North Sea Jazz Festival 2024

North Sea Jazz Festival 2024

Friday 12th to Sunday 14th July 2024
Ahoy, Ahoyweg 10, 3084 BA Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, The Netherlands MAP
Three day tickets at €340 Day-ticket are available from the 1st of February for €135.00

Daily capacity: 80,000

Last updated: Fri 22nd Mar 2024

Welcoming around 80,000 music fans each year, North Sea Jazz Festival, the world's largest indoor festival, has been running in The Netherlands since 1976. It returns in 2024 to Ahoy in Rotterdam, from Friday 13th to Sunday 15th July 2018.

This summer the festival expects more than a thousand musicians, spread out over 150 performances and fifteen different stages.

Less than an hour's plane-ride away, a direct train from London St Pancras or ferry ride, the North Sea Jazz Festival is easily accessible from the UK and perfectly suited for a weekend retreat.

Line-up

Amongst the artists announced are the legendary Sting, jazz-fusiuon royalty Al Di Meola, record breaking Brit Award winner Raye (picture by Callum Walker Hutchinson), GRAMMY-winner Corinne Bailey Rae, Jamaican-American singer and saxophonist Masego, Mercury Prize winner Sampha, boundary-pushing American rapper and poet Noname, Alabama Shakes vocalist Brittany Howard, Jazmine Sullivan performing live in Europe for the first time, Joss Stone, Cory Henry, Arooj Aftab, Charles Lloyd, Terence Blanchard and many more.

Grammy-winning Meshell Ndegeocello has been announced as this year's Artist in Residence and will perform a different project each night of the festival.

The festival has also confirmed an array of some of the world's most celebrated jazz artists including Joshua Redman, Jamie Cullum, American saxophonist and composer Walter Smith III, bassist Avishai Cohen, French-Lebanese trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf and a new quartet featuring tenor saxophonist Chris Potter, pianist Brad Mehldau, bassist John Patitucci and drummer Johnathan Blake.

This is how the full line-up for this epic jazz party looks.....so far

Friday 12 July:

Al Di Meola, Amaro Freitas Trio, Amsterdam Klezmer Band, Avishai Cohen Bande Iroko, Brittany Howard, Chief Adjuah [formerly Christian Scott], Chucho Valdés, Irakere 50, corto.alto, Dhafer Youssef, D.K. Harrell, Emily King, Gonzalo Rubalcaba Trio, Henri Texier 'An Indian's Life', Idema/Serierse Quartet, Jamie Cullum, Kinga Glyk, Kurt Rosenwinkel Quartet 'The Next Step Reunion Tour', Kymara, Laufey, Lehmanss Brothers, Myra Melford - Fire & Water Quintet, Niescier / Reid / Remigi, Potter*Mehldau*Patitucci*Blake, PJ Morton, Raye, Reuben James, RIMON, Sammy Rae & The Friends, Shirma Rouse & Orchestra of the Royal Netherlands Air Force 'Celebrating Aretha Franklin', Smino, Sun-Mi Hong Quintet, Vulfpeck

Saturday 13 July:

Ancient Infinity Orchestra, Anouk & Metropole Orkest, Arooj Aftab, Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram, Cisco Swank, Corinne Bailey Rae presents Black Rainbows, Elmiene, Enemy - Kit Downes, Ibrahim Maalouf and the trumpets of Michel-Ange, Joel Ross Good Vibes, John Ghost, John Scofield & Dave Holland, Joshua Redman Group ft. Gabrielle Cavassa 'where are we' Tour, Joss Stone, Laura Misch, Jungle by Night, Lawrence, Lizz Wright, Maite Hontelé & Nationaal Jeugd Jazz Orkest, Matthew Halsall, Manu Delago & Mad About Lemon, Marisa Monte, Masego, Obongjayar, Petter Eldh & James Maddren, Philipp Rüttgers Trio, Quique, Something Else! ft. Vincent Herring, Binker Golding, Jeremy Pelt, David Kikoski, Paul Bollenback, Essiet Essiet, and Lewis Nash, Sungazer Plus, Tems, Veronica Swift' Roseye, Sam Newbould Quintet, Swan, The Dam Jawn with Jeremy Pelt, Thee Sacred Souls, YIN YIN

Sunday 14 July:

Bamba Wassoulou Groove, Benjamin Clementine, Black Pumas, Cécile Mclorin Salvant, Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Dave Douglas Gifts Quintet ft. James Brandon Lewis, Rafiq Bhatia, and Ian Chang, Faada Freddy, Jimetta Rose & The Voices of Creation, Knower, Lander & Adriaan, Mahalia, Noname, Sampha, Shai Maestro & Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw, Sting, Sylvie Courvoisier Chimaera, Vicente Amigo, Walter Smith III, Butcher Brown, Charles Lloyd Sky Quartet featuring Jason Moran, Larry Grenadier and Eric Harland, Cory Henry, Djavan, Dulfer! Total Response, Ella Zirina Trio, Enji, Glimlip x Yasper, Imaginarium, INIKO, Kahil El'Zabar Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, Kaisa's Machine, Karsu, Nicole McCabe Quartet, Peter Beets Trio ft. Gregory Hutchinson, Roberto Fonseca La Gran Diversión, Terence Blanchard featuring the E-Collective with Turtle Island Quartet, Terri Lyne Carrington's New Standards, The Cavemen, Venna, Yoràn Vroom Group of Friends