The Love Supreme Jazz Festival is a three-day greenfield music festival held annually on the first weekend of July in Glynde Place in the South Downs of East Sussex.
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It includes a spectrum of musical styles adjacent to jazz, such as funk, soul, blues and hip-hop.[2] Love Supreme comprises five stages: The Main Stage, which focuses on broader styles of R&B, Funk, Soul and Blues; The Big Top, which plays host to the biggest names in Jazz and its neighbouring styles; The Arena, which hosts contemporary and progressive acts in the jazz sphere and The Bandstand, which hosts up and coming acts as well as local performers. The latest addition is Bands & Voices, which showcases a range of spoken word, dance and cabaret.
The festival was postponed in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Before postponement the festival was due to host Anita Baker for her first UK show in 13 years as well as featuring performances from The Roots, TLC, The Isley Brothers and Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes amongst many others. All tickets were transferred to 2021 or customers could claim a refund.[8]
Love Supreme also hosted a 1-day music festival held in 2018 and 2019 at The Roundhouse in Camden, London.[18][19] Love Supreme launched its sister platform Supreme Standards in October 2018 in order to promote more contemporary artists with new a website, podcast and live shows.
Love Supreme had planned to launch a Japanese edition of the festival in 2020 but this was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[20] The Japanese edition of the festival is now expected to launch in 2021.