North Sea Jazz Festival, the biggest indoor jazz festival in the world: what does it take?

11 April 2024, 16:45 – 17:15 | Hall 6, Conference Room

This July, the 47th North Sea Jazz Festival will take place in Rotterdam, where the big friendly giant – after 30 years in The Hague – has been living since 2006. Three days at the massive Ahoy event centre, with 180 groups on 14 stages, and about 90.000 visitors: how do they do it? How do you put together a festival with the best names in jazz, world and whatever comes close in pop, soul and hip-hop? What are the biggest challenges for the team?

Festival director Jan Willem Luyken and programmer Michelle Kuypers will engage in conversation with journalist John Murph.

Speakers:
Michelle Kuypers (North Sea Jazz, NL)
Jan Willem Luyken (North Sea Jazz, NL)

Interviewer:
John Murph (Downbeat, JazzTimes, TIDAL, NPR, US)