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Jazz in the city, a city in jazz. The Jazzweekend in Regensburg is all about bouncing heads and driving beats, encounters between young talents and national and international jazz greats in a vibrant city. For summer flair and a cozy atmosphere on and between countless stages. For gentle melodies in dreamy courtyards, for rousing sessions in restaurants and bars, for jazz sounds on the banks of the Danube river and in lively squares. It sparkles and swings – the 45th Bavarian Jazzweekend, from July 2nd to 5th, 2026.
Open Call
From Dixieland to Swing and Bebop to Free Jazz: The Jazzweekend in Regensburg is looking for musicians, bands, and combos from all genres and styles of jazz music.
The application period for the 2026 edition ends on November 30th, 2025. Applications can only be submitted online using our application form here.
Impressions
Venues 25
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Amore, Vino & Amici
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Bismarckplatz
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Boulderwelt
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Così
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Degginger
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Festivallounge
Festivallounge
At the Jazzweekend Lounge at Kohlenmarkt, you'll find all the information, the program flyer, and great merchandise products for purchase: Fri 17:00 pm–10:00 pm, Sat and Sun 11:00 am–10:00 pm.
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Gewerbepark
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Haidplatz
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Hansa Apart-Hotel Bar & Restaurant
Hansa Apart-Hotel Bar & Restaurant
Here you can find all events of the venue.
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Kallmünz
Kallmünz
The shuttle bus runs free of charge between the Jazzweekend venues in Regensburg and Kallmünz. Departures:
Regensburg, Dachauplatz
Sat 12 Jul, 3:00 pm and 6:30 pm
Kallmünz, Friedhofsplatz
Sat 12 Jul, 5:30 pm and 11:00 pm.
This year there are five venues in Kallmünz:
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Leerer Beutel salon
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Rehorik Rösterei & Feinkost
Rehorik Rösterei & Feinkost
Here you can find all events of the venue.
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Ruthof at the Marc-Aurel-Ufer
Ruthof am Marc-Aurel-Ufer
Here you can find all events of the venue.
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St.-Kassians-Platz
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Thon-Dittmer-Palais
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Town Space between the stages
Altstadtraum zwischen allen Bühnen
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Shuttle-Terminal
Shuttle-Haltestelle
The shuttle bus runs free of charge between the Jazzweekend venues in Regensburg and Kallmünz. Departures:
Regensburg, Dachauplatz
Sat 12 Jul, 3:00 pm and 6:30 pm
Kallmünz, Friedhofsplatz
Sat 12 Jul, 5:30 pm and 11:00 pm.
FAQ & Service
Information for visitors
Here visitors will find the most important answers to all questions about the Bavarian Jazzweekend.
Information for musicians
Here musicians will find the most important answers to all questions about applications, transportation, setup and the most important contact points.
Application for Stands and Venue Managers
Be part of the Bavarian Jazzweekend and offer culinary delights at your stand! Interested stand owners can apply here for a stand at the Jazzweekend.
As a venue manager at Jazzweekend, you will be responsible for culinary offers at the venues and organizing the stands on site. Apply here by January 31st, 2026.
Curators 25
Curators 25
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Andreas Kolb
JazzZeitung.de
Andreas Kolb completed his journalist education in Stuttgart before moving to Munich for several years to work at ECM Records, among others. In 1997, he joined the publishing house ConBrio in Regensburg. He is the chief editor of the online-magazine “JazzZeitung.de” and the periodical “neue Musikzeitung” and a passionate visitor of the Jazzweekend. He even lives in walking distance of most of the Jazzweekend's event locations - a fact he does not consider a coincidence.
Being a long-term member of the Jazzclub Regensburg, he has also been part of the jury for the “Albert Mangelsdorff Jazzpreis” and the “Internationaler Jazzpreis der Nürnberger Nachrichten” several times. He is currently a member of the selection committees for the “German Jazz Trophy“ and the “BMW Welt Jazz Award”.
„Not only from my professional perspective do I consider Jazz and new music as two sides of the same coin. Both genres are the most interesting and creative ones of contemporary music and I am highly curious about their development.“ -
Marion Dimbath
Curator representing independent musicians
Marion Dimbath studied jazz trombone in Munich and Würzburg, graduating with a diploma in music education. She was a member of the Landesjugendjazzorchester under the direction of Harald Rüschenbaum and the Bundesjugendjazzorchester under the direction of Peter Herbolzheimer. For the past 25 years, she has worked as a freelance trombonist, singer, and tubist in various jazz, rock, and pop ensembles, in theater, and as a trombone and euphonium instructor.
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Jazzclub Regensburg
With over 70 top-class concerts and various other projects every year, the Jazzclub Regensburg significantly enriches the music and cultural scene in the region. In addition to the regional jazz scene, prominent national and international stars are also featured regularly. The club, which was founded in 1983, currently has 780 members, making it one of the most active jazz clubs in Germany.
At the Jazzweekend, more than 70 volunteers regularly perform important work for the organisation and stage management of the festival, as well as for the operation of information and beverage booths. The board member Bernhard Lindner is currently active for the board of trustees of the Bavarian Jazzweekend. -
Prof. Tizian Jost
Chairman of the Bayerischer Jazzverband e.V. (BayJV)
Being a prominent character of the German jazz scene, jazz pianist Tizian Jost has been leading the Bavarian jazz association since December 2012.
Jost is a popular guest on international festivals and has an extraordinary oeuvre of over 60 CD recordings. Moreover, he is a successful university teacher at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Munich, where he teaches his own masterclass in jazz piano. Unsurprisingly, his graduates have shown remarkable careers themselves winning a great number of prizes. During his almost 10 years on the managing board of the jazz assocation, Jost has had a great amount of Influence on the cultural politics In Bavaria and has made a significant contribution to the funding of jazz music by the public domain.
Bayerischer Jazzverband e.V. (BayJV)
The Bavarian jazz association is a democratically constituted representation of the entire Bavarian jazz scene and is responsible for communicating jazz-related issues to political representatives in Bavaria. The association works closely with the Bavarian Music Council. -
Hochschule für Musik und Theater München
Jazz Department HMTM
»Jazz«, being a musical and an individual form of artistic expression, always includes both: mastering and continuing the tradition on the one hand, and looking for new possibilities of expression, crossing boundaries and merging diverse musical styles on the other.
The central teaching and learning principles of the program focus on showing the students how to take responsibility in a vocational course of study that not only meets the instrumental requirements but also calls for crossing (musical) boundaries without reservations.
The city of Munich is a culturally attractive location and offers a wide range of performance opportunities on and beyond the university grounds. The Gasteig with its various concert halls, which attract large audiences, is a particular suitable venue for the jazz program to reach out to a wide public. Clubs, open-air stages, weekly sessions and festivals give students the opportunity to gain stage experience during their years of training.
Within the Bayerisches Jazzweekend’s selection committee the three jazz academies Munich, Nuremberg and Würzburg rotate, with Munich to take place in 2025.
Artistic director
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Christian Sommerer
Artistic director
Trained by the German Federal Jazz Orchestra and the Bavarian Landesjugendjazzorchester, Christian Sommerer completed several years of jazz studies to become a bass trombonist. He founded his first Big Band at the age of 16. Since then, he has played the bass trombone in numerous bands (including Peter Herbolzheimer Rhythm Combination & Brass, Al Porcino Big Band, Sunday Night Orchestra, Bobby Burgess Big Band Explosion, Dusko Goykovich Big Band).
Sommerer, who was born in Regensburg, founded the professional Summit Jazz Orchestra at the age of 21, which gave over 60 concerts in Regensburg as part of a multi-year concert series, being the forerunner of the Jazzorchester Regensburg - Die Volvo Big Band. The orchestra even had five appearances at the Montreux Jazz Festival and toured through the USA, Siberia and the Urals on behalf of the German Foreign Office and the Goethe Institute. Numerous other tours took Christian Sommerer all over the world: from Asia to South America, from Brazil to the jungles of Amazonia.
Until the death of jazz legend Bob Brookmeyer, he had been the managing director of one of the best jazz orchestras in the world, the Bob Brookmeyer New Art Orchestra, for twelve years.
In autumn 2021, the city of Regensburg entrusted him with the artistic direction of the Bavarian Jazz Weekend.
Sponsors 25
The Jazzweekend, although hosted by the City of Regensburg, has always been a collaborative effort. Therefore, we would like to give special thanks to our sponsors.
Exclusive partner
Hotel partner
Media partner
Stage sponsors
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