We are really glad to announce that the Board of Directors has accepted 5 new members in our network:
JazzLab Series - Belgium
http://www.europejazz.net/profile/jazzlab-series
"JazzLab Series is a network that promotes the Belgian jazz scene by organising concert tours with the aid of 20+ partners in the country (concert halls, clubs, cultural centres,…). Every month we offer a tour to the most interesting jazz projects in Belgium. We encourage the professional standards of presenting the concerts, pay correct fees to the musicians and organise promotion and press attention. Because the tours are always taking place within the period of one month, they are the perfect vehicle for artists to present a new cd, invite foreign musicians, work on an specific concept…"
XJAZZ Festival - Germany
http://www.europejazz.net/profile/xjazz-berlin
"XJAZZ is Berlin's biggest Jazz Festival (in 2016: 14.000 visitors, 80 concerts in 11 venues). The focus is on projects which are connected with Berlin and alternating partner countries/cities (2014: Iceland, 2015: Israel, 2015: Turkey). XJAZZ also presents genres which are influenced by jazz or are influential for jazz (especially electronic, new classic). Most venues are existing electronic/indierock clubs - all in a small neighbourhood in Berlin Kreuzberg - the heart of the world famous Berlin electronic scene. Due to these venues, the inclusion of improvised electronic music and catchy artwork, XJAZZ reaches a very young and "non typical" jazz audience."
Mercat de Música Viva de Vic - Spain
http://www.europejazz.net/profile/mercat-de-m%C3%BAsica-viva-de-vic
"Since 1989, Mercat de Música Viva de Vic is a professional meeting place for all of the sectors of the music industry. The programming comprises all kind of styles. Stages distributed all around the city, both free and paid access, and four days of live music transform the city of Vic in the centre of the country's musical and cultural activity. Within the Mercat de Música Viva de Vic also takes place MVLAB, which is a meeting point for artistic directors, festivals, institutions, private companies, promoters, agencies, labels and all sorts of professionals of the music industry."
Moving on Music - Brilliant Corners Festival Belfast - UK
http://www.europejazz.net/profile/moving-music
"Moving on Music is a not-for-profit music promotion company based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is funded by the Arts Council NI, Belfast City Council, PRSF, etc and serves the NI region and beyond with tours (including jazz) and education outreach work, and in Belfast it promotes an annual jazz festival (Brilliant Corners) and clustered weekends featuring contemporary music and folk roots. The company is also involved in musician career development through showcasing, commissioning and mentoring."
Manchester Jazz Festival - UK
http://www.europejazz.net/profile/manchester-jazz-festival
“MJF’s programming policy champions contemporary European jazz – and its myriad forms – offering artists the platform to develop work and present it in appropriate listening environments to audiences that have been nurtured over time to expect the unexpected.”
In addition, the Board has also agreed on the return of a historic EJN member inside the network:
Jazzdor Festival - France/Germany
http://www.europejazz.net/profile/jazzdor-smac-jazz-%C3%A0-strasbourg
“Jazzdor is a gateway to the jazz of today. Neither radical nor consensual, the music that we presents are alive and engaged. We support the unique voice of the European and French jazz creations in particular.”
The EJN membership includes now 113 organisations in 31 countries.
Welcome to our network!!!
