Belgrade Jazz Festival

The 42nd Belgrade Jazz Festival runs over four days at the Belgrade Youth Center, with 13 concerts and a closing jam session. This year's slogan is "Ušće džeza" ("Jazz Confluence"), after a visual of a stylised trumpet flowing through the confluence of the Sava and the Danube below Kalemegdan. The festival was founded in 1971.

Ana Popović opens the festival — the first time its biggest star comes from blues, and the first time that star is from Serbia. She marks her 50th birthday and 25 years since her solo debut "Hush"; the Belgrade blues scene marks its 45th anniversary.

PROGRAMME

Wednesday, 21 October — Main Hall: 19:00 Vladimir Nikolov Nonet "History Now" (Serbia); 21:00 Ana Popović (Serbia/USA).

Thursday, 22 October — Main Hall: 19:00 Tino Tracanna "Panorchestra" (Italy); 21:00 Chicago Underground Duo — Rob Mazurek & Chad Taylor (USA). Amerikana: 22:30 Andreas Schaerer & Daniel García Diego (Spain/Switzerland); 23:45 Arun Ramamurthy Trio (USA).

Friday, 23 October — Main Hall: 19:00 Ivan Radivojević Quartet feat. Rastko Obradović (Serbia); 21:00 The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis (USA). Amerikana, Seifert Night: 22:30 Akimbo (Poland); 23:45 JuMa (Poland).

Saturday, 24 October — Main Hall: 19:00 João Paulo Esteves da Silva Quartet (Portugal/United Kingdom); 21:00 Marquis Hill Blacktet Revisited (USA). Amerikana: 22:30 Đorđe Kujundžić Quartet (Serbia); 23:45 jam session.

TICKETS

A limited number of festival passes, valid for all 8 concerts in the main programme starting at 19:00, are sold at the eFinity box office at the Belgrade Youth Center. Individual tickets are sold at all eFinity points of sale and online: 3,500 RSD for the opening night, 2,800 and 2,500 RSD for the other main-hall nights, 1,500 RSD for the Amerikana nights on 22 and 23 October, and 800 RSD for the closing Amerikana night on 24 October.

The City of Belgrade is the founder and patron of the festival, which in 2007 was included in the list of events of special cultural significance. It is organised by the Belgrade Youth Center and is an invited member of the Europe Jazz Network.

Patrons: City of Belgrade — City Administration — Secretariat for Culture; Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia. Friends: SOKOJ, DPC Networks. Supported by: Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Belgrado, Instituto Cervantes de Belgrado, Embassy of Portugal and Camões Institute, Zbigniew Seifert Foundation, Mid Atlantic Arts. Creative concept and visual design: McCann Belgrade.