Jazzmeile
The Jazzmeile Thuringia is an annually from early October to late November that takes place in Thuringia nationwide Jazz Festival with up to 22,000 spectators.
History
The Jazzmeile Thuringia is since 1992 by the " AG Jazzmeile Thuringia ", an inter-municipal working group on the Thuringian 18 municipalities are involved, organized. In the AG Jazzmeile Thuringia, the " LAG Jazz eV ", the state working group of the Thuringian jazz clubs and jazz musicians united. Manager and program director, Thomas Eckardt from Jena.
In 1994, the first joint festival of the cities of Weimar and Jena was carried out under this title, which together led the Jazz Fest Jena and the International Jazz Workshop in Weimar. This mini festival was an immediate success, so that in the following years, more and more cities joined this cooperation, thereby Jazzmeile Thuringia was born. It jazz festivals in other cities were incorporated, such as the International Sonneberger Jazz Festival, the North Houses Jazz Festival, the Altenburger Jazz Festival and the Jazz Festival Jena. In addition, as part of the Jazz mile and workshops will take place such as the International Jazz Workshop Weimar. Since 1998 the festival by a full project is managed. In December 2011, the project for his long-standing cultural commitment with the Thuringian Culture Award was appreciated.
Organizer
Currently, the University of Music Franz Liszt and the following cities are included:
- Altenburg
- Arnstadt
- Apolda
- Bad Sulza
- Berga / Elster, Kulturhof Zickra
- Eisenach, Culture Factory Old Malthouse
- Erfurt
- Gera
- Gotha
- Ilmenau
- Jena
- Meiningen
- Nordhausen
- Saalfeld / Saale
- Sonnenberg ( Sonnenberg International Jazz Festival )
- Weimar
The Thuringian Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture of the Festival.
Artist (selection)
- Falk Zenker
- Klaus Doldinger / Passport ( band )
- Karlheinz Miklin
Awards
- 2011: Thuringian Culture Award