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The relaxed festival for cross-stylistic jazz music
The XJAZZ! FESTIVAL brings cross-genre jazz music to the stage in selected venues in Berlin-Kreuzberg. At the audience favorite XJAZZ! FESTIVAL, new musical hybrids and impulses for the jazz music scene are created.
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The XJAZZ! FESTIVAL is much more than a classical festival.
The cross-genre event counteracts the outdated image of the jazz music scene.
The line-up of XJAZZ! combines jazz with new experimental styles from the directions of electro, funk, soul and hip-hop, thus overcoming stylistic boundaries.
LINE-UP OF THE XJAZZ! FESTIVAL 2024
The next XJAZZ! FESTIVAL will take place from May 6 to 12 2024. It starts seven days with a total of about 70 concerts on ten stages in Berlin. In addition to scene greats, many newcomers will also perform. The artists come not only from Berlin, but also from all over Europe.
Jazz as a statement for more openness
Since 2014, the Xjazz Festival has taken place annually in the spring. Berlin is the meeting point for national and international jazz music. In addition to Berlin's Xjazz, Xjazz editions are now also held in Ankara, Istanbul and Izmir. Behind the event is the further development of the jazz scene with influences from other musical genres.
This results in musical symbioses of jazz, pop, funk, sound experiments, ambient, hip-hop, oriental harmonies, African rhythm, electronics and improvisation. The focus is on openness to different musical and cultural influences. The event stands for an open-hearted Europe.
Curiosity and tolerance are combined with jazz. The special thing about the festival is the diversity of cooperation:
The XJAZZ! FESTIVAL is known for bringing different artists together and creating new projects.
This is what you can expect at the XJAZZ! FESTIVAL:
- seven days of jazz music in various locations in Berlin
- XJAZZ! venues are spread across gabz kreuzebrg and are only a few minutes' walk from each other.
- about 70 outstanding concerts
- a mixed line-up, created with a lot of passion for jazz and cross-stylistic music genres
- scene greats and newcomers from Berlin and Europe
- exciting innovative cooperation projects with artists from different styles
