Over 20,000 jazz fans filled Montpellier Gardens over the bank holiday weekend for the Cheltenham jazz festival, with artists including Noisettes, Gregory Porter, Ravi Coltrane and Van Morrison, plus films, beer and a host of family events. We take a look at the best images so far
Music fans soak up the sun in Montpellier Gardens, at the Cheltenham jazz festival 2013Photograph: Tim Ireland/PABritish singer and pianist Joe Stilgoe performs in the Big TopPhotograph: Tim Ireland/PAThe New Gary Burton QuartetPhotograph: Steve Thorne/Redferns via Getty ImagesAmerican jazz vocalist Gregory Porter performs in the Big TopPhotograph: Tim Ireland/PAAmerican guitarist Mike Stern shares a joke with his bandPhotograph: Steve Thorne/Redferns via Getty ImagesLead singer Shingai Shoniwa performs with Noisettes in the Big TopPhotograph: Tim Ireland/PAJazz pianist Reuben JamesPhotograph: Steve Thorne/Redferns via Getty ImagesComposer Mike Gibbs conducts for his ensemblePhotograph: Steve Thorne/Redferns via Getty Images