Over the last fifty years this veteran festival has become a world-renowned jazz event, an unmissable musical occasion. The extensive programme features top jazz names as well as new acts for Barcelona audiences to discover.

This year’s festival marks its 50th anniversary with a beefed up parallel programme including free concerts, masterclasses, conferences, exhibitions, encounters with artists, performances at community centres as part of the Barcelona Districte Cultural programme and even a special sequence at the Magic Fountain in Montjuïc.

This year’s festival line-up includes Chucho Valdés, the OBC and Brad Mehldau, Madeleine Peyroux, Tribalistas, Diego el Cigala, Avishai Cohen, Brad Mehldau, Tomatito & José Mercé, Andrea Motis & Ignasi Terraza, Bill Evans & Randy Brecker, Beth Hart, Vicente Amigo, Tigran Hamasyan, John Scofield Combo 66, Mallu Magalhães, Marlango and Amadou & Mariam

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