Jazz Festival takes over Sibiu in May

Jazz fans who happen to be in Sibiu, the former European Cultural Capital, between May 9 and 16, should stop by for the Sibiu Jazz Festival, which covers jazz, blues, ethno and world music. The festival will gather 350 participants from 13 countries, including famous jazz musicians such as Jazz BigBand Graz, the Kenny Garrett Quartet, Sam Newsome & Lucian Ban, Indigo Band and Yuri Honing Acoustic Quartet. For the full program, check out the www.business-review.ro site.

May 9th

• 12.00 Mars Fanfara, Jazz Parade, N. Balcescu St. – Big Square – Small Square
• 20.30 Official Opening, Concert J. Viewz (Israel), Small Square

May 10th

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• 12.00 Mars Fanfara, Jazz Parade, N. Balcescu St. – Big Square – Small Square
• 13.30 Concert Funk Factory (Romania), Small Square
• 19.00 Sibiu Jazz Festival Competition, Gong Theater
• 20.30 Indigo Band (Serbia), Small Square

May 11th

• 14.00 Mars Fanfara / Jazz Parade, N. Balcescu St. – Big Square – Small Square
• 19.00 Gala of the Student Bands, Gong Theater
• 20.30 Horia Brenciu Orchestra, Small Square

May 12th

• 14.00 Mars Fanfara, Jazz Parade, N. Balcescu St. – Big Square – Small Square
• 18.30 Opening of exhibition Focus JAZZ, Thalia room
• 20.30 Concert Guilty Lemon (Romania), Small Square
• 21.00 Concert Ramon Valle Trio (Cuba), Thalia hall

May 13th

• 14.00 Mars Fanfara / Jazz Parade, N. Balcescu St. – Big Square– Small Square
• 19.00 Béla “Szakcsi” Lakatos Gypsy Groove (Hungary), Thalia hall
• 20.30 Geta Burlacu Band (The republic of Moldova), Small Square
• 21.00 Beata Przybytek Quintet (Poland), Thalia room

May 14th

• 14.00 Mars Fanfara, Jazz Parade, N. Balcescu St.– Big Square – Small Square
• 18:30 Sam Newsome & Lucian Ban, The RO-USA Jazz Suit, Thalia room
• 20.30 Manfred Weinberger & Billy Bontas Quartet (Germany), Small Square
• 22.00 Kenny Garrett Quartet, Thalia room

May 15th

• 12.00 Mars Fanfara, Jazz Parade, N. Balcescu St. – Big Square – Small Square
• 19.00 Benni Chawes Quintet (Denmark), Thalia room
• 20.30 Zum (Romania, Cuba), Small Square
• 21.00 Yuri Honing Acoustic Quartet (The Netherlands) Thalia room

May 16th

• 14.00 Mars Fanfara / Jazz Parade, N. Balcescu St.– Big Square – Small Square
• 20.00 Jazz Bigband Graz (Austria), Electric poetry, Thalia room
• 20.30 Eduard Jak Neumann, Curtainbust (Romania), Small Square