Name: Breda Jazz Festival
Start: 2025-05-29T12:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-06-01T10:30:00+00:00

Various stages in Breda

The Breda Jazz Festival takes place every year during the weekend of Ascension Day. From Thursday 29th May to Sunday 1st June, you can enjoy more than 200 concerts across 20 venues in the city centre of Breda.&nbsp; Musicians and visitors from all over the world return year after year to attend the festival.&nbsp; The festival opens on Ascension Thursday at 1:00 PM and concludes on Sunday evening. Throughout Breda’s historic city centre, there are venues with their own unique music styles. There is something for everyone.&nbsp;The open-air concerts are free. Tickets for some indoor concerts are now on sale via the <a href="https://www.bredajazzfestival.nl/nieuws/kaartverkoop-breda-jazz-festival-van-start" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jazz Festival Breda website</a>.

The Breda Jazz Festival is the oldest and largest Jazz festival of its kind in Europe and takes place annually from Ascension Day until the Sunday afterwards.

If you say 'Ascension Day' in Breda, then you say 'Jazz Festival', after more than fifty editions an inseparable part of Breda. Local and international artists and a quarter of a million visitors from all over the world know our hospitable city to find every year. Old-style jazz, modern jazz or related styles; Breda Jazz Festival offers them all. This year from Thursday 29 May to Sunday 1 June.

Breda Jazz Festival 2025

That jazz music unites and the Breda Jazz Festival is still vibrant after 53 years proves itself through the festival's programming.
With a new Breda Jazz Award to be presented and several exciting collaborations in the city, there is plenty of news to discover. The Breda Jazz Festival 2025 will take place from 29 May to 1 June.

New at Breda Jazz Festival 2025

The Breda Jazz Festival takes place from Thursday 29 May to Sunday 1 June and features twenty stages, each with its own atmosphere and program. 
Jazz enthusiast, socializer, or party animal? During the Breda Jazz Festival, everyone will find something to enjoy. What's your favorite spot?

Locations Breda Jazz Festival 2025

With more than two hundred performances across twenty stages, you have to make choices. Maartje Lensvelt, team leader of PR & Communications at the Breda Jazz Festival, shares her list of favourites for inspiration. Make the most of it!

What you must not miss during Breda Jazz Festival 2025

The Breda Jazz Festival is one of the biggest events in Breda, attracting around a quarter of a million visitors each year. On this page, we share practical information that is helpful if you are planning to visit the festival.

Practical information Breda Jazz Festival 2025

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Haven't you found what you were looking for yet? Cultural Breda is surprisingly versatile. There's truly everything to discover and do here. Check out what's on in the city over the coming months. Art, dance, film, music, history, theatre… big or small that is big: there's definitely something for you. And try something new too!&nbsp;

Breda Jazz Festival