This summer, Jazznetværket invites Danish concert promoters to two networking meetings during Svendborg Jazzfestival and Aarhus Jazz Festival. We’ll come together around current challenges and opportunities through presentations, dialogue, and the chance to experience the festivals from the inside.

13 June – Svendborg Jazzfestival: How do we reach new audiences?

How do we grow audiences for jazz – and how can we work strategically with programming and communication when artists are not necessarily widely known?

We’ll explore this together with Dansk Live representative Katrine Haugaard, who works with audience segmentation and data-driven programme development. She will share concrete experiences and tools from, among others, MOORJAZZ Festival, which you can apply directly in your work as a concert promoter.

The day also includes insights from the hosts Svendborg Jazzfestival and Spillestedet Harders. As a participant, you’ll get access to Saturday’s concerts, where you can, among others, experience the legendary Danish latin-funk ensemble Buki Yamaz and the German star pianist Pablo Held’s trio.

Read more and sign up for the networking meeting in Svendborg.

4 July – Aarhus Jazz Festival: Artist-in-Residence and international networks

How can an artist-in-residence create new collaborations between venues, promoters, and music communities?

Aarhus Jazz Festival shares experiences from their work with artist-in-residence – most recently with Astrid Engberg (2026), and previously Paal Nilssen-Love and Gustav Ljunggreen & Emil de Waal.

We’ll meet the festival directors Marie Norman Nyeng and Gorm Askjær and gain insight into how the format can be used strategically in programming and network building.

We will also hear from our hosts at Institut for X, one of the many concert organisers in Aarhus Jazz Festival, and conclude with a networking activity featuring international guests from Jazzbüro Hamburg and Musikcentrum Syd (Malmö).

This offers excellent opportunities for you as a concert promoter to build connections with new music communities in Denmark and abroad—and perhaps find inspiration to work with the artist-in-residence format in your own programming.

See the programme and sign up for the networking meeting in Aarhus.

Jazz Danmark’s Jazznetværk strengthens Denmark’s jazz concert promoters

Since 2021, Jazz Danmark has run Jazznetværket with the aim of strengthening concert promoters and project creators in developing ambitious and innovative jazz experiences across the country. If you participate in an event, you automatically become a member of the network.

Jazznetværket is supported by a three-year grant from Augustinus Fonden (2024–2026).

Transport and accommodation

Participation in the networking events is free of charge, and Jazznetværket provides meals in connection with the meetings.
Travel expenses corresponding to the cheapest form of public transport will be reimbursed for participants travelling more than 25 km.
Accommodation is offered in Svendborg (limited availability).

Read more about the practical details in the registration links.