The capital of Europe will ring in the new year with the sound of jazz. From 8 to 25 January, no fewer than three jazz festivals will be featured in Brussels' cultural life: the Brussels Jazz Festival, the River Jazz Festival and Djangofolllies.
In January 2020, Brussels Jazz Orchestra will hold its eighth International Composition Contest. One of the most important international competitions for jazz composition, its focus is on premiering new pieces written specifically for big band instrumentation.
Brosella is a maverick on the festival circuit. It’s Belgian through and through, thanks to its backdrop of the Atomium and to the broad attention it gives to national jazz talent.
Thanks to its park setting and its many of activities for kids, it’s a wonderful event for families!
The Brussels Jazz Weekend is a free festival for every music lover. This urban festival is all about discovery, both as a Brussels adventure and as a jazz journey. More than 100 concerts, from big crowds on famous squares to intimate experiences in bars, clubs and restaurants.
After contemporary art, contemporary dance and the circus arts, it’s now the turn of Brussel’s jazz scene to put the spotlight on the creative talent in our capital.
We could not open the season without welcoming a woman…
Airelle Besson, the most prominent French trumpet player of the moment, is launching the 15th edition of the Marni Jazz Festival together with Vincent Segal.
Added to which we pay tribute to the Belgian trumpet with ‘our’ talented musicians
The Brussels Jazz Weekend is a free festival that will give numerous jazz fans from the Brussels region and from far beyond, the opportunity to explore the city with the intoxicating, festive and warm sounds of Belgian and international jazz.
In November 2011, UNESCO officially designated April 30 as International Jazz Day in order to highlight jazz and its diplomatic role in uniting people around the world.
Each year on 30 April, Brussels also celebrates this tribute to jazz music and its fundamental role in uniting people across the g
Flagey = piano! For five days, Flagey is dedicated to the piano. No less than nineteen concerts are on the program by great pianists from the world of jazz and classical music.
AB is proud to present THE NEW WAVE OF BELGIAN JAZZ!: a seven-nighter to conclude the successful JAZZ 100 series. The key figures will be the latest generation of musicians from the contemporary national jazz scene, for whom jazz is a state of mind rather than a genre.
Musical events in Flagey in the framework of the Estonian Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the 100th anniversary of the Republic of Estonia.
To celebrate its first EU-presidency, Estonia presents itself to the world with a cultural programme in Belgium and Luxemburg.
