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| jazzahead! 2017 Registration Open Now! Registration for the 12th jazzahead!, the international jazz scene event, hosted in Bremen, Germany is now available on the new jazzahead! website. Showcase applications can also be submitted from now until 31 October. This international jazz industry event will be held for the 12th time at the trade fair centre MESSE BREMEN from 27 to 30 April 2017 and will attract members of the international jazz scene to the Hanseatic City of Bremen. jazzahead! is the largest international jazz industry event with a showcase festival that is open to the general public. In 2016, the trade fair was attended by more than 2, 700 trade fair participants, featuring969 exhibitors as well as over 15, 000 visitors to the concert programs during the trade fair weekend. Each year jazzahead! presents a partner country - this year FINLAND will be displaying its diverse jazz scene at the trade fair. Exhibitors, co-exhibitors and trade fair participants can now register for jazzahead! 2017. Showcase applications now invited to apply directly at jazzahead.de. With the start of registration for the trade fair, it is now also possible to submit applications for the jazzahead! showcase festival for the four showcase modules: Finnish Night (Finland is the jazzahead! partner country for 2017), European Jazz Meeting, German Jazz Expo and Overseas Night. 40 showcases will be selected by four international panels of judges, comprising of festival directors, program makers and media representatives. The application period ends on 31 October 2016. This year, applications will be processed via the integrated system on the jazzahead! website. Applications can be submitted by exhibitors and co- exhibitors or trade fair participants (all days), which means musicians themselves can also put their bands forward for the judging process. A showcase at jazzahead! provides bands with a specialist international audience and has already proven a far-reaching career boost for many musicians. Here is a testimony of the value of a showcase: "The showcase with my band "Hildegard Lernt Fliegen" was one of the most important moments of my musical career to date. We had the opportunity to present ourselves to a concentrated gathering of the European and international labels, agencies and exhibitors in a very short period of time. As a result of this, countless important doors opened for us in a single evening. I am still benefiting massively from this one concert and I can heartily recommend any band to apply for a showcase!", Andreas Schaerer of his showcase concert in 2012 at the 7th jazzahead!. The band Hildegard Lernt Fliegen was one the bands of jazzahead! gala concert in 2016. USA Umbrella Stand For participants from the USA, jazzahead! offers an umbrella stand that can be booked by management and booking agencies, promoters for clubs and festivals, musicians and bands as well as other participants from the USA. The registration fee for this stand is 325€, the second pass for a company member is only 135€. More services on the new website jazzahead! has redesigned its website in time for the start of its 12th year. From now on more services for trade fair visitors and information for the public will be available at www.jazzahead.de. For example, it is now easier to contact other participants via the communication system and to find more information, music, videos of participating bands and more in the run up to the event. write your comments about the article :: © 2016 Jazz News :: home page |