Outstanding music in Dresden from 12 to 19 May 2024: 250 live hours // Tickets remain for some events
The 52nd INTERNATIONALES DIXIELAND FESTIVAL, the world’s largest and oldest traditional jazz festival, opens this coming Sunday and runs from 12 May to Whit Sunday, 19 May 2024.
The eight days open with traditional “Dixieland in Familie”from 10:00 at Zoo Dresden . Organiser SFV and Sächsische Zeitung invite all ages for games, entertainment, excitement, animals and Dixieland. An extract from Dixieland-ABC für Kinder introduces jazz, instruments and music, inviting children to participate, dance, clap, snap fingers and jump to the Hey song. Performers include Sunshine Brass (Suhl) and Micha Winkler’s Hot Jazz Band (Dresden). Admission is free.
New on Sunday is the “Frühschoppen” at Hotel Ramada by Wyndham Dresden (Wilhelm-Franke-Straße 90), itself new as a venue. From 11:00, Czech Brass Band Rakovnik presents Dixieland and New Orleans jazz as played in jazz’s birthplace in the 1920s/1930s. Admission is free.
Following last year’s successful premiere, Sunday again features “Dixie am Konzertplatz Weißer Hirsch” from 12:00 with Jazzcompany Chemnitz and Dresden’s Jackpot. Admission is free.
Also at 12:00 is “Heide-Dixieland” at Hofewiese beer garden in Langebrück. Boogieman’s Friend feat. Peter Glessing (Erfurt) and Blue Wonder Jazzband (Dresden) provide excellent atmosphere in the Dresdner Heide. Admission is free.
Elbe walkers and cyclists should stop from 13:00 at “Dixieland in der Radelbar” (Zschierener Elbweg), where Dresdner Dixie Six provide outstanding music in a welcoming beer garden overlooking Schloss Pillnitz.
12 May begins eight full days: 38 bands and soloists from ten countries provide around 250 hours in 44 events until Whit Sunday, almost half (110 hours) free, including Dresdner Jazzmeile (17–19 May) and Dixieland-Parade (19 May).
Tickets remain for many paid events. Programme, line-up, sales and further information are at
www.dixielandfestival-dresden.com.
The festival in figures
Bands and soloists: 38
international: 15, other German acts: 11, Dresden: 12
Music:
around 250 hours, including 110 free
Events: 44
Stages/performance sites: 46
