Two great festivals over coming months, where the Vortex fans should get together (perhaps through its Real Ale Group?) If we get a group together for either, then we can pool the booking of hotle and so on.
Zomerjazzfietstour (Groningen)
zjft.nl
A lovely festival where you cycle from gig to gig on Bank Holiday Saturday (25th)
HÅKON KORNSTAD/ INGEBRIGT HÅKER FLATEN
JORRIT DIJKSTRA/PANDELIS KARAYORGIS
ATOMIC • ARKADY SHILKLOPER/JON SASS
PAUL VAN KEMENADE/STEVKO BUSCH
ELECTRIC BARBARIAN • DE BEREN GIEREN
DAS KAPITAL • SEAN BERGIN NEW MOB
TALKING COWS • SPINIFEX QUINTET
KAPOK• DUTCH IMPRO ACADEMY
CORRIE EN DE GROTE BROKKEN
Here's a film from 2010. Bicycles can be hired for 10 euros a day from the station. The best way there is probably taking the Dutchflyer via Harwich-Hook of Holland as it's £75 each way overnight and the ticket takes you anywhere in Holland. Also, it's easy to take the bike.
The other festival is in Vilnius in October. The season ticket is still only £24. And you get more than a dozen concerts. Flights around £100 return via Ryanair or Wizzair.
Festival dates : October 11-14, 2012
website: www.vilniusjazz.lt
About Vilnius Jazz Festival :
Founded in 1987, Vilnius Jazz is the oldest annual jazz festival held in Vilnius. It is an exceptional event in Lithuania, providing a broad perspective on contemporary trends in jazz from all over the world. Over the years Vilnius Jazz has earned a reputation of a radical avant-garde festival oriented towards novelty and limit-stretching creativity. The stylistic boundaries of jazz and free improvised music are often crossed and expanded here by offering joint projects with musicians from the academic, ethnic, rock and industrial music backgrounds.
The International Vilnius Jazz Festival is renowned for its creative and ambitious programmes featuring some of the biggest names on the international jazz scene alongside the best of Lithuanian talent. The festival’s hall of fame includes such world-class names as The Zawinul Syndicate (USA), Sonny Simmons-Oliver Lake Quartet (USA), Courtney Pine Group (UK), Billy Cobham Band (USA), Arthur Blythe Quartet (USA), Steve Lacy (USA), Leroy Jenkins (USA), Viacheslav Ganelin (Israel), Otomo Yoshihide (Japan), Fred Frith (UK), Carlos Ward Quartet (USA), Defunkt (USA), Django Bates (UK), Cinematic Orchestra (UK), Iva Bittova (Czech Republic), Myra Melford Quartet (USA), Cuong Vu Trio (USA), Willem Breuker Kollektief (NL),
Kazutoki Umezu (Japan), Marc Ducret Trio (FR) and many others. Many international projects have been organised through close collaboration with international cultural institutions and foundations, such as Goethe Institut, British Council, Swedish Institute, Pro Helvetia, US Arts International and Japan Foundation.
Attracting an audience of around 5000 each year, Vilnius Jazz has played a formative role for several generations of jazz fans. It has also to its credit helped develop local players who have then moved onto performing in other European venues and international jazz groups. Vilnius Jazz is also inextricably linked with the development of a distinctive Vilnius jazz school. Recognised as one of the most important signposts in Eastern Europe, Vilnius Jazz remains devoted to nurturing and promoting the living tradition of improvised music in Lithuania. In 2005, it joined the membership of the Europe Jazz Network.
The Festival usually offers a 3-4 day programme of concerts, workshops and jam sessions featuring up to 10 different groups. The coming 25th edition of the International Vilnius Jazz Festival will be held on 11-14 October.
IF YOU WANT TO GO, INITIALLY CONTACT ME ON OLIVER@BABELLABEL.CO.UK
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