International Veszprem Jazz Festival to start on Thursday

The festival in the western Hungarian city will kick off with Swiss trumpet player Erik Truffaz, US guitarist Erik Truffaz and French drummer of Ivorian descent Manu Katche playing on Thursday. The programme will also include Swiss drummer Jojo Mayer, US group Scary Pockets, the international supergroup Nils Landgren 4WD, Germany’s Boticelli Baby, British band The New Mastersounds, as well as Hungary’s Keknyul and the Emma Nagy Quintet.

The concerts will be held in central Veszprem, at the Hangvilla, Expresszo, and Papirkutya Kulturbisztro.

Veszprem was awarded the UNESCO City of Music title in 2019, and a highlighted goal of the Veszprem-Balaton 2023 European Capital of Culture scheme is to promote a wide range of musical styles and present local musicians from the region in addition to international stars. As a result, the Veszprem Jazz Festival will feature several Hungarian musicians at the Hangvilla Cafe and students of the Snetberger Foundation will give free concerts at the Papirkutya Kulturbisztro.

Exhibitions by photographer Attila Kleb and the makers of Blasius bass guitars will also be shown during the festival.