July 16, 2024

Enjoy Jazz 2024

26th Festival for Jazz and Other - World premiere at the opening

From October 2 to november 2, 2024, the Enjoy Jazz Festival will take place in Heidelberg, Mannheim and Ludwigshafen as well as other locations in the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region. The 26th edition of the festival for jazz and other music will be held under the motto "Healing" and will feature established stars of the genre as well as many up-and-coming artists. The festival will open on Wednesday, October 2 at the BASF Feierabendhaus Ludwigshafen with a world premiere. In a co-production with the BASF cultural program, Enjoy Jazz will present pianists Vijay Iyer and Nduduzo Makhathini (this year's Artist in Residence) as a duo for the first time. Other highlights include concerts by the US pianist Brad Mehldau, the South Korean singer Youn Sun Nah and the US singers Cécile McLorin Salvant and Meshell Ndgeocello. The festival will conclude with a concert by trumpeter Avishai Cohen on Saturday, november 2, in the Christuskirche Mannheim. The performances by Helge Schneider and Pat Metheny are already sold out.

Press release (PDF)