SAVE THE DATE of the next European Jazz Conference: 12 - 15 September 2024 in Ghent, Belgium.
The 10th European Jazz Conference will take place in Ghent, Belgum, between 12 and 15 September 2024. It is co-organised by EJN, JazzLab, VI.BE and Ha Concerts, along with the De Bijloke, the City of Ghent, Creative Europe and many other partners and sponsors. The title of the 2024 conference is 'Tomorrow comes Today'.
Registrations for the conference will open by the end of April 2024.
You can find the Conference programme and concerts outline at this link. Here you find a description of the theme 2024, and here the presentation of the hosts of this year. For more info about the bands you can check the Belgium Booms website.
The European Jazz Conference is a leading annual gathering of professionals from the jazz sector in Europe, in particular of promoters, cultural managers, agents and national/regional support organisations. What has been the General Assembly of the Europe Jazz Network, from 2014 has been expanded and is now open as well to any music professional under the name of European Jazz Conference.
The European Jazz Conference is composed of inspiring keynote speeches, high-level discussion groups and workshops, networking sessions for professionals of the creative music sector, cultural visits and a showcase festival of the best artists from the host country.
The European Jazz Conference is a unique event, the only one of its kind in Europe, centred on building long-lasting relationships, developing new projects and artistic collaborations, sharing expertise and getting up to date with the newest management and programming trends. Moreover, the Conference is about learning about music scenes and best practices from all around the world, including countries beyond Europe.
Previous editions of the European Jazz Conference took place in Marseille, France (2023), Sofia, Bulgaria (2022), Tallinn, Estonia (2021), Novara, Italy (2019), Lisbon, Portugal (2018), Ljubljana, Slovenia (2017), Wroclaw, Poland (2016); Budapest, Hungary (2015) and Helsinki, Finland (2014).
