Bologna Jazz Festival

From 28 October to 16 November in Bologna there is the Jazz Festival. Scheduled daily appointments including concerts and other jazz events, in Bologna and beyond: the music festival will also involve the municipalities of the metropolitan area and the provinces of Modena, Ferrara and Forlì.

The festival features guests such as Paolo Fresu, John Scofield together with Dave Holland, Gonzalo Rubalcaba in duo with Aymée Nuviola. Around the great concerts in theaters, club programming will also develop, also full of leading names.

The festival program will include important educational content and numerous lectures. Furthermore, thanks to the collaboration with BilBOlbul - International Festival of comics, the illustrator and cartoonist Alessandro Baronciani was involved, who created a novel story for the coordinated image of the BJF 2021. It can be seen exhibited on the Jazz Bus and in the historical notice boards of CHEAP on board.

The Bologna Jazz Festival is organized by the Bologna in Musica Association with the contribution of the Emilia-Romagna Region, the Municipality of Bologna, Bologna UNESCO City of Music, the Monte di Bologna and Ravenna Foundation, the MAST Foundation, the Carisbo Foundation, the Unipol Group, Coop Alleanza. 3.0, TPER, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Peugeot, of the main partner Hera Group and with the support of the Ministry of Culture.