Yiihaaaa! Our concert program was awarded the Venue Program Prize of the Federal Commissioner for Culture and Media - thank you!

The venue programming award "APPLAUS - Award for Programming by Independent Venues" from the Federal Commissioner for Culture and the Media combines concrete financial support for club operators with more public attention for their musical offerings and concerns.
The award is given to culturally outstanding live music programs that make a significant contribution to maintaining cultural diversity in Germany. The Initiative Musik has been realizing the Venue Program Award since 2013 with the involvement of the Federal Jazz Conference and the Live Music Commission - Association of Music Venues in Germany.
"The fact that we are now receiving the prize for the third time after 2013 and 2014 is a great honor for us - and a great help! On the one hand, we will put the prize money into the program, on the other hand, we will purchase a new PA, which will further increase the quality of our concerts for bands and audience." (Stefan Heilig, managing director of Jazzclub Leipzig e.V. and, together with Simon Bodensiek, booker of the Jazzclub Live series).
The other award winners this year are:
BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG
BIX Jazzclub, Cat. I, Stuttgart
Café Central, Cat. I, Weinheim
club w71, Cat. III, Weikersheim
Karlstorbahnhof, Cat. I, Heidelberg
Tuezzday, Cat. III, Mannheim
BAYERN
Cafe Museum Passau, Cat. I, Passau
Jazzclub Unterfahrt, Cat. I, Munich
Jazzforum Bayreuth Club Concerts, Cat. III, Bayreuth
jazzGAP, Cat. III, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Jazz Studio Nürnberg e.V., Cat. II, Nuremberg
Künstlerwerkstatt Pfaffenhofen e.V., Cat. III, Pfaffenhofen
Milla Live Club, Cat. I, Munich
Offene Ohren - Improvisationsmusik in München, Cat. III, Munich
Zoglau3 Raum für Musik, Cat. III, Taubenbach / Reut
BERLIN
amSTARt, Cat. III
biegungen im ausland, Cat. III *
Donau115, Cat. I
Gretchen, Cat. II
Jazz-Club A-Trane, Cat. I
listenberlin, Cat. III
Puschen, Cat. III
Music Duos in Sepp Maiers 2raumwohnung, Cat. III
SO36, Cat. II
Zig Zag Jazz Club, Cat. I
BREMEN
Sendesaal Bremen, Cat. II
Tower Musikclub, Cat. II
HAMBURG
FatJazz urban exchange, Cat. III
Golden Pudel Club, Cat. II *
Jazz Federation Hamburg, Cat. III
Knust, Cat. I
Mojo Club, Cat. II
Uebel & Gefährlich, Cat. I
HESSEN
Brotfabrik / Kulturprojekt 21 e.V., Cat. III, Frankfurt am Main
Forum Kultur Heppenheim, Sparte Jazz, Cat. III, Heppenheim
Goldgrube Kassel, Cat. II, Kassel
Hafen 2, Cat. II, Offenbach
Konzertprogramm des Fördervereins Jazz in Darmstadt, Cat. III, Darmstadt
Kulturzentrum Schlachthof Kassel, Cat. I, Kassel
Zoom Frankfurt, Cat. II, Frankfurt am Main
MECKLENBURG-VORPOMMERN
Peter-Weiss-Haus, Cat. II, Rostock
zwischenbau - kulturkombinat gmbh, Cat. II, Rostock
NIEDERSACHSEN
Tonhalle Hannover, Cat. II, Hanover
NORTH RHEIN-WEST FALEN
Artheater, Cat. I, Cologne
BLACK BOX, Cat. III, Münster
Bunker Ulmenwall, Cat. II, Bielefeld
domicil, Cat. I, Dortmund
Feine Gesellschaft, Cat. III, Dortmund
Forum Freies Theater Konzerte, Cat. III, Düsseldorf
FZW Dortmund, Cat. II, Dortmund
GEBÄUDE 9, Cat. I, Cologne
Jazz Schmiede Düsseldorf, Cat. II, Düsseldorf
Klubbar King Georg, Cat. III, Cologne
Lokal Harmonie, Cat. III, Duisburg
Stadtgarten, Cat. I, Cologne *
RHEINLAND-PFALZ
Kulturclub schon schön, Cat. I, Mainz
SAXONY
Emil Zittau, Cat. III, Zittau
Horns Erben Kultur e.V., Cat. I, Leipzig
Jazzclub Live, Cat. III, Leipzig
saxstall Pohrsdorf, Cat. II, Pohrsdorf
scheune Dresden, Cat. I, Dresden
WERK 2 Halle D, Cat. II, Leipzig
SACHSEN-ANHALT
Objekt 5, Cat. I, Halle (Saale)
THURINGIA
FRANZ MEHLHOSE, Cat. III, Erfurt
Jazzclub Nordhausen e.V., Cat. III, Nordhausen