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Material relating to Jazz Heritage Wales's Tower Ballroom Project, which involved the collection of local people's reminiscences, anecdotes, photographs, etc about the Tower Ballroom, Swansea, these to be used in exhibitions at both Jazz Heritage Wales and the Phoenix Centre, Swansea. Together with material relating to performances by the Women in Jazz Allstars Swing Band at a Vintage Dance held 23 March 2012 at Townhill Community Centre, Swansea as part of the Tower Ballroom Project.

Information relating to a book launch event at the Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea, at which Women in Jazz performed. The book in question was titled Fragments from the Dark: Women Writing Home and Self in Wales and the event was organised by Swansea Bay Asylum Seekers Support Group and Swansea Women's Asylum Support Group, with all proceeds distributed to refugee charities.

Flyer and poster relating to WomenCentreStage, an event celebrating International Women's Day held at the Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea, 5 March 2008, at which Women in Jazz Allstars Swing Band performed.

Flyer and press cutting relating to a concert performance by Women in Jazz, 14 February 2008, as part of the Jazz at the MCC (Mumbles Conservative Club) events organised by Swansea Jazz Society.

Email correspondence relating to a performance by Women in Jazz at an event organised by Swansea Quakers at Le Café, Swansea University, which included songs relating to slavery and abolition.

Material relating to concert performances by Women in Jazz at Morgan's Hotel and the Cawdor Hotel, Swansea in aid of the Swansea branch of the NSPCC.

Press cutting relating to a performance by Women in Jazz at an event organised by local walking group the Swansea Bay Strollers.

Material relating to the Women in Jazz Allstars Band's performance at the Showcase at the Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea, 30 November 2007.

Programme schedule relating to a concert in aid of WaterAid by Women in Jazz and others at the Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea, 25 November 2007.

Material relating to a charity tribute concert for the pianist Ray Jones held at the Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea, 11 September 2007, in which Women in Jazz participated.

Material relating to the inauguration of Swansea's Lord Mayor, Councillor Susan Waller, and to the Lord Mayor's Ball held in her honour at the Guildhall, Swansea, 11 May 2007, at which Women in Jazz provided musical entertainment.

Material relating to Women in Jazz's concert performance at Swansea's Grand Theatre, 1st December 2006

Material relating to Women in Jazz's performance at the National Eisteddfod of Wales Swansea 2006, including photographic prints of the band.

Press cuttings relating to a Swansea Bay Strollers charity event held 11 June 2006, at which Women in Jazz performed.

Poster relating to a performance by Women in Jazz All-Stars at Swansea County Hall, 7 April 2006.

Material relating to events held to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the Women's Jazz Archive/Women in Jazz, highlighted by a gala evening at Swansea's Dylan Thomas Centre featuring Women in Jazz patron Dame Cleo Laine, which also included a performance of Before Freedom; together with material relating to funding for the anniversary events. The gala evening coincided with events to mark Black History Month in October 2006.

Material relating to a Music, Poetry and Dance evening in aid of what was then known as the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture (now Freedom from Torture) held at the Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea, at which the Jen Wilson Trio performed.

Poster relating to a concert performance by the Women in Jazz Allstars at the Queen's Hotel, Swansea, 18 December 2005.

Material relating to a concert performance by the Women in Jazz Allstars at the Grand Theatre, Swansea, 4 November 2005.

Material relating to the Val Feld Memorial Lecture and Dinner held at the Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea, 14 October 2005, at which Women in Jazz performed.