Festival Overview
29.9. - 8.10. Jazz festival with dance, poetry and painting
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Jazz and dance - jazz and poetry - jazz and painting: In its 40th edition from September 29 to October 8, 2016, the Leipzig Jazz Days are dedicated to the "fine arts. Under the patronage of Leipzig's Lord Mayor Burkhard Jung, the Jazzclub Leipzig presents numerous in-house productions and commissioned works with international stars who combine different arts.
Featuring: Antonio Sanchez, The Bad Plus, Nik Bärtsch's Mobile & Lisa Ramstein (dance), Kurt Rosenwinkel, Meshell Ndegeocello, Julia Hülsmann Quartet feat. Theo Bleckmann, Ketil Bjørnstad, Rolf & Joachim Kühn "Home again" feat. Tomasz Stańko & Asja Valcic, Michael Wollny, Tamar Halperin & hr-Bigband, Tord Gustavsen feat. Simin Tander & Jarle Vespestad, Günter Baby Sommer, Daniel Erdmann & Samuel Rohrer feat. Jean Michel Hannecart (painting), Nora Gomringer (lyrics) & Philipp Scholz and others.
Well over 150 artists will perform in more than 25 concerts during the 10 days of the festival - typical for the Jazztage - in a wide variety of venues, from the opera house to the Schauspiel Leipzig and churches to trendy clubs in the city such as the Moritzbastei and the naTo. For the first time since 1987, the festival also returns to its former main venue, the historic Congress Hall at the Zoo.
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The Leipzig Jazz Days are made possible by the support of the Cultural Office of the City of Leipzig, the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony and the festival premium partners BMW Leipzig Branch and Köstritzer Schwarzbierbrauerei.