The Barcelona International Jazz Festival is of Europe's premier jazz events with world class performers playing over 75 concerts in 2011. The Barcelona jazz festival takes place in fifteen different venues in Barcelona, including LAuditori, Sala Bikini, Jamboree, the Palau de la Msica and the Harlem Jazz Club. Furthermore, the parallel music cycle "Finestra", the festival offers a series of shows that outside from the jazz genre. In 2011 the BCN jazz festival collaborates with the legendary Italian Umbria Jazz Festival in Perugia to present "top Italian jazz" with names like pianist Stefano Bollani and trumpeters Enrico Rava and Paolo Fresu performing in Barcelona.
Dates of Barcelona Jazz Festival 2011
Barcelona Jazz Festival 2011 will be taking place from October to December 2011. The exact dates have not yet been released.
Venue
For 43 years Barcelona has played host to an annual jazz festival. The festival takes place in venues all over town and you will need to buy individual tickets for each event there is not one ticket that covers the whole event. Other years saw the likes of Wayne Shorter, Jimmy Cobb, Marcus Miller and Kings of Convenience on the line-up.
Depending on your budget, you should be able to find something on the line-up to quench your thirst to listen to some live jazz music venues vary from the grand Palau de la Musica to small smoky bars like Jamboree and Harlem Jazz Club.
A variety of occasions are detailed for a taste of what Barcelona has to offer. Barcelona contributes its status as one of the world's major global cities a
city break to Barcelona will be memorable for you and your family.
Jazz Festival of Barcelona
The last year, from begining of October to begining of December, Barcelona became the venue of the 42nd International Jazz Festival. A meeting of the professional jazz world, well-known all around the globe.
They offer free concerts, master classes by the hand of professional artists, conferences ... many activities that complete a program full of music performances to enjoy the best jazz sounds and world in Barcelona.
Barcelona Jazz festival 2010 -Richard Galliano
Richard Galliano performed at the Voll Damn international Jazz festival Barcelona 2010, Galliano returns to Palau with a program that covers four centuries of history of music, from Bach to Astor Piazzolla, his friend and mentor. Don't miss him!
Leading magazines for upcoming events and happenings are regularly published. They contain up-to-date listings of events throughout Barcelona and are aimed specifically at tourists and visitors. These magazines are a useful source for shopping, dining and entertainment - providing you with a huge choice of things to see and do in Barcelona.
