Next events
Saturday 18/01/2025
Since 2003, Jazz re:freshed has been a renowned London-based, multi-faceted arts organisation and cultural institution. At the invitation of the Brussels Jazz Festival, they are curating the closing...
19h30
Friday 17/01/2025
Activist jazz with a sharp focus, contemplation, and moments of joy. This is what the American jazz collective Irreversible Entanglements, led by musician and poet Camae Ayewa (Moor Mother), brings t...
21h00
One of Belgium’s most adventurous bands, De Beren Gieren, is releasing their seventh full album What Eludes Us (2024, Sdban Ultra). It is an ode to what escapes us and what we consciously choose to i...
19h30
Altera Vita (2024, BBE Music) is a tribute to Pharaoh Sanders and the first studio album by the multi-award-winning duo Tony Kofi and Alina Bzhezhinska. On this album, saxophone and harp blend in per...
12h30
Thursday 16/01/2025
Dishwasher_ laat zich moeilijk in een hokje plaatsen. Het label ‘jazzband’ doet hun eclectische muziek tekort. Vrije improvisatie blijft niettemin een belangrijke pijler en verraadt hun jazzroots. He...
22h30
For the sixth time, Muziekcentrum De Bijloke and Flagey join forces to make a jazz master sound even better: by putting him on stage with symphonic orchestra Brussels Philharmonic. This season, we pr...
21h00
Expressiveness, inventiveness and creativity are central to both Bram De Looze's solo projects and his collaborations. For his trio Vice Versa, Bram surrounds himself with two resounding names from t...
19h30
Wednesday 15/01/2025
Met Bodies brengt Alejandra Borzyk uitzonderlijke muzikanten samen uit de internationale jazzscene. Het resultaat is een Brussels ensemble dat experimenteert met saxofoon en synthesizers. Hun diverse...
22h30
The music of saxophonist and composer Immanuel Wilkins is filled with empathy and conviction, bonding arcs of melody and lamentation to pluming gestures of space and breath. This riveting sound was f...
21h00
Tuesday 14/01/2025
Ontdek de volgende generatie jazzmuzikanten! Voor het eerst vindt de Toots Thielemans Jazz Award plaats tijdens het Brussels Jazz Festival, dankzij de nieuwe samenwerking tussen Flagey en het Koninkl...
20h15
Sunday 12/01/2025
Jazz pianist Bram De Looze is known for challenging himself by collaborating with artists who inspire him and by exploring other musical traditions. This time, he invites a Korean gayageum player to...
17h00
Verwacht geen traditioneel concert van The Rising Moon, het improviserend collectief rond gitarist Willem Heylen. Ze stelden zich de vraag: wat als de band niet voor het publiek op een podium speelt,...
14h00
Saturday 11/01/2025
Friday 10/01/2025
As artist in residence, Bram De Looze will present three new projects at the Brussels Jazz Festival 2025. For his first performance, the jazz pianist surrounds himself with American greats Thomas Mor...
21h00
All Black Everything… The warm soulful voice and groovy bass lines of Amy Gadiaga’s latest EP linger for days after the first listen. This London-based singer and bassist’s fresh and unique style con...
19h30
Simon Comté, one of the most promising saxophonists of his generation, performs his own original compositions with his quartet. Surrounded by the crème de la crème of the young jazz scene, the focus...
12h30
Thursday 09/01/2025
What better way to open the tenth edition of the Brussels Jazz Festival than with one of the most powerful tenor saxophonists of our time? Last year, David Murray once again demonstrated his "passion...
20h15
Saturday 20/01/2024
This South African double bill is without a doubt one of the highlights of the Brussels Jazz Festival: Drummer Asher Gamedze opens with his new album Turbulence and Pulse in which he plays with the c...
19h30
Friday 19/01/2024
Brussels group Bandler Ching stands for an infectious mix of contemporary jazz with electronica, trap, hip-hop, global beats and delicious improvisations. The group closes the evening with their debu...
22h30
A legend on stage! Flagey welcomes multi-instrumentalist Kahil El'Zabar, who comes to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his groundbreaking album Ethnic Heritage Ensemble as well as his own 70th birth...
21h00