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8 free concerts: Village People + Fred Wesley & the New JBs + Tiken Jah Fakoly + Viva Suecia + Arde Bogotá + Ezra Collective + Blue Lab Beats + ZETAK

Diversity is the overriding note of the Keler Gunea programme for San Sebastian’s 58th Jazz Festival. Diversity of styles where you’ll be treated to funk, disco, reggae, Jazz, indie pop-rock and electronic music. Diversity of artist origins: European, African and American. And diversity of generations too, featuring emerging groups and artists like the Ezra Collective, Blue Lab Beats, ZETAK and Arde Bogotá; others more long standing like Tiken Jah Fakoly and Viva Suecia; and veteran legends like Fred Wesley and Village People.

KELER, our main sponsor, gives its name to this stage, the KELER GUNEA, which, like in previous years, can be found on the beach, next to the Zurriola breakwater.

This stage will host two free concerts every day from 21-24 July.

21 July

- Village People (20:45)

Fun and dance are guaranteed with Village People, one of the biggest groups in the history of pop music. Their songs with their catchy choruses are known by millions of people, and have been sung and danced by several generations all over the world.

- Fred Wesley & the New JBs (23:30)

The great North American trombone player is, without a doubt, one of the best composers and arrangers in the history of funk and Afro-American sounds.

His music is one of the most sampled of all times and, in his long career, Wesley has worked with big-name musicians including James Brown, as his music director, George Clinton, Ike and Tina Turner, Ray Charles, Maceo Parker, Count Basie, Van Morrison, Earth Wind & Fire, Pee Wee Ellis, Vanessa Williams, The S.O.S. Band, Cameo, De La Soul, Curtis Mayfield, Usher...

22 July

- Blue Lab Beats (21:00)

Possibly the band that best reflects the prevailing creative, fresh and innovative spirit of London’s ebullient Jazz scene. Taking their inspiration from the major works in the history of Jazz and from the pioneers of hip-hop’s golden age, NK OK and MR DM turn out elegant, urban and extremely cool music of unquestionable quality.

- Viva Suecia (23:30)

This group hailing from Murcia brings melodic forcefulness, profound lyrics and epic guitars. But it’s in their live performances that Viva Suecia unfolds their many virtues and where their songs reach their highest expression. Guided by Rafa Val on vocals, the group will roll out its arsenal of hits, anthems chanted by their fans who are certain to pack the Zurriola beach.

23 July

- Arde Bogotá (21:00)

The Spanish-language rock produced by these youngsters from Murcia has enthralled thousands of fans with its powerful and distinct sound. Lyrics packed with content that conveys anger and irreverence, yet also talking about seduction, love and the chiaroscuros of their generation. Their live shows, accomplished and energetic, are delivered by frontman Antonio García, a livewire on stage who soon has everyone up dancing and singing along to their songs.

- Tiken Jah Fakoly (23:30)

the Côte d’Ivoire whose songs combine reggae with dub and soukous beats, recovering traditional African instruments such as the kora, the ngoni and the balafon.

His committed, revolutionary lyrics, stories of hard lives, of injustices and calamities are sung with a contrasting uplifting beat, creating songs to dance to and spreading an optimism that stands above all misfortunes.

24 July

- Ezra Collective (21:00)

The music brought to us by this London quintet is a celebration of life, packed with positive energy and great dance beats combining myriad styles and influences: Jazz, Afro beat, Afro Cuban, funky, salsa, grime, hip-hop, R&B, samba… A fabulous opportunity to have fun, dance and let yourself go, on the beach, with the energy, the joy, the magic and the multicultural sophistication of this group. Today’s Jazz!!

- ZETAK (23:30)

Since forming in 2019 ZETAK, fronted by Pello Reparaz, has released two successful albums and numerous singles that have racked up millions of streamings, huge hits in the Basque music scene that have gone on to become anthems for a whole generation: Zeinen Ederra Izango Den, Errepidean, Zoriontasuna… Electronic pop with catchy melodies, sung in Basque.

The process to select the ten local groups who will play at the 58th San Sebastian Jazz Festival, from 21-25 July 2023, will kick off with the first of the 15 performances before an audience from which the final list will be drawn up. This selection is especially backed by Gipuzkoa Provincial Council as part of the Katapulta Tour Gipuzkoa circuit to promote young local talents in the field of music and the performing arts while fostering the Gipuzkoa scene by providing support to clubs and organisers. The performance venues are the Kutxa Kultur Kluba (in Tabakalera) and the Club Victoria Eugenia:

- Club Victoria Eugenia: free entry while places last. However, an invitation must be collected from the Victoria Eugenia Theatre ticket desk on the same day of the concert, from 17:00 onwards. - Kutxa Kultur Kluba: tickets available from www.kutxakultur.eus. €3 for early purchases, and €5 from the ticket desk. -Altxerri: free entrance until complete capacity.

16 January	Lutfi Jakfar's Sixth Trio	Sala Club	19:30
26 January	Trio Nordeste	Kutxa Kultur Kluba	19:30
30 January	Xavi Maldonado and David Cid Quartet	Sala Club	19:30
31 January	Mikel Legasa´s Quintet	Kutxa Kultur Kluba	19:30
06 February	Isla Trío	Altxerri	19:30
07 February	Les Cuisinieres	Sala Club	19:30
08 February	Xahu	Altxerri	19:30
12 February	Amaika Rude	Sala Club	19:00
13 February	Brian Aching Project	Altxerri	19:30
14 February	Kinkfolk	Altxerri	19:30
16 February	Aldakan	Kutxa Kultur Kluba	19:30
20 February	Arnaud Labastie Trío	Sala Club	19:30
23 February	Ura Dúo	Kutxa Kultur Kluba	19:30
09 March	Motelas	Kutxa Kultur Kluba	19:30
21 March	Fuákata!	Altxerri	19:30

Based on the recordings submitted by the 65 entries received this year, the Jazzaldia organisers have selected the 15 bands who will perform in San Sebastian between January and March. Following all of the live performances, and consideration of their artistic quality, the organisers will select the final 10 groups to be included in the 58th Jazzaldia programme.

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Tickets and passes go on sale for the Plaza de la Trinidad, Kursaal Auditorium, San Telmo Museum and Victoria Eugenia Theatre

For years the San Sebastian Jazz Festival had harboured the wish of billing Norah Jones in the city. That dream will come true on 22 July when the singer performs at the Kursaal Auditorium.

Another of the aims fulfilled is being able to enjoy two British artists we have tried to bill for several editions, and who will perform in the Plaza de la Trinidad this year: the singer Joss Stone and the saxophone player Nubya Garcia.

Completing our wish list are Ben Harper, who will perform for the first time at the Jazzaldia; and Enrico Rava, who had to postpone his show because of the pandemic, and who will finally come to this year’s San Sebastian Jazz Festival.

The programme for the paying concerts at the 58th Jazzaldia, to run from 21-25 July 2023, is varied, intense and hugely attractive.

The Plaza de la Trinidad

This, Jazzaldia’s most iconic stage, will offer a programme of performances by legendary artists and brilliant new arrivals. Alongside classics such as Enrico Rava, with a quintet of emerging Italian musicians, and the great Abdullah Ibrahim with his trio, will be a new music quartet brought by a musician whose last performance at our Festival was simply marvellous: Bill Frisell. However, the Trini will also feature the presence of fantastic new names: the extraordinary guitarist Julian Lage, the above-mentioned Joss Stone and Nubya Garcia, and the superb Austrian keyboard-player David Helbock, with his latest project: the superband, Austrian Syndicate.

Kursaal Auditorium

We will celebrate the 80th birthday of Kenny Barron, the best Jazz pianist still performing today, accompanied by the Basque Youth Orchestra (EGO) in their first appearance at the Jazzaldia.

Norah Jones, the star attraction on the programme, will perform on 22 July in what will be the first ever show given by the great pianist and singer in our city.

On the 23rd Ben Harper, the quintessential leading light of contemporary blues, will take to the stage.

On Monday 24, one of the all-time Jazz greats, Pat Metheny, with his Side Eye project, will perform in the company of some of the best up-and-coming names in the new generation of American musicians.

And, finally, on Tuesday 25th July, one of the most creative and exciting proposals on the Spanish scene, the singer Rocío Márquez with the musician and producer BRONQUIO.

San Telmo Museum

Next year, 2023, is Basque Country-Japan year. To celebrate it, the 58th Jazzaldia will programme a piano season in the marvellous Museum cloister, exclusively dedicated to Japanese pianists.

The most important of all, and one of the country’s most universal musicians, is Yosuke Yamashita. His importance on the Jazz scene is enormous and his prestige incomparable. Yosuke will give two concerts: one dedicated to standard numbers and his own compositions, and the other to his particular and passionate take on the classical repertoire including Ravel’s Bolero and G. Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, among others.

The other three pianists, Kento Tsubosaka, Hakuei Kim, and Eri Yamamoto, who already played in the city, complete a thrilling season of the very highest musical quality.

Victoria Eugenia Theatre

Also going on sale, although the performing groups won’t be known in detail until April, are tickets for the JazzEñe season, to take place once again in the framework of the San Sebastian Jazz Festival. This will be the ninth edition of JazzEñe during which, for four days from 22-25 July, the audience will have the opportunity to enjoy 8 artists selected by the SGAE Foundation in its endeavour to attract attention to Spanish Jazz and take it into the international arena.

Tickets and Passes

Tickets for the Plaza de la Trinidad, Kursaal Auditorium, San Telmo Museum and the Victoria Eugenia Theatre will go on sale at 11:30 on 15 December. Tickets can be purchased in person from the theatre desk and online, via the Jazzaldia (www.jazzaldia.eus) and Donostia Kultura (www.donostiakultura.eus) websites.

Programme of free concerts

Although tickets go on sale today for the paying concerts, we still have heaps to announce on the Jazzaldia programme, all equally or more important than the names already revealed. Here we refer to the free concerts that will pack the streets of our city like every year.

In the coming months we will announce all these free concerts to run on stages such as the Nauticool, the Kursaal Terraces and the Keler Gunea. This latter stage, the most popular, on the Zurriola Beach, is once again named after Keler, our main sponsor for yet another edition.

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Roskow, the artist from San Sebastian, is the author of the poster for the 58th San Sebastian Jazz Festival. Accompanying the poster titled Free Jazz are another three illustrations to appear on the banners hanging throughout the city during the Jazzaldia. 58 copies of the poster and of each banner are now available for purchase in NFT format.

Roskow previously created the poster for the Jazzaldia in 2017, with an illustration representing a concert in the Plaza de la Trinidad. Six years later, he has once again created the poster and the three illustrations that go with it.

The idea for the poster comes from a small painting made by Roskow some years ago, a sketch on paper representing the ‘cubes’ of the Kursaal with the figure of a woman in the forefront. Later, the artist decided that the woman would be a saxophone player and included a percussionist and bass player to complete the band. The concept is simple, a Jazz trio playing in the street at dusk for what could be a celebration or meeting at the entrance to the Victoria Eugenia Theatre, where we imagine there is an audience listening to them. In the background, veiled in the nocturnal cloak so closely linked to Jazz music, is the true protagonist of the poster, the city, with a view of the bridge and the Kursaal.

To accentuate the feeling of a short story, somewhere between fiction and reality, and designed to lend variety to the banners, Roskow has produced another three illustrations. Each features the musicians individually, posing in photocall mode against the same backdrop of the bridge and the Kursaal.

Roskow

Roskow is the artistic pseudonym of Fernando Huarte Campión, an artist from San Sebastian who lives and works in his home city. From his “operations centre” in the district of Egia, he creates and produces his artistic work with a do-it-yourself approach to production and creative independence: painting on canvas, engraving, digital illustration, silk screening…

Trained as a sculptor in the 80s at the Applied Arts schools of San Sebastian, Seville and La Palma in Madrid, his work is, in the main, pictorial, with the odd foray into engraving, illustration, album and book covers, and poster design.

Roskow’s paintings and engravings have their own easily recognisable style and take their inspiration from illustration, comics and the iconography of punk and new wave in the 80s and 90s. He is also passionate about the Middle Ages, Romanesque art, gothic paintings, the Flemish school and 20th century avant-garde painting. One of his main sources of inspiration is San Sebastian, “a city that just keeps on giving”. As he says: “I love painting San Sebastian, especially its architecture”.

Today he shares a space with the team of illustrators, photographers and artists at Lance&Malone. He is also preparing a major exhibition for the Galería Arteko, with which he has been working for several years.

In addition to these activities, Roskow has a more relaxed musical side that he loves and enjoys. It all started in the 80s with a group called the Elásticos, who later became the Rígidos and finally Los Hormigones. Today he continues to compose, recording and performing countless own numbers.

Roskow’s artwork can be found here: www.roskow.com And his musical production, here: www.loshormigones.com

NFT

58 copies of the poster and each of the banners for this edition of the Jazzaldia are now available for collectors and aficionados. The 4 works can be purchased in euros, either separately or at a discount of 20% for all 4. Every person buying an original NFT published for this year will have an additional reward: two free tickets to a concert at the San Sebastian Jazz Festival by Los Hormigones, the group fronted by Roskow, at a place, date and time still to be decided.

All related information can be found on our website, where you will also find explanations and information on NFTs, what they are and how they work.

In view of the success enjoyed by last year’s poster in NFT format, we now offer a second opportunity to use this technology as a service for those wishing to purchase and collect this type of artistic creations, in digital format and with their corresponding certificates.

To create and launch this process, we have worked with the company Bakarts and the posters can be purchased from their website (https://bakarts.io/). For the process of creating the NFTs we have worked with the Polygon blockchain network. This network’s technology means that the energy consumption for the transactions and process involved in the creating these NFTs is extremely low. The energy required to generate an NFT with this platform is the same as paying for a transaction with a credit card.

Source: https://blog.polygon.technology/polygon-the-eco-friendly-blockchain-scaling-ethereum-bbdd52201ad/

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La 2 de Televisión Española will broadcast, starting on August 17, 9 concerts of the 57 Jazzaldia that took place from July 20 to 25 (2022). The broadcast time will be after 01:30 (AM). 17 August: SIMPLE MINDS 18 August: MULATU ASTATKE 22 August: CURTIS HARDING 23 August: MIHO HAZAMA & MUSIKENE SUMMER BIG BAND 24 August: STEVE COLEMAN & FIVE ELEMENTS 25 August: LOUIS COLE 29 August: AMINA CLAUDINE MYERS: GENERATIONS 4 30 August: MARCO MEZQUIDA & JUAN DE LA RUBIA: Bach & Forward 31 August: CALEXICO [post_title] => LA 2 WILL BROADCAST 9 CONCERTS OF THE 57 SAN SEBASTIÁN JAZZ FESTIVAL [post_excerpt] => La 2 de Televisión Española will broadcast, starting on August 17, 9 concerts of the 57 Jazzaldia that took place from July 20 to 25 (2022) [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => open [post_password] => [post_name] => la-2-kateak-57-donostiako-jazzaldiko-9-kontzertu-emitituko-ditu [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2022-08-16 12:33:36 [post_modified_gmt] => 2022-08-16 10:33:36 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://jazzaldia.eus/sin-categoria-en/la-2-kateak-57-donostiako-jazzaldiko-9-kontzertu-emitituko-ditu-2/ [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [5] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 31600 [post_author] => 2 [post_date] => 2022-07-27 13:35:35 [post_date_gmt] => 2022-07-27 11:35:35 [post_content] =>

Fantastic concerts, reunions and hugs to celebrate one of the editions with most attendees in the history of Jazzaldia

The audience was back for the 57th Jazzaldia as people flocked to all of the concerts on the programme, racking up a total of 150,000 aficionados who packed out the 14 stages. All enjoyed concerts of an excellent musical quality that will forever remain on our memories, at an edition once again boasting full houses and where stages were newly up and running like the one on the beach (Keler Gunea), while the Kursaal terraces recovered their atmosphere (Frigo Gunea and Fnac Gunea) and Nauticool re-opened its doors… The Festival thanks and appreciates the response of a public whom, enjoying the good weather, not only packed out all of the venues but, yet another year, did it with exemplary behaviour and without a single incident. The city was inundated with music for six days, hosting 79 concerts where the atmosphere was one of celebration, partying and getting back together. The excellence of the artists and their music was repeated throughout and the great stars of both Jazz and other genres treated us to memorable concerts amongst which some of the most outstanding were: Simple Minds, who drew 42,000 people to the Keler Gunea; Mulatu Astatke, recipient of the Donostiako Jazzaldia Saria award; Hiromi, who was an absolute joy accompanied by a string quartet in the Trinitate Plaza; Iggy Pop who, at his 75 years of age, revolutionised the Kursaal Auditorioa; Vintage Trouble, who had everyone up and dancing on the beach; Craig Taborn who delighted the audience with his improvisations at the Škoda San Telmo Museoa; Marco Mezquida & Juan de la Rubia who thrilled attendees at the FCC Victoria Eugenia Antzokia; Herbie Hancock, who made it perfectly clear that he remains on fine form and that he is one of the greatest Jazz musicians of all times…

Trinitate plaza

This year, packed out just like it used to be and still with numbered seating, there were 8 concerts in the Plaza de la Trinidad, where performances on 3 out of the 4 days played to a full house. The first day in the Trinitate Plaza, on 22 July, Hiromi, who gave a magnificent concert accompanied by a string quartet, rounded off a Japanese evening opened by Miho Hazama fronting the Musikene Summer Big Band. On the 23rd, Steve Coleman & Five Elements treated his fans to an unforgettable concert. Later, the irreverent and cheeky Louis Cole produced a show that was one of a kind. On the 24th, Amina Claudine Myers, who had previously received the Donostiako Jazzaldia life achievement award, gave a concert paying tribute to the gospel groups of the 50s. Next up was a concert by Ben Lamar Gay, visionary, spiritual and complex. The concerts in ‘La Trini’ ended with the sax-player Lakecia Benjamin, who brought her personal take on numbers composed by Alice and John Coltrane. And finally the edition was brought to a close by Diana Krall, whose voice, piano and stage presence reflected her sentiment of familiarity and fondness towards an audience, a venue and a city that she particularly loves and that she rates as one of the best in Europe.

Kursaal Auditorioa

The Kursaal Auditorium was packed to the hilt every day, except on July 24 when we were 400 tickets short of a full house of 1800 attendees. With a wide variety of styles, the Kursaal Auditorioa hosted 5 concerts of excellent artistic quality. Calexico, on the first day, delighted the public as they pushed the boundaries with their music. On the 22nd, Gregory Porter and his powerhouse of a voice left us with absolutely no doubt that he is one of the world’s leading Jazz singers. Iggy Pop, indefatigable, revolutionised the auditorium jam-packed with an audience who were on their feet from the first notes, on an afternoon that will definitely go down in history as one of the most memorable. On the 24th it was the turn of Yann Tiersen who brought an impressive visual show to take us through his Electronic Set. And to end, on the 25th, the great maestro Herbie Hancock once again demonstrated that he is one of Jazz history’s greats, taking us back through some of the most brilliant numbers of his entire career.

FCC Victoria Eugenia Antzokia

This year, like last, the FCC Victoria Eugenia Antzokia hosted what was the 8th edition of JazzEñe. All of the concerts were attended by an average of 650 people who enjoyed the 8 very fine musical proposals brought by Oreka TX, Chico Pérez, Verónica & Javier Sánchez, Carlos Sarduy Quartet, Moisés Sánchez, Daahoud Salim Quintet, Berta Moreno and Ernán López-Nussa. On the 25th, this time not as part of JazzEñe, Marco Mezquida and Juan de la Rubia played to an almost full house with four hands, on the piano and the organ, reinterpreting pieces by Bach in an absolutely sublime concert.

Keler Gunea

This year, at last, we were able to return to the big beach stage to enjoy nine fabulous concerts. On July 20, Simple Minds put their all into celebrating their 40 years together, and the audience thanked them by enthusiastically turning out en masse. On the 21st, Mulatu Astatke, one of this year’s Donostiako Jazzaldia Award recipients, rendered a hypnotic and evocative concert followed by Curtis Harding, who charmed the audience with his “slop ‘n’ soul”. On July 22, The Excitements strutted their stuff with their energetic soul and R’n’B, after which the beach came alive as the audience danced to the fresh and festive punk pop of Carolina Durante. On the 23rd, This Is The Kit rolled out their exquisite indie-folk while Vintage Trouble once again caused a commotion on the beach with their soul guitar as their frontman, Ty Taylor, leapt down onto the sand to sing amongst the audience. Keler Gunea was brought to a close on July 24 by the commanding Pillow Queens and León Benavente, whose lively show saw the beach turn into a huge party.

Skoda San Telmo Museoa

This year we repeated the format of solo piano concerts at the San Telmo Museum cloister. These completely unplugged performances offer the possibility of enjoying the piano as part of a small audience and in a magical setting such as that of the museum cloister. Four pianists, all top league, gave five concerts, the Ukrainian Vadim Neselovskyi performed his Odesa Suite in a concert whose proceeds will go to the Chernobil Elkartea association; on the 22nd, Craig Taborn drew us into his personal world with a powerful and fully improvised concert; on the 23rd, Sofiane Pamart played pieces of her own composition to a young audience, faithful followers of the French pianist; and on the 24th and 25th, Benny Green, who is always on top form, performed two different programmes as a tribute to his admired artists.

Frigo Gunea and Fnac Gunea

The packed terraces were hosted groups of different styles and origins. A diverse representation of Basque groups, chosen under the Festival’s Local Groups Selection initiative, highlighted the excellent health of today’s Basque Jazz scene: Carla Sevilla 5tet, Horda, Eva Alcaide, Musika Eskola Big Band, Caligrama, Trío Zemí, Gregario de Luze, Aldapeko Basque Latin Jazz, Hirukote and Swingin’ Bayonne. There were also interesting proposals from Gipuzkoa’s KatapultaTour circuit (Mikel Moreno, Kyxo, Teko Maisin and Rumbling Lips) and renowned international artists boasting brilliant careers: Sharon Clark, The International Classic Jazz All Stars, Bruce Barth Trio + Terell Stafford, Federico Buccini & Jemma label and Atrisma.

Nauticool, Fnac Foruma and Garbera

Our chill-out space par excellence, the Nauticool, brought concerts by the French-English duo J-Silk and their soul, hip hop and electronic combo. For its part, Fnac Foruma offered the concerts of Nat Simons and Èlia Bastida & Joan Chamorro. And Garbera was the setting for five concerts, two outside and three indoors. Broken Brothers Brass Band, Patáx, The Excitements, Sara Mansilla and Bruce Barth Trío each gave concerts at this new venue.

Txikijazz

Txikijazz made a powerful return to celebrate its 10th edition, doubling the number of stages and spectators, and retrieving the workshops for children. From 21-25 July, Arima Soul, Carla Sevilla 5tet, Swingtronics, Lucia Fumero, Les Fous and Travellin’ Brothers attracted numerous families eager to enjoy the music and great atmosphere on the different stages. Chillida Leku’s first time as a new Txikijazz venue was a huge success, gathering more than 700 people. In Garbera, those who came along to the shopping centre were able to enjoy 5 concerts of very fine quality. The fiesta closed by Swingtronics at the Fnac Gunea turned out to be a great event. The group ended its performance by coming down off the stage to dance with the delighted audience.

Ticket sales:

18,601 of the 21,051 tickets were sold, i.e. 88%. Purchases were made from 37 countries worldwide. By venue, the percentage of sales out of the total are as follows: - Škoda San Telmo Museoa: tickets on sale: 1,330. Total purchased. 773 (58%) - FCC Victoria Eugenia Antzokia: tickets on sale: 3,395. Total purchased: 3,047 (90%) - Kursaal Auditorioa: Tickets on sale: 8,870. Total purchased: 8,203 (92%) - Trinitate Plaza: tickets on sale: 6.056. Total purchased: 5,413 (90%)

Streaming and Social Media

This year we broadcast 14 free concerts in streaming mode, all of which have been uploaded to and can be watched on our YouTube channel. Our social media notched up 39,400 followers. WEBSITE From the 26th of June to the 26th of July (2022): -92.000 users -426.000 visits -1.200.000 events -1´47″ average time on site From the 26th of July 2021 to the 26th of July 2022: -202.000 users -799.000 visits -2.200.000 events -1´24″ average time on site

58 Jazzaldia ( 2023):

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8 free concerts: Village People + Fred Wesley & the New JBs + Tiken Jah Fakoly + Viva Suecia + Arde Bogotá + Ezra Collective + Blue Lab Beats + ZETAK

KELER, our main sponsor, gives its name to this stage, the KELER GUNEA, which, like in previous years, can be found on the beach, next to the Zurriola breakwater.

This stage will host two free concerts every day from 21-24 July.

21 July

- Village People (20:45)

- Fred Wesley & the New JBs (23:30)

The great North American trombone player is, without a doubt, one of the best composers and arrangers in the history of funk and Afro-American sounds.

22 July

- Blue Lab Beats (21:00)

- Viva Suecia (23:30)

23 July

- Arde Bogotá (21:00)

- Tiken Jah Fakoly (23:30)

the Côte d’Ivoire whose songs combine reggae with dub and soukous beats, recovering traditional African instruments such as the kora, the ngoni and the balafon.

24 July

- Ezra Collective (21:00)

- ZETAK (23:30)

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KELER GUNEA, DIVERSITY AND QUALITY ON THE ZURRIOLA BEACH

8 free concerts: Village People + Fred Wesley & the New JBs + Tiken Jah Fakoly + Viva Suecia + Arde Bogotá + Ezra Collective + Blue Lab Beats + ZETAK

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Launch of concerts by local groups to select those who will perform at the 58th Jazzaldia

15 concerts from January to March

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58th Jazzaldia: Norah Jones, Pat Metheny, Joss Stone, Abdullah Ibrahim, Ben Harper, Enrico Rava, Bill Frisell, Yosuke Yamashita, Kenny Barron, Nubya Garcia, Julian Lage, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Rocío Márquez & BRONQUIO, David Helbock…

Tickets and passes go on sale for the Plaza de la Trinidad, Kursaal Auditorium, San Telmo Museum and Victoria Eugenia Theatre

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News15/12/2022 0

ROSKOW, AUTHOR OF THE POSTER FOR THE 58th JAZZALDIA, WICH IS NOW AVAILABLE AS AN NFT

Roskow, the artist from San Sebastian, is the author of the poster for the 58th San Sebastian Jazz Festival. 58 copies of the poster and of each banner are now available for purchase in NFT format.

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