Kongsberg Jazz Festival celebrated its 60-years anniversary last year and is today one of the longest running festivals in Europe. The festival presents a varied line-up of nearly 60 Norwegian, Nordic and international acts within modern jazz, experimental/free jazz and more commercial genres. The concerts take place in intimate club venues as well as big outdoor venues.
This year’s lineup include Grace Jones, Dave Douglas Quartet, Gard Nilssen’s Supersonic Orchestra, John Scofield’s Long Days Quartet, KNOWER, Les Amazones d’Afrique, Pat Thomas & Kitchen Orchestra (commission), Karin Krog & The In-Between-Times feat. John Surman, Aloe Blacc, Decoy with Camila Nebbia, Marius Neset/Audun Kleive/Mats Eilertsen/Eyolf Dale, Dirty Loops, Hedvig Mollestad Trio, Møster!, Henriette Eilertsen: Just A Universe (commission), Ellen Andrea Wang: Closeness, Close Erase, Y-Otis, In the Country, Solveig Slettahjell & Knut Reiersrud, Simin Tander – The Wind and many more.
www.kongsbergjazz.no
This year’s lineup include Grace Jones, Dave Douglas Quartet, Gard Nilssen’s Supersonic Orchestra, John Scofield’s Long Days Quartet, KNOWER, Les Amazones d’Afrique, Pat Thomas & Kitchen Orchestra (commission), Karin Krog & The In-Between-Times feat. John Surman, Aloe Blacc, Decoy with Camila Nebbia, Marius Neset/Audun Kleive/Mats Eilertsen/Eyolf Dale, Dirty Loops, Hedvig Mollestad Trio, Møster!, Henriette Eilertsen: Just A Universe (commission), Ellen Andrea Wang: Closeness, Close Erase, Y-Otis, In the Country, Solveig Slettahjell & Knut Reiersrud, Simin Tander – The Wind and many more.
www.kongsbergjazz.no
