The 16th Lublin Jazz Festival returns in September following the July prologue. Four days of concerts, premiere projects, and musical encounters with artists boldly pushing genre boundaries.
A place where improvisation meets experimentation, with renowned names and emerging trendsetting artists creating a program for all those seeking freshness, freedom, and unconventional sounds in music.
The poster and visual identity for this year’s edition were designed by Anna Pałosz.
Antonio Raia’s will present his premiere project Σ [Sigma]. The Italian saxophonist creates acoustic, ritual sound forms in which saxophones, voice, and the subtle sounds of the koshi create an organic, shifting listening space balancing between improvisation and contemporary music. The premiere project Echoes of Union: Bižys / Stepanavičius / Kurek / Rybicki was born at the intersection of diverse traditions and sensibilities. Lithuanian and Polish musicians meet in a common language of improvisation, blending free jazz, electroacoustic, and experimental music into tense, multi-layered sound structures.
The premiere concert by Steinbrich / Miarczyński / Rodakowski brings raw, intense, and unpredictable music. The trio moves between jazz, free jazz, and punk energy, freely shifting from trance forms to violent explosions of improvised expression. Czestet is one of the most original projects on the young Polish scene. The band combines jazz, electronica, post-rock, performance, and futuristic imagination, creating music that simultaneously comments on the present and boldly looks to the future. The band Święto Osy, in turn, is a winner of the JAZZiNPIRACJE 2025 competition. The group develops its own musical language, in which jazz improvisation meets hip-hop pulse and avant-garde inspirations, creating dynamic compositions full of energy and emotional tension.
To close the programme, a concert by Tentno – an interdisciplinary project from the Trójmiasto region that transcends genres and media. Jazz, contemporary music, and metal meet with visuals, creating a multidimensional experience inspired by both early art and contemporary internet culture.
The festival program will also include a post-workshop concert with Natalia Kordiak – a premiere presentation of the results of the three-day work of the improvisation workshop participants. The stage will feature original forms and improvised compositions resulting from a shared exploration of sound, creativity, and musical dialogue.
Natalia Kordiak will also perform in a solo project, in which her voice becomes a tool for constant exploration. The vocalist and improviser creates her own language based on experimentation, freedom and the search for new possibilities of the human voice.
TICKETS:
Reduced/regular: 30-40 PLN
All-day ticket – reduced/regular: PLN 50/60
Carnet – reduced/regular: PLN 130/150 (each ticket includes a poster from this year’s edition)
Available at the box office and online
