In our ever-changing world, it is an amazing achievement for one of the world’s greatest jazz festivals to celebrate its 30th birthday and we are proud to have been a key partner for so much of that journey. The EFG London Jazz Festival has innovation, collaboration and adaptability at its core, all values we admire and aspire to share. Every year it invites the artists and the audiences to come together and experience the very best of the Arts.
Over the course of its history, we have seen the Festival go from strength to strength and evolve into a vital platform from which young artists can flourish. As a result, there is now an impressive ‘jazz alumni’, who have grown up with the Festival and are now established artists in their own right.
The 30th EFG London Jazz Festival promises to be very special, with a vibrant line-up that explores every corner of the jazz world, from celebrated global icons to the next generation of up-and-coming jazz superstars from the UK.
As well as the 300 shows and 2,000 artists that make up this year’s live Festival, in recent years the programme has successfully evolved to combine live music with fresh digital content, reaching a whole new audience. One constant, however, is the EFG Elements Series, four shows we hand-pick in conjunction with Festival organisers Serious, that exemplify the richness and diversity of line-up and our shared commitment to the next generation of emerging talent and the creation of new music.
So please join us as the EFG London Jazz Festival takes over some of the capital’s most iconic venues, putting live performance at its centre, transcending social boundaries and uniting people with a shared sense of community.