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Sweden (2026)
jazzahead! Is Looking Forward to the Partner Country Sweden in 2026
Every year in April, the jazzahead! Festival takes place in 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 Grand Opening, the Jazzport, the CLUBNIGHT and a fringe program.
In 2026 there will be our anniversary edition celebrating 20 years of jazzahead! as well as the partner country Sweden. From April 23 to April 25 we can observe the jazz szene of this strong music country. Sweden was selected as partner country in order to promote artistic exchange between Sweden and Germany in connection with the important topic of green touring.
Partners
Partner Country at the Trade Fair
The partner country and its jazz scene will be presented at the fair, for example during the following opportunities.
Stand and Lounge
The combined space of the partner country stands with the lounge which is adjacent to it are the most central presentation areas at the trade fair.
Showcases
At jazzahead! there will also be 38 showcase concerts, from which 8 are dedicated to the partner country.
Conferences
Industry- and country-specific topics can be presented and discussed here. In the past, the programme ranged from book presentations, panels and talks to target-group-specific workshops.
Opening
For the Grand Opening of jazzahead! trade fair, national and international guests are expected. On stage, official representatives of the partner country (e.g. ambassadors, ministers, state secretaries) will open the trade fair and festival together with the jazzahead! and representatives of Bremen.
Partner Country at the Festival
The partner country Sweden is the focus of jazzahead! 2025, whether in the Grand Opening, in the context of the showcases in hall 7 and the adjacent Kulturzentrum Schlachthof, or in the CLUBNIGHT in Bremen’s city center.
Selection
Since 2011 jazzahead! presents an annually changing partner country in the scope of the fair, but also within a city-wide cultural program aimed at the public in Bremen & region. The partner country is chosen and invited by jazzahead! The highest criterion is an exciting, in part still undiscovered jazz scene, which deserves greater international recognition.
jazzahead! selects its partner countries, applications are not possible. If you are interested, please send an e-mail to project manager Sybille Kornitschky.
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