Haftor Medboe has teamed up with the Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival to run a conference looking at the music genre’s last 100 years on record. He is also offering a special 2-for-1 ticket offer for University staff for certain Festival shows.

‘Continental Drift’ will run from 15-16 July at the Rose Theatre and is aimed at a broad audience.

A popular annual Jazz Summer School run in association with the Festival has already sold out.

Meanwhile, in recognition of the partnership between the University and the festival, this year organisers have offered staff two tickets for the price of one for the following shows: