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Jazzahead! 2027 Focus Areas Include Pacific Region And The Baltics

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 ...

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All About Jazz Launches All About Jazz Media, Expanding Into a New Era of Storytelling and Artist Support

April 20, 2026

For nearly three decades, All About Jazz has served as one of the world’s leading platforms for jazz journalism, connecting millions of readers with the music, the artists, and the stories that define the genre. Today, All About Jazz announces the launch of All About Jazz Media, an evolution of its mission—designed to not only tell ...

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

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 ...

Article: Profile

Ukrainian Jazz Media: Unwavering Service

by Ian Patterson
January 24, 2026

Though the history of jazz in Ukraine dates back to the second decade of the 20th Century, jazz media in Ukraine was slower to develop. While this article's primary focus is on today's jazz journalists, independent proselytizers and advocates, it would be remiss not to mention some of those who paved the way. Several ...

News: Music Industry

The first names for jazzahead! 2024 are announced: Maite Hontelé (and mambo!) at the Gala Concert

November 29, 2023

Let there be joy... and energy... and mambo! The 2024 jazz trade fair and festival will take place from April 11 to 13. jazzahead! goes mambo- and presents the first names for its next edition in 2024. Dutch trumpet star Maite Hontelé and the internationally renowned Dutch youth jazz orchestra NJJO (Nationaal Jeugd Jazz Orkest) – ...

News: Music Industry

Register for jazzahead! 2024 in Bremen, Germany

September 23, 2023

Showcase Application Deadline: October 18, 2023 In keeping with the motto “New Horizons” the registration for the 18th edition of jazzahead! at MESSE BREMEN has begun. It also marks the opening for the six-week showcase application period: from now on until 18 October, musicians and bands can apply online on the website for one of the ...

Article: Live Review

Re-Convening The Convention: jazzahead's Bold Comeback Plan

by Josef Woodard
May 12, 2023

A delicate, operational balance between sophistication, jazz cultural advocacy and marketwise boosterism has been in place since the inception of the ambitious adventure known as jazzahead!. One can sense that balance in the convention/showcase festival's very branding, with its title stylized as in coolly lowercase composite word festooned with an emphatic exclamation point, and in the ...

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Jazzahead! 2023 - Register Now And Submit Your Showcase Application

October 20, 2022

The jazzahead! Trade Fair and Festival will take place from Thursday morning to Sunday afternoon, 27 to 30 April in Bremen, Germany. Register now and get the early-bird rate until 27 October! What to expect? Three full days of networking with artists, bookers, labels, agencies, festivals and clubs, and more Top-class jazz from Germany (the partner ...

Article: Chats with Cats

The Conference Producer: Peter Schulze

by B.D. Lenz
June 29, 2022

Who would ever imagine that just being able to hold a professional conference would be a victory in itself? Post-Covid, that's true for all kinds of gatherings including one held every April in Bremen Germany. Jazzahead is an international assembly of all facets of the jazz industry and a place for this niche community to meet ...

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jazzahead! Festival 2022: the joy of being there for an abundance of music!

April 5, 2022

Lots of music and plenty of variety: those are some of the things which this year's jazzahead! at MESSE BREMEN has to offer. At last, after a two-year hiatus, the festival is back. From 14 April to 1 May there will be over 100 concerts on the site of the Messe, and also in several locations ...