{"title": "Otomo Yoshihide New Jazz Quintet", "start": "2026-10-30T23:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Haus der Berliner Festspiele", "address": "Schaperstraße 24, 10719 Berlin", "price": "19, ermäßigt 12", "price_from": "19.00", "price_to": "19.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/jazzfest-berlin/besuch/tickets", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/free-jazz"], "description": "The Otomo Yoshihide New Jazz Quintet performs a concert at Haus der Berliner Festspiele as part of Jazzfest Berlin. Behind the project is Japanese musician, composer and bandleader Otomo Yoshihide, a versatile artist in creative music. With guitar, trumpet, trombone, double bass and drums, the quintet explores the free jazz of the 1960s, notably Ornette Coleman and Eric Dolphy. Its repertoire mixes classics with original compositions and Jim O'Rourke's work Eureka into a study full of contrasts.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/otomo-yoshihide-new-jazz-quintet-16612/", "official_url": "https://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/jazzfest-berlin/programm/2026/kalender/otomo-yoshihide-new-jazz-quintet", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ce9b7bac3bd91327b0d23711d3cba2a5c04992958cf2da3454d101ad15cbd086-600.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-10-30T23:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Haus der Berliner Festspiele", "address": "Schaperstraße 24, 10719 Berlin", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Graewe / Jones / Drake // ganavya // Globe Unity Orchestra", "start": "2026-11-01T18:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Haus der Berliner Festspiele", "address": "Schaperstraße 24, 10719 Berlin", "price": "32/42, ermäßigt 20/25", "price_from": "32.00", "price_to": "42.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/jazzfest-berlin/besuch/tickets", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/free-jazz"], "description": "A concert evening at Jazzfest Berlin at Haus der Berliner Festspiele with three parts: first the trio Graewe / Jones / Drake, then singer ganavya, and finally the Globe Unity Orchestra. Pianist Georg Graewe, a key figure in German free jazz history, performs with drummer Hamid Drake and bassist Brad Jones; the evening also marks the trio's German premiere. ganavya, an Indian-American singer based in Berlin, blends jazz harmonies, flowing improvisation and South Asian devotional traditions. The Globe Unity Orchestra around pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach celebrates its 60th anniversary, for the first time with a four-hands piano piece between the bandleader and Aki Takase, plus a rare trombone appearance by composer George Lewis.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/graewe-jones-drake-ganavya-globe-unity-orchestra-16707/", "official_url": "https://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/jazzfest-berlin/programm/2026/kalender/graewe-jones-drake-ganavya-globe-unity-orchestra", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d590b0eb12331dca155eb60151b6c5241b7a0cc23258e144f42db5f3ef1a7936-600.webp"}, {"title": "Zig Zag Hall: Hiromi Trio", "start": "2026-11-05T18:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-05T20:00:00+01:00", "place": "EUREF-Campus Berlin", "address": "Torgauer Straße 25 10829 Berlin", "price": "50 € (Mitglieder: 25 €)", "price_from": "50.00", "price_to": "50.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/konzerte/kalender/56510", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/fusion"], "description": "ZIG ZAG HALL: Hiromi Trio feat. James Genus & Simon Phillips is a jazz concert with Japanese pianist Hiromi, joined by bassist James Genus and drummer Simon Phillips. Hiromi is regarded as one of the most explosive live performers in jazz history, blending jazz, classical elements, composition and improvisation in a high-energy style. The Grammy Award winner has performed at events including the 2021 Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony and received the Japanese Academy Award in 2024 for the soundtrack to Blue Giant. With her Trio Project she returns to the road in 2026, exploring both acoustic and electronic sound worlds.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/zig-zag-hall-hiromi-trio-58195/", "official_url": "https://www.zigzag-jazzclub.berlin/program-mai/hiromitrio", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9a21cc265eb21fdd4507b295119045befe341a2ae754e2aa691b3f26b1795c4d-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Christian Lillinger // The Tomeka Reid Quartet // CHICAGO UNDERGROUND Duo", "start": "2026-10-31T18:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Haus der Berliner Festspiele", "address": "Schaperstraße 24, 10719 Berlin", "price": "32/42, ermäßigt 20/25", "price_from": "32.00", "price_to": "42.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventim.de/noapp/event/22139737/", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "At Jazzfest Berlin, three acts share a concert in the Großer Saal of the Haus der Berliner Festspiele: Christian Lillinger, the Tomeka Reid Quartet and the CHICAGO UNDERGROUND Duo. The Tomeka Reid Quartet features Tomeka Reid (cello), Mary Halvorson (guitar), Jason Roebke (bass) and Tomas Fujiwara (drums). The concert is part of the Jazzfest Berlin programme.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/christian-lillinger-the-tomeka-reid-quartet-chicago-undergro-72084/", "official_url": "https://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/en/jazzfest-berlin/programm/2026/kalender/christian-lillinger-tomeka-reid-chicago-underground", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7556a232820ecfb1ece9c0faaf355cb94d0effdbef341066d94c676807f79452-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Rieko Okuda - piano / Steve Swell - trombone / Steve Heather - drums / Harri Sjöström - soprano & sopranino saxophone", "start": "2026-11-10T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "RCHTN25", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/improvisation"], "description": "A concert by four musicians at RCHTN25 in Berlin. Rieko Okuda plays piano, Steve Swell trombone, Steve Heather drums, and Harri Sjöström soprano and sopranino saxophone. Doors open at 19:30, and the music starts sharp at 20:00. The concert appears in the small Berlin concert calendar for Echtzeitmusik, improvised real-time music.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/rieko-okuda-piano-steve-swell-trombone-steve-heather-drums-h-67740/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "JazzFest Berlin @ JIB - JIB Creative Music Orchestra by Anthony Braxton", "start": "2026-10-30T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Universität der Künste Berlin – Fakultät Gestaltung", "address": "Grunewaldstraße 5-2, 10823 Berlin", "price": "frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/improvisation"], "description": "This concert is the closing performance of a multi-day workshop in which around 25 students of the Jazz Institut Berlin gain insight into the artistic practice of Anthony Braxton. The visionary composer and multi-instrumentalist wrote a work especially for the occasion, which the resulting JIB Creative Music Orchestra will perform after learning his improvisation language \"Language Music\". The concert in the Georg-Neumann-Saal is a highlight of this year's Jazzfest Community Week. beforehand, the film DREAM BABY DREAM will be shown.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/jazzfest-berlin-jib-jib-creative-music-orchestra-by-anthony-28986/", "official_url": "https://www.udk-berlin.de/veranstaltung/jazzfest-berlin-jib-1/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e12d3b8d6735aa7bb0137dc54edeccd41ca2338c97b5571dd8d6ee2daf21d8e8-600.webp"}, {"title": "JIB Creative Music Orchestra by Anthony Braxton", "start": "2026-10-30T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Berliner Festspiele", "address": "Schaperstraße 24 10719 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/jazzfest-berlin/besuch/tickets", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/free-jazz"], "description": "JIB Creative Music Orchestra by Anthony Braxton is a closing workshop performance with a concert in the Georg-Neumann-Saal, preceded by the film DREAM BABY DREAM. The visionary composer and multi-instrumentalist Anthony Braxton, a formative figure of contemporary, avant-garde music, meets around 25 students of the Jazz Institut Berlin during a multi-day workshop. The orchestra emerging from the workshop will rehearse a work composed by Braxton especially for this occasion and learn his improvisational language \"Language Music\". The concert is a highlight of this year's Jazzfest Community Week.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/jib-creative-music-orchestra-by-anthony-braxton-16598/", "official_url": "https://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/jazzfest-berlin/programm/2026/kalender/jib-creative-music-orchestra", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e4c39ffd48f31ada37940e8dd6df7c94989d284aacacebc75b475f6f5763c6c5-600.webp"}, {"title": "JazzFest Berlin @ JIB - JIB Creative Music Orchestra by Anthony Braxton", "start": "2026-10-30T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "UNI.T", "address": "Fasanenstraße 1b, 10623 Berlin", "price": "frei / free entry", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "The JIB Creative Music Orchestra gives a concert as the closing performance of a multi-day workshop. In it, the visionary composer and multi-instrumentalist Anthony Braxton gave around 25 students of the Jazz Institut Berlin insights into his artistic practice. The orchestra has worked on a piece composed by Braxton especially for this occasion and learns his improvisation language \"Language Music\". The film DREAM BABY DREAM is shown before the concert; the concert is a highlight of this year's Jazzfest Community Week.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/jazzfest-berlin-jib-jib-creative-music-orchestra-by-anthony-31778/", "official_url": "https://www.udk-berlin.de/veranstaltung/jazzfest-berlin-jib-1/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e12d3b8d6735aa7bb0137dc54edeccd41ca2338c97b5571dd8d6ee2daf21d8e8-600.webp"}, {"title": "Jazzfest Berlin – Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (Exit) Knarr", "start": "2026-10-31T22:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Quasimodo", "address": "Kantstraße 12A, 10623 Berlin", "price": "ab 19 € (zzgl. Gebühr)", "price_from": "19.00", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/jazzfest-berlin/programm/2026/kalender/ingebrigt-haker-flaten-exit-knarr", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "A Jazzfest Berlin concert, a German premiere, at the Quasimodo club. The Norwegian bassist Ingebrigt Håker Flaten leads his band (Exit) Knarr, featuring musicians such as Marta Warelis, Amalie Dahl, Jonathan F. Horne, Olaf Olsen, Karl Hjalmar Nyberg and Karl Bjorå. Founded in 2020 for the Vossa Jazz festival, the post-bop group combines a wide range of influences through the prism of jazz, swinging madly while tapping the power of hard rock. Afterwards, musicians from the festival programme improvise in a jam session deep into the night.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/jazzfest-berlin-ingebrigt-haker-flaten-exit-knarr-3842/", "official_url": "https://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/jazzfest-berlin/programm/2026/kalender/ingebrigt-haker-flaten-exit-knarr", "image": "https://noky.io/images/92e5ca624eac93df70deddb9053f7232fe0810b9017585559437878106346d48-600.webp"}, {"title": "Jazzfest Berlin – Ches Smith: Clone Row", "start": "2026-11-01T22:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Quasimodo", "address": "Kantstraße 12A, 10623 Berlin", "price": "ab 19€ (zzgl. Gebühr)", "price_from": "19.00", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://tickets.kbb.eu/kbb.webshop/webticket/bestseatselect?eventId=17288", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "Jazzfest Berlin – Ches Smith: Clone Row is a concert presented by the Berliner Festspiele as part of the Jazzfest Berlin. Versatile drummer Ches Smith brings his quartet Clone Row, featuring Mary Halvorson and Liberty Ellman on guitars and Berlin-based bassist Nick Dunston, for the band's Berlin debut. The group blends jazz with rock grooves and acoustic and electronic sounds into an ever-shifting fusion sound. A free afterparty with SACODE follows the show.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/jazzfest-berlin-ches-smith-clone-row-3843/", "official_url": "https://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/jazzfest-berlin/programm/2026/kalender/ches-smith", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9ac8a9c635fcfe48c8d5dbf9077f0ea7fd27b087bd24fe5bc98f426a2880b5b8-2000.webp"}, {"title": "cttp! 12 Konzerte der Berliner Jazzszene im Wedding: VORWÄRTS/RÜCKWÄRTS", "start": "2026-11-10T20:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-10T22:00:00+01:00", "place": "Alter Schwede", "address": "Schwedenstraße 11A, 13357 Berlin, Germany", "price": "Spende", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/konzerte/festivals/biennale-2027/", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/free-jazz"], "description": "VORWÄRTS/RÜCKWÄRTS is a concert of contemporary chamber jazz from Berlin featuring Maike Hilbig on double bass, Johannes Fink on cello and Gerhard Gschlößl on trombone. The bassist and composer Maike Hilbig presents her trio's brand-new programme. In their compositions the three blend the b-sides of their youth with chamber-music free jazz, creating pieces full of unplannability and exuberance. In doing so they carry the typical 'Berlin Sound' of the early nineties further into the present.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/cttp-12-konzerte-der-berliner-jazzszene-im-wedding-vorwartsr-58216/", "official_url": "https://alterschwedewedding.de/index.php/event/cttp-12-konzerte-der-berliner-jazzszene-im-wedding-vorwaerts-rueckwaerts/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/fda03fea6f4cbe0c2168df35cfe5a783f9e68239a3225fe458cec028b31ad455-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Artist Talk", "start": "2026-10-30T17:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Haus der Berliner Festspiele", "address": "Schaperstraße 24, 10719 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/jazzfest-berlin/besuch/tickets", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "The Artist Talk is a conversation held as part of Jazzfest Berlin. It brings together musicians George Lewis, Alexander von Schlippenbach and Aki Takase with the festival's artistic director Nadin Deventer, moderated by journalist Peter Margasak. The subject is the Globe Unity Orchestra's artistic work and its significance for music history, 60 years after the ensemble's debut at the former Berlin Jazz Days. Admission is free.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/artist-talk-16527/", "official_url": "https://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/jazzfest-berlin/programm/2026/kalender/artist-talk-01-11", "image": "https://noky.io/images/98c00c43fd56e4978b91db2cf01fa0d474219a8b1f9b6fc31ab8419dda7dd3cd-600.webp"}, {"title": "ZIG ZAG HALL: Hiromi Trio feat. James Genus & Simon Phillips", "start": "2026-11-05T17:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Zig Zag", "address": "Hauptstraße 89, 12159 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt: 50 €, Mitglieder: 25 €", "price_from": "50.00", "price_to": "50.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventim-light.com/de/a/665710997ed5f05a0e32f0e9/e/6a9aa5d34d592f6719990b06", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/contemporary-jazz"], "description": "ZIG ZAG HALL: Hiromi Trio feat. James Genus & Simon Phillips is a jazz concert at the Zig Zag Jazz Club Berlin. It features the trio of Japanese pianist Hiromi with Simon Phillips on drums and James Genus on bass. Hiromi is considered one of the most explosive live performers in jazz history and is a Grammy Award winner; her high-energy Trio Project returns to the road in 2026. Seats are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/zig-zag-hall-hiromi-trio-feat-james-genus-simon-phillips-24830/", "official_url": "https://www.zigzag-jazzclub.berlin/program-mai/hiromitrio", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9a21cc265eb21fdd4507b295119045befe341a2ae754e2aa691b3f26b1795c4d-2000.webp"}, {"title": "HIKAEME TRIO", "start": "2026-11-11T20:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "PANDAplatforma", "address": "", "price": "10€", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/free-jazz"], "description": "The hikaeme trio appears at PANDA platforma as part of PANDAjazz. Behind it are three Japanese musicians, Taiko Saito, Yuko Oshima and Rieko Okuda, now living in Berlin and Strasbourg, who started the project in 2024. They draw on Nagauta, Ondo and Hayashi, forms each has known since childhood, and let them meet free jazz, rock and improvisation. Their voices answer one another through kakeai, while marimba, vibraphone, taiko drum, drums, rin and piano keep the ground shifting.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/hikaeme-trio-67745/", "official_url": "https://panda-platforma.berlin/events/pandajazz-hikaeme-trio/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/bf35980d2b516adcee90ad477c3a030aa4654849d34b02a57485d1c75c3137db-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Jazz Cafe - Samuel Blaser Quartett", "start": "2026-11-08T15:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Industriesalon Schöneweide", "address": "Reinbeckstraße 10, 12459 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.radiodrei.de/musik/listening-lounge/", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "A jazz concert by the Samuel Blaser Quartet on trombone, piano, bass and drums. Trombonist Samuel Blaser performs with pianist Russ Lossing, bassist Masa Kamaguchi and drummer Billy Mintz. The quartet can be heard on Blaser's double album \"Amaaka / Shadow\", which is rooted in the jazz tradition while opening itself to modern forms of expression. The concert is organized by Jazzkeller 69 e.V.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/jazz-cafe-samuel-blaser-quartett-45528/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "AKI TAKASE & ALEXANDER VON SCHLIPPENBACH – piano solos and duos", "start": "2026-11-11T20:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Sowieso", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.sowiesoberlin.com/Booking-requests", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/free-jazz"], "description": "A concert evening of piano music at the Berlin club Sowieso. Aki Takase and Alexander von Schlippenbach, both pianists, play solo pieces and duos on this evening. The two musicians perform, in turn, alone and together at the piano. The audience hears two concert formations in one evening.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/aki-takase-alexander-von-schlippenbach-piano-solos-and-duos-67744/", "official_url": "https://www.sowiesoberlin.com/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Focus Japan", "start": "2026-08-28T00:00:00+02:00", "end": "2027-01-17T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Berliner Festspiele", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://tickets.kbb.eu/kbb.webshop/webticket/shop?language=de", "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["music/experimental", "occasion/anniversary", "stage/performance-art"], "description": "Focus Japan is a special programme focus by the Berliner Festspiele dedicating their anniversary year to Japan's performative and musical arts. The Berliner Festspiele present it in partnership with the Japanisch-Deutsches Zentrum Berlin, with the Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz as cooperation partner. Its contributions are spread across Musikfest Berlin, the Performing Arts Season, Jazzfest Berlin and MaerzMusik as well as a project developed for public space. Among the works shown are the Kanze Nō Theatre, Damien Jalet and Kohei Nawa's „Planet [wanderer]“, Dumb Type's „2020“, Akira Takayama's „What If Berlin“ and the Otomo Yoshihide New Jazz Quintet.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/focus-japan-72095/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0e27189a03c4439428a48200f4195b12cbb3a1e397baea7574a5af0350998ad0-2000.webp"}]}