RECONNECT:
jazzahead! is looking forward to partner countries Spain, France and Switzerland in 2025
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 program around the world's largest meeting place for the jazz scene. In addition to the showcase festival, the program includes the Opening Ceremony, the CLUBNIGHT and a fringe program.
In 2025, there will be a RECONNECT edition presenting a partner region for the first time, focusing the former partner countries Spain (2012), France (2015) and Switzerland (2016). From April 24 to April 26, we can observe the developments in these strong jazz countries since they were last the focus of the jazzahead! trade fair and festival. The three neighboring countries were selected as partner region in order to promote artistic exchange between them and beyond in connection with the important topic of „Green Touring".
PARTNER REGION INSTITUTIONS
FUNDING & PARTNERS FESTIVAL
jazzahead! Grand Opening: Louis Matute Large Ensemble & Guests
jazzahead! 2025 is off to a brilliant start: the Grand Opening on Wednesday evening, 23 April, will be a grand international gala offering an exclusive foretaste of three days and nights full of concerts in Bremen's city centre and a fantastic insight into the musical spectrum of the festival partner countries Spain, France and Switzerland. French singer Célia Kameni will perform as the star guest of the Large Ensemble of Swiss guitarist Louis Matute. Another highlight: the trumpeter Yelfris Valdés, who lives in Spain and whose Afro-Cuban sounds have already stirred up the London scene. The Grand Opening of jazzahead! - a glamorous prelude to a dazzling festival.
Congress Centrum Bremen, Great Concert Hall, Concert start 7:00 PM
Louis Matute Large Ensemble
PROGRAM
jazzahead! 2025 kicks off with a Grand Opening on Wednesday, April 23, featuring an international gala showcasing music from the festival partner countries Spain, France, and Switzerland.
Highlights include French singer Célia Kameni with the Large Ensemble of Swiss guitarist Louis Matute, and Spanish-based trumpeter Yelfris Valdés, known for his Afro-Cuban sounds. The opening promises a vibrant preview of the festival's three-day concert lineup in Bremen.
Congress Centrum Bremen
Great Concert Hall
Concert start: 7:00 PM
Célia Kameni
The showcase application phase for jazzahead! 2024 will end on 1st October, 2024. The jazzahead! showcases 2025 will be selected!
in October."Showcases" are the 30- to 45-minute short concerts at jazzahead!. 38 jazz highlights and current formations from Germany, Europe and overseas as well as the partner regioncan be experienced on three days and nights on the stages of Hall 7 and the Kulturzentrum Schlachthof.
INFORMATION ON "IMPROVISATION AND JAZZ FOR KIDS"
There will be more information on the focus "Improvisation & Jazz for Kids" of the jazzahead! specialist program 2025 soon.
The focus on "Improvisation and Jazz for Children" as part of the jazzahead! specialist program is kindly supported by Dataport.
Your contact for more info is:
Jakob Fraisse
Improvisation & Jazz for Kids
T +49 (0)421 3505 583
E-Mail: fraisse@jazzahead.de
Event details coming soon.
Latest information will be updated soon!
Stay tuned for the latest information as updates unfold.
Thank you for your patience.
CLUBNIGHT
25. APRIL 2025
1 TICKET - 1 NIGHT: JAZZAHEAD! CLUBNIGHT IN BREMEN
Since 2011, jazzahead! has been presenting jazz and related music in Bremen's city centre for a predominantly regional audience as part of its CLUBNIGHT. Every year, around 35 venues take part in the much-loved long night of jazz, which is to be held on the Friday evening of the trade fair in 2025. Clubs, bars, theatres, museums, churches and hotels, they all become live venues on this night. The program will be released in January 2025.
A CLUBNIGHT ticket gives access to all venues. Professional participants of jazzahead! can purchase this ticket at a reduced price.
Your contact for more info is: Jakob Fraisse
Partner Country & CLUBNIGHT
T +49 (0)421 3505 583
E-Mail: fraisse@jazzahead.de
BY BIKE YOU CAN GET AROUND IN BREMEN AND TO THE FESTIVAL VENUES QUICKLY, FLEXIBLY AND RELAXED
In cooperation with Bremen Bike it! we organize bike rental in front of Hall 7:
Taking the bike is a quick, convenient and stress-free way to get around Bremen and to the various venues of the jazzahead! festival. You’ll find everything you need at the Bike it! bike station, where bikes are available for hire. More information coming soon.
In cooperation with ADFC Bremen we organize guided bike tours through the jazzahead! CLUBNIGHT. More information coming soon.
HOW TO PLAY DURING CLUBNIGHT
In parallel to the official Showcase-Festival the jazzahead! CLUBNIGHT will take place in about 35 venues in Bremen. CLUBNIGHT is not part of the showcase festival.
The booking of the bands will be handled exclusively by the clubs, but jazzahead! will help arrange country or label nights and will also forward showcase applications selected by the artistic management team to the clubs on request. So there is no additional application process.
free.kind @ Bike it! Stage
Sera Kalo @ KLUB DIALOG
free.kind @ KLUB DIALOG
Magro @ Theater Bremen CLUB
Silvan Strauss @ Römer
Sera Kalo @ KLUB DIALOG
LBT @ Kellerei im Ratskeller
Kalkanis Duo @ Olive Weinbar
Concert Tickets & Prices
If you only want to see the concerts and have no access to the trade fair, you can now buy your tickets here.
If you want to get the full jazzahead! experience and have access to the trade fair, the conference program and all the showcase concerts, please register as (co-)exhibitor or professional participant.
For registered participants of jazzahead! 2025 access to the showcase concerts is included in the registration for the trade fair. The Grand Opening is also included but limited to 290 tickets on-site - first come, first served!
Tickets for the CLUBNIGHT can be purchased at the reduced price. Please show your jazzahead! badge at the entrance as proof of validation.
Pre-sale
Tickets are available from the Nordwest Ticket advance booking offices or by calling 0421 – 36 36 36, as well as from Nordwest Ticket Webshop. For online purchase or orders via the call center an additional booking fee of 1,50 €.
Tickets are also available from the ticket service at the GLOCKE (0421 – 33 66 99), at the Weser-Kurier press centre and at all regional newspaper outlets.
jazzahead! GRAND OPENING
19 € red*
23 April · 19.00
with
Louis Matute Large Ensemble & Guests:
Célia Kameni, Yelfris Valdés, Gabi Hartmann & Marta Mansilla
at Congress Centrum Bremen - Great Concert Hall
jazzahead! PASS
135 € red.*
24 - 26 April · 3 days full of music
incl.
24 - 26 April · daily from 14.00 : 12 resp. 13 Showcases - Day & Night
at Hall 7 & Kulturzentrum Schlachthof
25 April from 17.00: jazzahead! CLUBNIGHT (incl. public transport**)
in 35 venues in Bremen
Access to the trade fair is not included
jazzahead! Thursday / ALL IN
45 € red.*
24 April · 14.00 - 00.15
7 Day Showcases
5 Night Showcases
at Hall 7 & Kulturzentrum Schlachthof
Access to the trade fair is not included
jazzahead! Friday / ALL IN
55 € red.*
25 April · 14.00 - 01.00
7 Day Showcases
6 Night Showcases
at Hall 7 & Kulturzentrum Schlachthof
Access to the trade fair is not included
jazzahead! Saturday / ALL IN
55 € red.*
26 April · 14.00 - 00.45
7 Day Showcases
6 Night Showcases
at Hall 7 & Kulturzentrum Schlachthof
Access to the trade fair is not included
jazzahead! Thursday / DAY
25 € red.*
24 April · 14.00 - 19.15
7 Day Showcases
at Hall 7 & Kulturzentrum Schlachthof
Access to the trade fair is not included
jazzahead! Friday / DAY
30 € red.*
25 April · 14.00 - 19.15
7 Day Showcases
at Hall 7 & Kulturzentrum Schlachthof
Access to the trade fair is not included
jazzahead! Saturday / DAY
30 € red.*
26 April · 14.00 - 19.00
7 Day Showcases
at Hall 7 & Kulturzentrum Schlachthof
Access to the trade fair is not included
jazzahead! Thursday / NIGHT
25 € red.*
24 April · 20.15 - 00.15
5 Night Showcases
at Hall 7 & Kulturzentrum Schlachthof
Access to the trade fair is not included
jazzahead! Friday / NIGHT
35 € red.*
25 April · 20.15 - 01.00
6 Night Showcases
at Hall 7 & Kulturzentrum Schlachthof
Access to the trade fair is not included
jazzahead! Saturday / NIGHT
35 € red.*
26 April · 20.00 - 00.45
6 Night Showcases
at Hall 7 & Kulturzentrum Schlachthof
Access to the trade fair is not included
jazzahead! CLUBNIGHT
19 € red.*
25 April · from 17.00
1 night - 35 clubs - 1 ticket incl. public transport**.
35 venues in Bremen
More information on the program can be found here on our website from February 2025.
**The included VBN ticket is valid from 25 April from 15.00 until 26 April 10.00 in all means of transport of the VBN. In the trains only valid in 2nd class!Access to the trade fair is not included
*Reductions
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). Children up to 10 years accompanied by an adult ticket holder get free access to the showcases.
For participants of jazzahead! 2025 access to the showcase concerts is included in the registration for the trade fair. The Grand Opening is also included but limited to 290 tickets on-site - first come, first served!
Tickets for the CLUBNIGHT can be purchased at the reduced price. Please show your jazzahead! badge at the entrance as proof of validation.
Box office hours
From 24 to 26 April 2025 you can also purchase the tickets on site:
Ticket counter "Concert Tickets" at Hall 7
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- Thu 24 April 13.00 – 22.30
- Fri 25 April 13.00 – 23.00
- Sat 26 April 13.00 – 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! 2025 can purchase the tickets for the reduced price. Please show your jazzahead! badge at the entrance as proof of validation.
