BAR COAST, St Mary's Street, Manchester. Live Jazz duo. Every Wednesday. Starts 7pm.

BOLTON CRICKET CLUB, Green Lane, Bolton. Jazz night every Thursday, 8.30pm. Ring Bolton 520230.

BLUE CAT CAFE, Sha Mosses Community Centre, Cecil St, Bury. Ring 0161-761 2079.

COTTON TREE HOTEL, Prince St, Bolton. Ring 520237.

EAGLEY JAZZ CLUB, Dunscar Conservative Club, Hardmans Lane, Bromley Cross, Bolton. The Silver Leaf Jazz Band. Monday March 5. Every first and third Monday. Starts 8.30pm. Admission £3.50. Ring Bolton 303661.

GRANTS ARMS, Ramsbottom.

Horwich RMI CLUB, Chorley New Rd, Horwich. Ring 468395.

HOWCROFT INN, Pool Street, Bolton. Ring 381956.

THE MERCURY HOTEL, Manchester Rd, Westhoughton. Tel 01942 810904.

SIR HENRY ROYCE, Chichester Road, Eccles. Tel 0161 226 1377.

SMITHS RESTAURANT, Church Rd, Eccles. Every Tues from 8pm, live jazz with Jeremy Sassoon and guest. Tables available from 7.15pm. Fixed price menu £12.95. Ring 0161 788 7343.

ROYAL EXCHANGE THEATRE, St Ann's Sq, Mcr. 0161 833 9333.

DARWEN LIBRARY THEATRE. 01254 706006.

BRADSHAW CRICKET CLUB, Bolton. For further information or tickets ring 417076.

THATCH & THISTLE, Chorley Road, Blackrod, Bolton. An evening of dinner jazz with Cafe Au Lait. Every Tuesday. Starts 7.30pm. Ring 01257 474044.

WIGAN JAZZ CLUB present a Salute to Youth Jazz Orchestras. A special weekend of concerts, seminars, workshops, masterclasses, late night jams and music reading sessions. Events include Mike Tracy and Peter Turner working with Fred Longworth High School Bigger Band. Thursday March 22. Starts 9.30am to 4pm. Also, Jazz in the Classroom. Thursday March 22. Starts 4.15pm to 6pm. Also, at Lordy's Nightspot a Tyldesley Concert with the Fred Longworth High School Bigger Band featuring Mike Tracy, Phil DeGreg and Peter Turner. Thursday March 22. Starts 7.30pm. Tickets £3 and £2 available from the school. Also, Primary School jazz workshops. Friday March 23. Starts 9.30am to 3.30pm. Also, Shelly Berg. Friday March 23. Starts 4.15pm to 6pm. Also, at Mill At The Pier. Wigan Concert with the Kings School Big Band and Aylesbury Music Centre Big Band. Friday March 23. Starts 7.30pm. Tickets £6 and £5 concessions. Also, Jam Session in the Upstairs Room at The Orwell, Wigan Pier with the Phil DeGreg/Mike Tracy Quartet. Friday March 23. Starts 10.30pm to 1am. Admission £3. Also, Wigan Seminars and masterclasses for trumpet players. Mill at the Pier, Wigan. Saturday March 24. Starts 9am to 10am. Admission £3. Also, a seminar by Shelly Berg on his new jazz improvisation book The Goal Note Method. Saturday March 24. Starts 10.30am to noon. Admission £3. Also, a New Music Reading Session by Dick Dunscomb and featuring Tony Fisher. Saturday March 24. Starts 1.15pm to 2.30pm. Admission £3. Also, Big Band Seminars featuring Harrogate Youth Jazz Orchestra, Wigan Youth Big Band and Kings School Big Band. Saturday March 24. Starts 3pm to 5.30pm. Admission £3. Also, at Mill At The Pier, Wigan Concert featuring Harrogate Youth Jazz Orchetra and Tony Fisher and The Shelly Berg Trio. Saturday March 24. Starts 7.30pm. Tickets £10 and £9 concessions. Also, Jam Session, Upstairs Room, The Orwell, Wigan Pier with Phil DeGreg/Mike Tracy Quartet. Saturday March 24. Starts 10.30pm to 1am. Admission £3. Also, Big Band Improvsation Seminar with Mike Tracy and Phil DeGreg working with Sounds 2000 Big Band. Sunday March 25. Starts 9.30am-12.30pm. Upstairs Room, The Orwell. Also, Doncaster Youth Jazz Orchestra and Midland Youth Jazz Orchestra. Mill At The Pier. Sunday March 25. Starts 12.30pm to 4pm. Admission £8. Also, A Celebration of 25 Years of Wigan Youth Jazz Orchestra and Elmhurst College Jazz Orchestra. Sunday March 25. Starts 7.30pm. Admission £8 and £7 concessions. For further details and tickets ring 01942 243974, 01925 727408 or 01695 627577.