Successor sought for Belgium’s Jazz Middelheim

The Antwerp authorities are looking for a new partner to stage a jazz festival in the city after the organiser of the event went bust

Jazz Middelheim
Jazz Middelheim © Maarten Mellemans

The City of Antwerp is looking for a new promoter to come forward to run a new jazz festival in the Belgian city following the demise of the long-running Jazz Middelheim.

First held in 1969, Jazz Middelheim hosted artists such as Van Morrison, Jamie Cullum, Patti Smith, Ludovico Einaudi, Jean “Toots” Thielemans, John Zorn, Wynton Marsalis, Wayne Shorter, Kenny Werner, Archie Shepp, Robin Verheyen and Cassandra Wilson.

It was most recently staged in 2022, but Jazz en Muziek – the non-profit…

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