AWARD winning songstress Des'ree will be performing an evening of smooth jazz at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester .

The singer will perform for one night only on March 22 as part of the Piano 2003 festival.

Other highlights in the two-week long Piano 2003 festival will include Ted Robbins, who recently starred in Bolton comic, Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights as Den Perry. He will perform in a special family concert when he will bring Sparky the Piano to life, and perform on "the mother of all pianos", the Red Ferrari Steinway.

Further details are from The Bridgewater Hall Box Office on 0161 907 9000.