Jazzfest Berlin 2025: The line-up has been announced
In the 62nd edition of Jazzfest Berlin, which runs from 30 October to 2 November 2025, over 120 international musicians from more than 20 countries will come together at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele in its neighbouring venues A-Trane, Quasimodo and the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church. Over the course of four days, 25 acts will once again share the stage with exceptional, style-defining artists from jazz history, younger voices and current projects from the international jazz scene – a festival programme full of creative border crossings and artistic encounters.
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AmalieDahl’s Dafnie EXTENDED (AR, NO, SE) German premiere
AmirthaKidambi's Elder Ones New album (US) European premiere
David Murray Quartet: „Birdly Serenade“ (ES, US) German premiere
Felix Henkelhausen: „Deranged Particles“ (AT, DE, GB, GR)
Fire!Orchestra „Words“ (BE, BR, CA, DE, DK, FR, GB, NO, SE) World premiere
hilde (DE)
JamesBrandon Lewis Quartet (US)
LinaAllemano Four: „The Diptychs“ (CA) German premiere
LondonJazz Composers Orchestra feat. MarilynCrispell & AngelicaSanchez „Double Trouble III“ von Barry Guy (AU, CH, DE, GB, NO, US) World premiere
MakayaMcCraven (FR, US)
Marc Ribot: „Map of a Blue City“ (US) German premiere
Marta Sánchez Trio: „Perpetual Void“ (ES, US)
MaryHalvorson‘s Amaryllis Sextet (US)
Melting Pot: SofiaSalvo (AR), HenrikSandstad Dalen (NO), JudithSchwarz (AT), KasiaKapela (PL), AlexKoo (BE)
MOPCUT feat. MCDälek: „Ryok“ (AT, FR, US) German premiere
Niescier / Reid / Salem: „Beyond Dragons“ (US)
PatThomas Solo (GB)
Patricia Brennan Septet: „Breaking Stretch“ (CU, JM, US) German premiere
Sakina Abdou: „Goodbye Ground“ (FR) German premiere
Sanchez / Guy / López (ES, GB, US) German premiere
Signe Emmeluth: „BANSHEE“ (DK, LV, NO, US) German premiere
TheHandover (BE, EG)
TheYoung Mothers: „Better If You Let It“ (NO, US)
TimBerne’s CAPATOSTA (US) European premiere
Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith: „Defiant Life“ (US)
In addition, starting from 27 October, Jazzfest Berlin will continue its Community and Outreach activities with musicians, artists and Berlin-Moabit locals aged between six and 80 years, among others at the Gropius Bau and with the following initiatives and partners:
JazzInstitut Berlin I Mullewappe. V. & Miriam-Makeba-Grundschule I OTTO-Spielplatz– Moabiter Ratschlag e. V. I SOS Kinderdorf Berlin: Familienzentrum/Mehrgenerationenhaus, Hortder Theodor-Heuss-Gemeinschaftsschule I TheaterX I ZK/UBerlin – Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik and others.
Thanks to the cooperation with the ARD radio network and Deutschlandradio, this year it will once again be possible to experience the festival on air through a series of live concert recordings and the long ARD Jazznacht.
The complete programme for Jazzfest Berlin 2025 will be published
on 11 September and tickets will go on sale on 18 September at 2 pm.
Status: 10.7.2025, programme subject to change
Jazzfest Berlin is funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.
Media partners are ARTE, Dussmann, Monopol, Wall and Yorck Kinogruppe.
Jazzfest Berlin is a member of the Europe Jazz Network and the Keychange initiative.
Press contact
Accreditation for Jazzfest Berlin 2025 starts with the publication of the programme on 11 September. If you would like to register your travel plans now, please write to akkreditierung@berlinerfestspiele.de
Anna Hinz, Patricia Hofmann
presse@berlinerfestspiele.de
+49 30 254 89 223
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