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Jazzahead! 2027 Focus Areas Include Pacific Region And The Baltics

Source: Jan Paersch
September 30, 2026

For up-and-coming jazz acts, jazzahead!’s showcase programme is among the most effective launch pads anywhere in the world. Applications for the 2027 showcases – short concerts of 30 to 45 minutes – will be open until September 30, with entries to be made via jazzahead.de/showcases. Starting on 22 April 2027, the 38 international showcases and the approximately 120 Clubnight concerts will once again bring thousands of visitors, as well as international music industry professionals, including record labels, management and booking ...

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Jazzahead! 2026 In Bremen - Showcases From April, 23 To 25 – Full Schedule Announced

Source: Jan Paersch
January 30, 2026

‘Jazz music is the power of now,’ trumpeter Wynton Marsalis once said. This spring, visitors to jazzahead! in Bremen will see the ‘now’ in all its multi-faceted glory. Essential, jaw-dropping acts from more than 20 countries will enliven the venues of the world’s largest industry gathering. On the last weekend in April, jazzahead! will showcase 38 international acts which span generations, criss-cross continents and defy the notion of genres. In Bremen, jazz happily rubs shoulders with Latin, hip hop, metal, ...

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