The SGAE Foundation and Jazzaldia present the eight groups to perform at Jazzeñe 2025
XI JazzEñe will run at the 60th Jazzaldia with eight concerts representing an overview of national Jazz, from 23-26 July, at the Victoria Eugenia Theatre.
JazzEñe 2025 will offer a total of eight concerts in four double bills from July 23 to 26. The shows will kick off at 12:30 in San Sebastián’s Victoria Eugenia Theatre for the 11th edition of this Spanish Jazz showcase for international programmers now running for its fifth year at the San Sebastián Jazz Festival/Jazzaldia, in collaboration with the Donostia/San Sebastián City Council and Donostia Kultura.
Selected groups
23 july (12:30)
24 july (12:30)
25 july (12:30)
26 july (12:30)
Tickets on sale
Individual tickets cost €8. Season tickets for the Victoria Eugenia Theatre, including the 4 JazzEñe dates and the Marc Ribot Ceramic Dog concert on 28 July at 12:30, have a price of €56,95 and are now on sale. They can be purchased from the Jazzaldia and Donostia Kultura Websites, and from the Victoria Eugenia Theatre ticket office.
206 Jazz projects submitted
The eight groups have been selected, from the 206 projects submitted, by a committee of professionals made up of Javier Estrella, director of JazzEñe; Miguel Martín, director of Jazzaldia; Trinidad Jiménez, author, flutist and artist selected for 2024; Irene Reig, author, saxophonist and artist participant in 2023; and Adrián Besada, director of Masjazz, a specialized magazine.
About JazzEñe
JazzEñe is a SGAE Foundation programme created to internationally showcase the Jazz produced in Spain, to encourage the participation of Jazz bands in festivals, promote international tours for members of the SGAE and foster meetings and the exchange of experiences and knowledge among professionals in the sector (artists, managers, programmers, festival directors, record companies, etc.) from here and the rest of the world.
Following its first edition, held in Madrid in 2014, the event moved to the city of Valencia and later to Zaragoza and Málaga. Now in its eleventh edition, this showcase bringing the reality of Spanish Jazz to audiences and directors of European festivals will take place for the fifth consecutive year at the San Sebastián Festival, which, in its 60th edition, represents one of the great bastions of Jazz not only in Spain, but also in Europe and the rest of the world.
Work sessions with professionals
One of the main objectives of the SGAE Foundation is the internationalisation of the repertoire of SGAE members, male and female. To that end, among those attending JazzEñe are people involved in programming at Jazz festivals, Jazz fairs and Jazz halls all over the world, who are interested in getting to know the reality of the genre in Spain and who are invited by the foundation. In that way, all those professionals, male and female, get to meet the eight groups taking part in the morning sessions, to foster synergy, exchange knowledge and experiences, and reach agreements re collaboration, tours and the possibility of performing on international stages. To date, over five hundred Spanish artists have performed in other countries thanks to this SGAE Foundation programme.
