Festival
The jazzahead! Festival turns Bremen into the metropolis of jazz!
Every year in April, the jazzahead! Festival takes place parallel to the jazzahead! trade fair in Bremen. Together with numerous cooperation partners, we organize a city-wide music and cultural program around the world's largest meeting place for the jazz scene.
In 2023, the festival will focus on Germany, a very special partner country. From April 27 to April 30, we can look forward to a modern and surprising sound!

These are the jazzahead! Festival's three program elements
Tickets & Prices
jazzahead! Festival
Tickets for the the jazzahead! Showcase Festival & the jazzahead! CLUBNIGHT are now available!
Further information on our showcasing bands, date and time of their performances and the CLUBNIGHT program can be found in our program calendar here.
Pre-sale
All jazzahead! tickets are available for presale here or in our online shop at Nordwest Ticket, its advance booking points and via the hotline: +49 421 36 36 36. For online purchase or orders via the call center an additional booking fee of 1,00 € for the jazzahead! CLUBNIGHT tickets & 2,50 € booking fee for all other jazzahead! tickets will be charged.
The tickets are also available at the ticket service at Die Glocke (+49 421 33 66 99), at the WESER-KURIER Pressehaus and at all regional newspaper publishing houses.
jazzahead! PASS
120 € red.*
27. - 29. April · 3 days full of music
incl.
27. April · 13.00 - 14.00: Opening ceremony with concert
27. - 29. April · daily from 14:30 : 12 Showcases - Day & Night
at Hall 7 & Kulturzentrum Schlachthof
28. April from 18.00: jazzahead! CLUBNIGHT (incl. public transport**)
in 25 venues in Bremen
Thursday, 27 April
Friday, 27 April
Saturday, 29 April
jazzahead! Thursday / ALL IN
44 € red.*
27. April · 13.00 - 00.00
Opening ceremony with concert
6 Day Showcases
6 Night Showcases
at Hall 7 & Kulturzentrum Schlachthof
jazzahead! Friday / ALL IN
44 € red.*
28. April · 14.30 - 00.30
6 Day Showcases
6 Night Showcases
at Hall 7 & Kulturzentrum Schlachthof
jazzahead! Saturday / ALL IN
44 € red.*
29. April · 14.30 - 00.15
6 Day Showcases
6 Night Showcases
at Hall 7 & Kulturzentrum Schlachthof
jazzahead! Thursday / DAY
28 € red.*
27. April · 13.00 - 19.15
Opening ceremony with concert
6 Day Showcases
at Hall 7 & Kulturzentrum Schlachthof
jazzahead! Friday / DAY
28 € red.*
28. April · 14.30 - 19.15
6 Day Showcases
at Hall 7 & Kulturzentrum Schlachthof
jazzahead! Saturday / DAY
28 € red.*
29. April · 14.30 - 19.15
6 Day Showcases
at Hall 7 & Kulturzentrum Schlachthof
jazzahead! Thursday / NIGHT
28 € red.*
27. April · 19.30 - 00.00
6 Night Showcases
at Hall 7 & Kulturzentrum Schlachthof
jazzahead! Friday / NIGHT
28 € red.*
28. April · 19.30 - 00.30
6 Night Showcases
at Hall 7 & Kulturzentrum Schlachthof
jazzahead! Saturday / NIGHT
28 € red.*
29. April · 19.30 - 00.15
6 Night Showcases
at Hall 7 & Kulturzentrum Schlachthof
jazzahead! CLUBNIGHT
20 € red.*
28 April · from 18:00
1 night - 30 clubs - 1 ticket incl. public transport**.
30 venues in Bremen
More information on the program can be found here on our website from February 2023.
Registrants of jazzahead! trade fair can purchase the tickets for the reduced price
**The included VBN ticket is valid from 28 April from 3 pm until 29 April 10 am in all means of transport of the VBN. In the trains only valid in 2nd class!Sebastian Koch and the Hubert Nuss Quartett
29. April · 19.00
Arthur Schnitzler's "Rhapsody" as a musical reading
at Metropol Theater Bremen
* Reduced ticket prices apply to pupils, students, volunteers working in the Federal Voluntary Service, trainees, the unemployed and the handicapped (accompanying person gets access free of charge). Only showcase festival: Children up to 10 years accompanied by an adult get free access to the showcases.
Box office hours
From 27 to 29 April 2023 you can also purchase the tickets on site:
Ticket counter in the foyer of Hall 7
- Thu 27 April 12.00 – 22.30
- Fri 28 April 13.30 – 22.30
- Sat 29 April 13.30 – 22.30
subject to changes
jazzahead! CLUBNIGHT venues
Tickets for the jazzahead! CLUBNIGHT are also available on site at the box offices of the participating venues.
Registrants of jazzahead! 2023 can purchase the tickets for the reduced price. Please wear your jazzahead! badge and wristband as proof.