International Jazz Days Bad Elster
2025
Edition 2025 — Finished
Edition 2025 — Jazz Days Bad Elster
21st Edition 2025 — Bozen Brass and a Jazz Crime
The 2025 Jazz Days once again relied on the proven mix of theatre, open-air, and KunstWandelhalle concerts. The festival opened on Friday, August 15, with a theatre concert by Bozen Brass from South Tyrol — a virtuoso brass ensemble that was celebrated with a standing ovation in Bad Elster.
The closing on Sunday, August 17, featured "Good Bait — The Bait Is Me," a jazz crime reading based on the novel by Bill Moody. Actor Martin Bertram read the text, accompanied by a live jazz band. A preview with Ted & Zed Mitchell on August 12, a piano matinee in the KunstWandelhalle, and a big band jazz promenade on Sunday on the Badeplatz rounded off the program.
Programme
August 15–17, 2025
- August 12 (Preview): Ted & Zed Mitchell — Blues and Ballads
- August 15: Opening Concert Bozen Brass (König Albert Theater)
- August 16: Concerts at the Theater and NaturTheater
- August 17: Piano Matinee KunstWandelhalle, Big Band Promenade at the Badeplatz
- August 17: Closing "Good Bait — The Bait Is Me" (Jazz Crime Reading)
Highlights
- Opening with Bozen Brass from South Tyrol
- Jazz crime reading "Good Bait"
- Big Band Jazz Promenade on the Badeplatz
Prices
Ticket prices vary by concert. Tickets available through Tourist-Info Bad Elster.