Hastings in East Sussex Town Guide

Donna Canale & Bruce Knapp ~ Sunday Jazz Lunch

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Live Music Event
Sunday, 13th December 2026, 1:30pm – 3:30pm
Barnaby's Lounge, Hastings
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Sunday afternoons at Barnaby’s are made for long lunches, red wine and proper live jazz 🎷🍷✨
This week we welcome the wonderful Donna Canale & Bruce Knapp for an intimate Sunday Jazz Lunch session from 1:30PM .
Donna Canale is a UK jazz vocalist with a career rooted in Guildhall School of Music & Drama training and a long record of high‑level performing credits. She has toured extensively as special guest vocalist with major British big bands, including The Glenn Miller Orchestra UK, Andy Prior’s Magic of Sinatra Show , and Big Band Crazy Show. Her commercial recording profile includes providing the lead vocals on Shaft’s chart‑busting hits “( Mucho Mambo) Sway” and “Mambo Italiano” , both widely broadcast and still referenced in dance‑pop retrospectives.
Her solo album Thinking of You (2002) received critical acclaim , earning the Guardian’s “4 headphones” rating , and she has continued to perform, record, and teach at leading UK institutions including ACM Guildford, ICMP Kilburn, and the Guildhall Summer School.
Featuring:
🎤 Donna Canale – Guitar & Vocals
🎸 Bruce Knapp – Guitar
Expect elegant jazz standards, soulful improvisation and warm acoustic textures.
A perfect soundtrack for a slow Sunday in Hastings.
📍 Sunday 13th December | 1:30PM
🍽️ Delicious Food by Powell’s Kitchen
🎶 £6+ supports live musicians
📍 Barnaby’s Lounge, Hastings
Book early. Sunday jazz tables tend to vanish like the last roast potato.