“Exceptional British Jazz”
- Chris Philips - Jazz FM
Hit Like A Girl 2023 UK winner
The one to watch - April 2023 Jazzwise Magazine
Abbie Finn is a drummer from the North-East of England. She was dubbed ‘the one to watch’ in the April 2023 edition of Jazzwise Magazine. Abbie is also the 2023 Hit Like A Girl UK winner in the 18+ category.
Currently based in Durham, her current projects are the Abbie Finn Trio with Harry Keeble on tenor saxophone and Paul Grainger on double bass and the Finntet featuring Graham Hardy, Harry Keeble, Dean Stockdale and Paul Grainger.
Abbie Studied at Leeds College of Music and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London.
In 2020, she released her debut album Northern Perspective with the trio, and in 2023 On Pink Lane. Her most recent release was in 2024 with Stotties For Three. All of which received sterling reviews from British jazz blogs and magazines, and radio plays including BBC Radio Newcastle and Jazz FM.
'Her crisply, energetically accurate drumming drives each track forward with irresistible momentum.' _ Eddie Myer - Jazzwise
VIDEOS
Upcoming Shows
1st July - Michael Young Trio - Engine Room, Sunderland 6:30pm
3rd July - Big Sing event - The Glasshouse, Gateshead
5th July - Abbie Finn Trio - Saltburn Arts
14th July - Abbie Finn Trio - Mouth of the Tyne Festival - 3:10pm
16th July - Jazz Cafe Jam - Black Swan Ncl - 7:30pm
18th July - Darlington Big Band, Dormans Middlesborough - 8pm
19th July - Luis Verde Quartet - Lit and Phil Ncl - 1pm
19th July - Luis Verde Quartet - Opus 4, Darlington - 8pm
27th July - BBC Proms @ The Glasshouse - 2:50pm
10th August - Abbie Finn Trio - The Vault, Darlington 7pm
18th August - Abbie Finn Trio - Newcastle Jazz Festival - 3:50pm Postponed
20th August - Jazz Cafe Jam - Black Swan Ncl - 7:30pm
2nd September - Michael Young Trio - Engine Room, Sunderland - 6:30pm
17th September - Jazz Cafe Jam - Black Swan Ncl - 7:30pm
21st September - Alexia Gardner Quartet - Prohibition Cabaret Bar Ncl - 8pm
7th October - Michael Young Trio - Engine Room, Sunderland - 6:30pm
4th November - Michael Young Trio - Engine Room, Sunderland - 6:30pm
5th November - Jazz Cafe Jam - Black Swan Ncl - 7:30pm
16th November - Abbie Finn Trio - The Vault, Darlington 7pm
24th November - Greg Abate Quartet - Queen’s Hall Hexham - 3pm
24th November - Greg Abate Quartet - The Globe, Ncl - 8pm
26th November - Alexia Gardner Quintet - Black Swan, Ncl - 8pm
9th December - Michael Young Trio - Engine Room, Sunderland - 6:30pm
14th December - Abbie Finn Trio - The Vault, Darlington 7pm
20th December - Abbie Finn’s Finntet - Opus 4 Darlington - 8pm
29th December - Alexia Gardner Quintet - The Globe, Ncl - 8pm
31st December - Jan Spencelayh Quartet - Jacksons Wharf, Hartlepool - 5pm
2025
14th February - Alexia Gardner Quintet - The white room, Stanley 7pm