inJazz is a two-day festival for jazz lovers as well as a music conference for jazz professionals. The jazz festival features top (and upcoming) jazz talent and is entirely free of charge! 

If you love jazz music, you're in for a treat. Why? Well, inJazz is the official opening of North Sea Round Town: two weeks of jazz in Rotterdam. The end of North Sea Round Town culminates in the start of the North Sea Jazz Festival. The inJazz event features two days of free jazz performances as well as a conference for serious jazz musicians and industry professionals. Visit the conference for discussion panels, presentations and networking opportunities. 

inJazz conference

This year the conference program focuses on islands around the world. You will find jazz in all colors and textures. During the conference, visitors of inJazz can meet musicians and other jazz professionals from various islands and broaden their knowledge. Are you attending the conference? Then be sure to get your inJazz conference tickets on time.

inJazz festival and conference in Rotterdam 📷 inJazz

inJazz festival artist line-up

Coming for the music? There are more than 40 acts performing at inJazz. Artists performing are split in three categories. There's Dutch inJazz (Dutch artists), Europe inJazz (European artists) and Next Generation inJazz (conservatory students).  This year's inJazz line-up includes the following artists:

• Agnes Gosling 4tet
• Alarmist (IE)
• Bobby Rausch (DE)
• Christian Palmieri
• Daahoud Salim Quintet
• Doppler Trio
• Gerri Jäger Double Duo
• Göksel Yilmaz Ensemble
• Guy Salamon Group
• Half Easy Trio
• Hendrik Eichler
• Hlib Baisha
• Ignacio Santoro
• Jeroen van Vliet Moon Trio
• KALI (CH)
• Kyle Winklaar
• LoLanders (GB/NL)
• Matteo Myderwyk
• MDC III (BE)
• MICHEL MEIS 4TET (LU)
• Mindaugas Apulskis
• Mo van der Does Quartet
• Month of Sundays (AT)
• Mudita
• Myrthe van de Weetering
• Nizar Rohana Trio
• ODELION ORCHESTRA
• OZMA (FR)
• PONYLAND (GB)
• Rodrigo Ballesteros
• Sabrina Starke
• Scott McLemore 4tet (IS)
• Son Swagga
• SWART.
• Takoushis-Karapatakis Project (CY)
• Teus Nobel | Liberty Group
• Tommaso Perazzo
• Toni Vaquer Sextet (ES)
• Travelers (IT)
• Twists
• Wietse Voermans Quintet Licks & Brains

You can find the official artist line-up on the inJazz festival website.

What inJazz Rotterdam sounds like?

Check out the Spotify playlist below and have a listen.

inJazz festival event details

Location(s): inJazz Rotterdam

On the weekend of the 25th & 26th of May 2019, the historic city centre of Schiedam is all about relaxation and entertainment. Various local organisations team up to provide a full day of summer vibes, music, poetry, markets, food trucks and what Schiedam is known for; gin!

The historic city centre of Schiedam, with its beautiful canals, is increasingly popular among the Dutch and tourists alike. From far and wide, people come to learn about and taste Dutch gin. Moreover, the city is also a cool place to relax and hang out. How much so? Find out on the last weekend of May.

Festival weekend in Schiedam 📷 Alyssa van Heyst

Schiedam Festival weekend

Jazz Festival Hillegersberg has been around for over three decades. The three-day festival features over 35 acts performing on three different stages in the centre of Hillegersberg. 

The festival starts on Friday evening and ends on Sunday night. Approximately 35 acts can be seen on the three stages. Entrance is free. Festival organisers expect approximately 20,000 people. Visitors are requested to come by bicycle or public transport as much as possible.

Jazz Festival Hillegersberg artist line-up

This year, the artists performing at Jazz Festival Hillegersberg include:

• Licks & Brains
• Funkstamatics
• Nod Steward
• Dave Chavez
• Doors Tribute
• Raymunda
• Hans Dulfer
• Big Pete & The Implosions
• Edsel Juliet & La Banda Loca
• Moondance
• Barrelhouse
• Joe Undercover Band
• What the FRNK
• Ocean Boulevard
• Facet Fusion Band
• Stickey Fingers
• Henk Pepping Express ft. Ruben Hoeke
• Kino Haitsma
• VOF de Kunst

... and many more wonderful jazz, blues and crossover artists. You can find the official artist line-up on the Jazz Festival Hillegersberg website.

Event details

Location: Jazz Festival Hillegersberg

About TEDx

TEDx is the local variant of the TED Conferences known all over the world. It is an independent event organized by volunteers that gives local speakers a stage. TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) started thirty years ago as a four-day conference in California and is now known worldwide for its lectures in which the world's greatest thinkers share their expertise.

Every talk is no longer than than eighteen minutes and many of them are available online for free. Famous speakers from the past are Bill Gates, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Nandan Nilekani, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Sal Khan and Daniel Kahneman.

Laura and Ilfa speaking at TEDx Rotterdam 📷 Sjoerd Feenstra

Speakers at TEDx Rotterdam 2019:

• Henk Ovink - Ovink is Dutch Special Envoy on Water or Water Envoy. He helps governments worldwide with storms, tidal waves or other water-related problems. He also shares the knowledge that the Netherlands has about the fight against water.

• Kristian Koreman & Elma van Boxel - This duo founded ZUS Architects, Zones Urbaines Sensibles. ZUS realized pioneering projects such as Schieblock and the Luchtsingel in Rotterdam and Dune in Almere and won several international awards. The book "City of Permanent Temporality" was recently published. Incomplete & Unfinished "about their work.

• Ismail Aghzanay - Aghzanay is a teacher of the year in Rotterdam, because of his innovative way of teaching that connects more emotionally with students.

• YMP (Young Mitch Poetry) - Former inmate YMP is now a successful spoken word artist. In addition to many performances, he is gaining fame with his production house Flow.

• Wesley dos Santos - Dos Santos is the co-founder of shoe brand Diversité Footwear and the circular boat rental company iKapitein. In 2018 he won the FunX Media Business Award and the RET Aardig Onderweg Award, because of his sustainable invention.

• Melanie Roche - Roche wrote the book Thriving Through Cancer: Tools and Practices to Feel Better and Improve Your Quality of Life During Cancer and Beyond - An Integrative Method. She developed a 'body-mind therapy': a set of skills that strengthens awareness and improves the quality of life.

• Laura Luchtman & Ilfa Siebenhaar - Fashion designers Luchtman and Siebenhaar developed an innovative, sustainable way to colour clothing. In their search for a natural alternative to the usual textile dyeing processes, they came across bacteria that produce pigment.

• Maarten Engelen - The Engelen company uses nano-satellites that not only inhabited parts but literally give access to the data network from all corners of the world. For example, remote farms can also take advantage of data collection.

• Adilson Neves - Neves was in custody for six months for fraud, discovered where his power was and then managed to give his life a positive twist. Now he helps people who live in a care home and he inspires young people to mean something to others.

• Jean Marie Molina - As senior lecturer in Study Success at the Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Molina developed a method that helps students graduate after a delay in their study career.

TEDx Rotterdam information

For more information on TEDx Rotterdam and for tickets, please visit the official TEDxRotterdam website.