Meet the Team
The Brecon Jazz Festival Delivery Team was set up in Autumn 2024 to take on the task of arranging the festival after the previous organisers for many years, Lynne and Roger, handed over the reins. We are all volunteers living locally and involved in various ways in the Brecon community. Although several of the team have been involved in past Brecon Jazz Festivals, 2025 was the first festival organised by the new team. Our aim is to maintain an excellent jazz festival which everyone can enjoy. Please do not hesitate to speak with any of us about improvements you would like to be made to the Festival!
Andrew – Andrew Chainey is a businessman living in Brecon and our technical expert.
Angus – Angus Kings has lived in Brecon for more than 40 years. He is a music promoter working with several music venues and runs The Mid Wales Rhythm and Blues Club. He supports Jane on the music programming.
Chris (Chair) – Chris Jones is a retired doctor who fell in love with Brecon Jazz before moving with his wife Natalie to Pencelli in 2021. He helps with the yarn shop and takes the lead on the annual festival.
Derek – Derek was a visitor to Brecon Jazz Festival over many years before moving into Brecon after the pandemic. A jazz fan since his teens, he organises the festival volunteers.
Jane – Jane Williams is from Brecon and now lives in Cardiff. Jane is a busy jazz musician who oversees the musical programme along with Angus.
Natalie – Natalie Avery-Jones is an ex civil servant living in Pencelli. She runs Brecon Wool in the market arcade with husband Chris and helps with many aspects of festival planning including marketing.
Richard – another Pencelli resident, Richard Price, a recently retired electronic engineer, has recently joined the team and runs the website.
Ruth – Ruth Gibbs is owner of The Muse, one of the Festival’s iconic venues and deeply entwined in various ways with the Brecon community. Ruth is Chair of the Frazz, which holds its annual parade during the festival.
Sian – Sian Drinan is Deputy Mayor of Brecon and will be Mayor when the festival takes place in August. Sian has a long history of involvement in many of the arts and cultural activities in Brecon and is our Treasurer.
Will – Will Phillips is from Brecon and works as owner / landlord at Brecon Tap and the Three Horseshoes Inn, Llanfaes. Will takes the lead on food and drink aspects of the festival, vital for our visitors!