Jazzfest Berlin
One of the longest-running European festivals is set to return to the city of Berlin this autumn - Jazzfest Berlin. Founded in 1964, the Berlin Jazz Festival showcases artists from around the globe and increasingly focuses on contemporary European jazz.
Jazzfest for your ears
The festival presents both style-defining icons of jazz music, as well as young up-and-coming performers from a broad range of styles. Each year the unique festival programme offers a full spectrum of creative border-crossings and collective visions from national and international musicians alike. Over the years, the festival has cultivated particularly close links with musicians from the USA.
Programme preview 2024
This year's festival will offer four days of concerts. And for those who can't make it to Berlin, Jazzfest is also strengthening its decades-long partnership with German public radio. A series of regional ensembles will present nine studio concerts during the festival - some of which will be played to live audiences - which will then be played on the radio throughout Germany.
Here's a few of the bands and artists attending Jazzfest Berlin 2024:
- Lakecia Benjamin
- Sun-Mi Hong BIDA Orchestra
- Goran Kajfeš Tropiques
- Kris Davis
- Trio Tapestry
- John Hollenbeck
- The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters
- Wrens
- Oùat
- And many more!
Attending Jazzfest Berlin 2024
Are you interested in catching one of the performances during Jazzfest Berlin? Be sure to head over to the Jazzfest Berlin website to check out the full programme and purchase your tickets in time! You can see one of the acts, Lakecia Benjamin in full swing below:
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