Rodgers

Everyone's favourite Latinista, the incomparable Ela Southgate with her infectious brand of wistful bossa and smooth samba.

Big House Trio with special guest, vocalist Bryony Prior. Featuring Paul Newton on trumpet!

Big House Trio with special guest, tenor saxophonist, Arabella Sprot.

Dynamic, versatile and creative, Arabella Sprot packs a punch and engages all audiences. Influenced by some of the lesser-known greats, such as Mark Turner and Bill McHenry, she brings a flair to the stage that never fails to impress. For this gig, she presents a selection of swing classics and original material.

Big House Trio with special guests Mayhem, Mirth & Merriment Thursday 11th December 7.30pm - 10pm It's that time of year again! Not one, not two, not three, but FOUR fabulous vocalists join the Big House Trio to celebrate another year of wonderful jazz at The Vic. Bound to be chaotic and unscripted - don't miss out!

Big House Trio with special guest jazz guitarist, Argentinian Cristian Herrera!

The Big House Trio are back from their summer sojourn, firing on all three with guest trombonist Romulo Dias

Everyone's favourite trombonist joins everyone's favourite trio for a night of everyones' favourite jazz tunes. It couldn't get any better!

Two lovely vocalists join the ugly trio

Keith Waithe is a Guyana-born musician, composer and teacher best known as a flautist and founder of the Macusi Players – a world music jazz band whose name derives from the indigenous Guyanese Macushi people – and has been acknowledged as the best flute player that Guyana has ever produced.

He makes frequent appearances at festivals in the UK, such as the Hay Festival, the Ealing Jazz Festival, Wessex Book Festival and others. He has performed around the world, including in India, Denmark, Italy, Lithuania, Estonia, Sudan, Ghana, France, Geneva, Peru, Guyana, Columbia and the Cayman Islands and US, and has worked with such notable artists as Nitin Sawhney, Courtney Pine and percussionist Bosco de Oliveira.

Big House Trio venture into the world of Trad Jazz - with Mike Bosley, Nigel Searle & Andy Woon

Big House Trio with local trumpet maestro Pete McGovern

Lionel Philippe is a Brighton based French guitarist / singer who performs regularly on the south coast.

He blends Blues with Jazz adding some world music influences and a bit of Latin and Gypsy jazz.

His happy place is somewhere between Jazz and Blues. His guitar playing incorporates echoes of the likes of Grant Green, T Bone Walker and Kenny Burrell to name a few.

Love is in the air…

Join songstress Sylvia McEwen at the wonderfully intimate Red Room for an early Valentine’s romance. With the Big House Trio on best behaviour, Sylvia takes us on a musical journey through well known classic Latin, Jazz and Swing songs celebrating the many aspects of Love and Romance.

Sylvia has toured extensively worldwide playing to big and intimate audiences alike. She returns to the South of England for her first gig of 2025 from Cornwall where she is now based.

Straight out the 2025 starting block with Mike Pappenheim tearing up a storm

The full Big House lineup - with guests!

Steel pans, vibes, congas, wood blocks, chime bars, gzus, you name it, Jim'll be playing it...

It's our Sal. She's back :-)

Harmonica player Rob McCann performs and collaborates with numerous artists covering a wide pallete of idioms and has supported and shared the stage with some iconic artists such as blues legend Johnny Mars, R&B star Geno Washington, Skerryvore, The Men They Couldn’t Hang.

In Rob’s career as a freelance musician he has gigged at notable festivals, theatres & venues such as the world famous The 100 Club in London, The Islington, Blues On The Farm, The Fleece Bristol. And now... The Victoria Institute

Everyone's favourite Latinista, the incomparable Ela Southgate with her infectious brand of wistful bossa and smooth samba. And in the mix, guitar from the Urbanista himself, Matt Wall.