3RD JUNE 2026
DOORS 7PM
THE OLD BREWERY STORE, FAVERSHAM
FROM £20
Jimmy Carpenter is one of the most decorated saxophonists in American blues — a Grammy-winning composer, a two-time Blues Music Award winner, and a player whose reputation stretches from the clubs of New Orleans to festival stages across the world. On Tuesday 3rd June he brings all of that to The Old Brewery Store, Faversham — and it is going to be a night to remember.
The Soul Doctor from New Orleans
A professional musician since 1980, Jimmy Carpenter has toured the world with Tinsley Ellis, Jimmy Thackery, Walter Wolfman Washington, Eric Lindell, and Mike Zito. His years living and performing in New Orleans shaped a sound that sits deep in the tradition — blues, soul, R&B, and rock and roll, delivered through a saxophone that has been called one of the finest in the blues world today. He is the Musical Director of the Big Blues Bender, one of the hottest blues festivals in the world, and serves as President of the Las Vegas Blues Society. Five solo albums. Forty-plus years on the road. And every note of it in service of the music.
Grammy Winner. Blues Music Award Champion.
Jimmy Carpenter has been nominated ten times by The Blues Foundation for a Blues Music Award in the Instrumentalist — Horn category, and has won the award twice, in 2021 and 2022. That is not an accident — that is the blues community recognising the best horn player on the circuit, twice in a row. He is also a Grammy-winning composer, having contributed a composition to the New Orleans Nightcrawlers’ album Atmosphere, which won the Grammy Award for Best Regional Roots Music Album. His most recent album, The Louisiana Record, was recorded at Dockside Studios in Maurice, Louisiana, featuring his old friends from the New Orleans music community. It is the sound of a man completely at home in the music he loves.
Career Highlights
★ Two-Time Blues Music Award Winner — Best Instrumentalist/Horn, 2021 & 2022 (Blues Foundation, Memphis)
★ Ten BMA Nominations — One of the most recognised horn players in the blues world
★ Grammy-Winning Composer — New Orleans Nightcrawlers’ Atmosphere, Best Regional Roots Music Album
★ Five Solo Albums — Most recently The Louisiana Record (Gulf Coast Records, 2022)
★ Musical Director — Big Blues Bender, Las Vegas — one of the world’s premier blues festivals
★ Forty-Plus Years on the Road — Tinsley Ellis, Jimmy Thackery, Mike Zito & The Wheel, Walter Wolfman Washington
What the Blues World Says
★ “A master Blues, Rock-n-Roll and R&B saxophonist” — Intrepid Artists
★ “A perennial favourite at the Blues Music Awards in Memphis” — Intrepid Artists
★ “My entire goal is to create moments of emotion — to make people feel something beyond just hearing the band” — Jimmy Carpenter
★ “Soul Doctor was extremely well-received worldwide” — Gulf Coast Records
★ “Jimmy Carpenter perfectly captures that funky-cool, New Orleans-infused soul that keeps audiences coming back for more.” – The Big Blues Bender
An Evening Not to Be Missed
There are not many Grammy winners and double Blues Music Award champions who play rooms like The Old Brewery Store. That is exactly the point — and exactly why you should be there. For this show we have added extra seating to bring more people into the room, but that also means the allocation is fixed and finite. When it’s gone, it’s gone.
Jimmy Carpenter does not phone it in. He plays every show like it matters, because to him it does. This is a man whose life is the blues, and when he steps on stage in Faversham with that saxophone, you will hear exactly what forty-plus years of dedication to a music sounds like.
Intimate venue. Additional seats added. World-class talent. Don’t leave it.
THE VENUE : AN AUTHENTIC SETTING FOR LIVE MUSIC
Located within the historic site of Shepherd Neame — Britain’s oldest operational brewery, founded in 1698 — The Old Brewery Store carries more than three centuries of history in its walls. With its industrial charm, vaulted ceilings, and a character that no purpose-built venue can replicate, it provides the perfect atmospheric backdrop for a night like this.
With a capacity of 250, the room strikes that rare balance between grand and intimate — big enough to create real atmosphere, small enough that you’re never far from the stage. Whether you’re at the front of the room or grabbing a pint of locally brewed Shepherd Neame at the bar, you’re guaranteed an immersive experience in one of Kent’s most unique live music spaces.