The juries have decided! From around 800 applications, the international panels of experts selected the participating bands for the jazzahead! 2022 showcase program.
So now we are letting the curtains rise for 40 bands from a total of 20 countries. The showcase concerts can be experienced live on site by our registered professional participants and will be streamed simultaneously via our event platform. It is not yet clear whether other audiences will be admitted to the showcases; this will be determined by the regulations that will be in place at that time. However, it is certain that we will offer online tickets for these concerts, more information will follow soon.
You can read all band info, line-ups and photos here
BOOK ONE OF OUR EXCLUSIVE EXHIBITOR PLUS PACKAGES UNTIL JANUARY 31!
Book your booth now and take advantage of the opportunity to add the limited PLUS package: You will receive a 45-minute slot in the official program to emphasize topics with your own session, e.g. to put bands or festivals of your own country in the focus of the international jazz community. We offer comprehensive opportunities that support you in your goal, your topic and project and help you gain more visibility. All information about the PLUS package can be found here.
MORE VISIBILITY: OUR ADVERTISING OPTIONS
Our „guide“ in a new look, online and print, ad space, banners on the website or floor windows in the new exhibition hall: we offer many ways to attract attention. Booking options and deadlines can be found here or ask our new colleague Lena Biermann.
PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM 2022
Our professional program will take on new topics this year, we want to present innovations in the music industry, focus on cross-over areas e.g. electronic music, take up topics like sustainability or the booking of the future and also offer workshops e.g. on marketing strategies via social media. Long-term topics such as improvisation and jazz for children or jazz in the media will also find their place in the program. The complete professional program will be announced at the end of March and will also be published in advance for the first time in our guide as an online medium.
DEUTSCHER JAZZPREIS (GERMAN JAZZ AWARD) ON APRIL 27 AT METROPOL THEATER BREMEN
A good reason to start your journey to Bremen one day earlier: On the eve of jazzahead!, the German Jazz Award will be presented in Bremen for the first time. In glamorous surroundings, televised and with a top-class line-up, the focus will once again be on the artists and performers of jazz, for whom there will be a total of 31 endowed awards in 5 main categories. Advance ticket sales for the German Jazz Award concert evening with nominees and award winners begin in early March. There will be a contingent for jazzahead! participants, which can be accessed at special conditions after booked registration.
NEW EVENT LOCATION AT JAZZAHEAD! – OUR CIRCUS TENT
More program and a new concert stage - starting this year, a circus tent will expand the event area of jazzahead! and offer more space for concerts, meet & greets and the broadcast of some showcase concerts on big screen. The musical program of the new live stage will be curated by jazzahead! and will be published soon. A food court will complement the offerings. Good music, good food and good conversations with a real festival flair. Access is included in the registration fee.
JAZZAHEAD! 2022 IN A HYBRID SETTING
Experience jazzahead! anywhere in the world - the hybrid format of jazzahead! 2022 makes it possible. For participants who cannot travel to Bremen as well as for those registered on site, our online platform offers the exclusive opportunity to connect and exchange with the jazz community worldwide - during and also after jazzahead! Also the jazzahead! professional program and the showcases can be followed live and later on the platform, offering opportunities for interaction.
All information about your registration can be found here.
PARTNER COUNTRY CANADA
Eight bands in the showcase program, a big trade fair appearance directly opposite the German Market, with lounge and much more. Canada will be represented in Bremen by a large delegation of musicians, festivals, agents, labels and important personalities from the Canadian jazz scene. Concerts, movies, readings and more will take place in the FESTIVAL, at the CLUBNIGHT and in the cultural program. With our partners from the Canada Council for the Arts, the government as well as the Embassy of Canada, Canadian Independent Music Association (CIMA) and Conseil Québécois de la Musique (CQM), we are creating an impressive presentation of our first overseas partner country.
FESTIVAL
Canada at last! Program for Festival Opening and Gala Concert of jazzahead! Festival 2022
The planning is done, the presale has started: With the grand opening concert by Erin Costelo at Theater am Goetheplatz, the festival of jazzahead! starts on Thursday, April 14, which this year has Canada as partner country.
Another highlight is the Gala Concert on Friday, April 29 in the Glocke. Laila Biali and Malika Tirolien will perform in a double concert starting at 8 pm.
More information and tickets are available here.
