Since launching as a live music venue three years ago, The Brunswick has built a solid reputation for its jazz bookings.

It has hosted star names such as Stan Tracey alongside the fresh new talent of experimental bands like Led Bib and Polar Bear. Artists who have appeared at the Barbican or Vortex one week can often be seen at the Hove pub the next.

On the success of these twice-monthly jazz nights, owners Phil Ryan and Jim Osler are reviving the jazz festival they started back in 2006. “We wanted to put it on to confirm our firm commitment to promoting this sort of music,” says Ryan.

The three-day event offers jazz fans the chance to see a range of musicians perform in the pub’s intimate performance space. Again, visitors can expect both big names and newer faces. Headliners include acclaimed vocalist Ian Shaw – described as “the voice of the decade” by one jazz critic – who returns to the pub after a visit a few months back; Ben Castle, son of the late TV personality Roy and a celebrated saxophonist (check out his excellent website), and crossover jazz poster girl Gwyneth Herbert.

The pub also welcomes Spanish musician and Brighton music tutor Diego Parada, who will join Quartet Quasimodo to play what Ryan describes as “hardcore gypsy jazz in the Django Reinhardt vein”, as well as Kaz Simmons “a really big name”, Brunswick favourite Ben Sarfas, Full Circle and Californian Paul Richards, whose music blends rock, blues and jazz.

“We wanted to keep the line-up quite broad so we could showcase a lot of different types of jazz,” explains Ryan. “The idea of having gypsy jazz together with pretty mainstream sax stuff is just ideal for us – it’s interesting but still fairly populist.”

Personally, Ryan is most looking forward to seeing Gwyneth Herbert – “She’s only 26 but she’s so talented” – although he admits it is difficult to pick just one highlight.

“We’ve got some really great headliners,” he says. “A lot of these people are really big artists, but they seem to like doing these smaller gigs at more informal venues like ours. It’s like going back to their roots for a lot of them.”

The festival marks another step in the pub’s transformation into a live performance venue. Next month, it will be hosting theatre and music as part of the Fringe in its space The Hive.

Ryan says: “We see The Brunswick as a venue rather than as a pub. We have something on every night in some shape or form and we’re being really well supported by the community. ”

  • Times vary, £7 Friday, £10 Saturday, £10 Sunday, www.brunswickpub.co.uk