Dayna Dixon Newcastle Gig Preview

Dayna Dixon Newcastle Gig Preview | Arts Centre

Dayna Dixon Newcastle plays The Black Swan at Newcastle Arts Centre on 22 September 2026. Free entry, doors 6pm, live music 7:30pm.

September 7, 2026

Dayna Dixon Newcastle Arts Centre official event image — Dayna Dixon. Official image via Newcastle Arts Centre.

Dayna Dixon Newcastle comes to The Black Swan at Newcastle Arts Centre on Tuesday 22 September 2026 for a free Jazz Café performance, with doors open from 6pm and live music starting at 7:30pm.

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Dayna Dixon Newcastle at The Black Swan
A North East artist returning to Newcastle
Dayna Dixon Newcastle: event details

The Newcastle Arts Centre programme describes Dixon as a Nouveau Jazz-Tro artist, bringing together vintage-style vocals, contemporary songwriting and a mix of jazz and soul influences. The free-entry show is part of The Black Swan’s regular live-music programme in the city centre.

Dayna Dixon Newcastle at The Black Swan

Dixon’s sound draws on classic jazz and soul while keeping a modern edge. Newcastle Arts Centre highlights influences including Amy Winehouse, Lily Allen and Ella Fitzgerald, alongside an interest in richer orchestral arrangements and the scale of Burt Bacharach-style composition.

That combination should suit the Jazz Café setting well. Rather than treating the night as background music, the venue presents its Tuesday programme as a focused live performance, giving artists room to move between familiar influences and their own material in an intimate space.

A North East artist returning to Newcastle

Dixon is originally from Newcastle and has a wider performance background that stretches beyond music. She began performing professionally at a young age and later worked in West End theatre before developing her own creative projects. For this Newcastle Arts Centre date, however, the focus is firmly on her music and the jazz-soul identity described by the venue.

The Black Swan has become a regular home for free live music at Newcastle Arts Centre, with Tuesday Jazz Café dates offering audiences a low-barrier way to catch both established and emerging performers. That makes this one of the more accessible live-music options on the 22 September calendar.