NORTH SEA JAZZ ROTTERDAM

2008 North Sea Jazz Festival Packages

FRIDAY JULY 11 PROGRAM

SATURDAY JULY 12 PROGRAM

SUNDAY JULY 12 PROGRAM

The 2008 North Sea Jazz Festival promises to be the usual high quality festival in the new more enjoyable Ahoy venue.

The festival concept, as it has developed over the past thirty years, will be continued in the new location, Ahoy’ Rotterdam. On 16 stages, all named after rivers and varying in capacity from 100 till 10.000 visitors, more than 60 concerts will take place daily. Off course the emphasis will stay on the wide diversity of jazz; from New Orleans, swing and bop to fusion, improvised music and electronic jazz. In addition, jazz related styles as blues, soul, funk, hip hop, Latin-jazz and world beat will be presented as well.

The maximum amount of visitors will stay the same as last years; 23.000 daily. Because the floor area of the new festival venue Ahoy’ is bigger than that of the old venue in The Hague, the total set-up of the festival will be more specious than before. More seats will be created in the concert rooms, sightlines will be improved and passageways will be broadened. But the unique, intimate atmosphere will be preserved.

The extensive variety of shops, diversity in catering, art exhibitions, jazz documentaries and the internet café will return in Ahoy’ next year. Familiar events like the Buhrmann Midsummer Jazz Gala, workshops by international artists, finales of the Dutch Jazz Competition, performance of the North Sea composition assignment and the presentation of the Bird Awards will be part of the program again.

AHOY ROTTERDAM, Netherlands

Site: 16 indoor/outdoor stages (23,000 persons per day).

Music: A veritable Jazz Woodstock. The largest gathering of straight-ahead jazz in Europe all year. North Sea spans the spectrum of Blues, Fusion, Gospel, and Soul. Musicians love the festival because they get to see, hear and often jam with each other.

Festival Style: A veritable jazz smorgasbord of 200 groups.

Special Events:  Workshops, Exhibitions, Photos, IAJE student workshops at The North Sea Jazz Festival

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