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BlueJam Arts CIC is an innovative community music and arts organisation based in Penrith, Cumbria.

We run a full programme of inclusive creative workshops, training, and professional and community performance activities and events – everything from 121 music lessons, a children’s Saturday Music Club and jazz jams to gamelan groups, painting sessions and gigs (and most things in between!).

Our specialism is improvisation, which we pursue through jazz workshops and performances, and also use as a discipline to inform the way we deliver the programmes and structure groups. We initiate and collaborate on music, film, performance and digital art-centred work, which we deliver through sessions in the community, in schools and at our Art Space.

Do get in touch if you’d like to hear more about our work and how you can get involved.


Latest News…

  • Singing For Lung Health
    Do you feel breathless or tight in your chest? For four weeks on Tuesdays (26th March, 2nd April, 9th April,16th April) from 1:30-2:30pm Jilly Jarman will present an enjoyable, relaxed online session exploring how to speak and sing with less…
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  • Penny Grennan
    Join Penny Grennan at BlueJam Arts Space on Saturday 27th April 2024 for an afternoon and evening of writing and music. Penny will be running a Creative Writing workshop from 4-6pm, and then there will be a gig with her…
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  • BlueJam Singers Day
    BlueJam Singers East and West are finally getting together for the day! It’s a chance for Jilly Jarman and Sarah Gray to actually run a day of singing workshops together – we’ve worked in parallel for years, teaching each other’s…
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  • Family friendly Art Trail Party Sat Sep 9th 2-5pm
    Join us inside and outside BlueJam Arts Space for snacks, live music and painting. All welcome!