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“Keep on swinging — big-band jazz, rock, blues, Dixieland, jive, pop, funk and soul music” will again fascinate the audience with high-quality world musicians performing at the European Burg Jazz Music Festival July 20 to 22 in Landstuhl.
The Unnerhaus Culture Club will perform its 15th anniversary jazz festival in the courtyard of Nanstein Castle.
The festival will kick-off at 8 p.m. July 20 with the local band Uptown Shufflers and their lead singer Smitty presenting blues, swing and popular grooves.
At the festival, you will see professional presentations that appeal to every rhythm, said Willi Ningelgen, a member of the Unnerhaus Culture Club.
The evening’s top act will be provided by Deidra Jones & Trio from the states. Deidra with her extraordinary voice and performance will present a fascinating soul and pop music show on stage. She was backing vocalist with the Michael Jackson group, touring through Europe with Bob Singleton’s Golden Gospel Singers and the famous Jackson Singers. The first day will come to a close with Smitty, Molli and Corinna in the Castle Battery Tower around midnight.
The festival will continue at 5 p.m. July 21 with the New Orleans Preachers from France presenting inspiring marching sounds leading the audience directly into the streets of New Orleans.
The first highlight of the evening will be the European Andors Jazz Bigband with bandleader Andor Lukacs. He established the professional band in 1978 touring through the concert halls of Europe demonstrating the finest New Orleans and Kansas City Swing with hot-dance elements from the 1920s and 1930s. They bring back the real prime time of great American traditional jazz.
The festival’s top act will follow with the Honorary Citizen of New Orleans, the famous Barrelhouse Jazzband featuring the jazz singer Harriet Lewis from Philadelphia and one of the world’s best clarinet players, bandleader Reimer von Essen. The after-show entertainment with the New Orleans Preachers in the Battery Tower will end around midnight.
July 22 will be family day. The festival will start at noon with the New Orleans Preachers marching. Top act will be Power of Tower playing funk and groove. Finally, Jordan’s Drive will bring a change of genre.
“The Danish jive orchestra will finish this year’s festival with a fantastic power-show, a striking experience for eyes and ears,” Ninglegen said. “With authentic zoot suits, acrobatic Cadillac dancers and a lot of mad ideas, Jordan’s Drive leads the audience through the colorful world of swing and jive.
For all fans of dance, music or concerts this crazy power-show is a must.” The festival will end at around 6 p.m.
Tickets will be available at the entrance to the Nanstein Castle in Landstuhl. Cheaper tickets can be purchased in advance at the health food store Hackler, Landstuhl (call 06371-71549), the bookstore Boehm at the Landstuhl train station (call 06371-2742), or online at www.unnerhaus-kulturclub.de/burgjazz. Advance tickets for single days are much cheaper than daily tickets. An advance ticket for all three days is €42. A “Rheinpfalz Card” saves another €2. Children under 12 are free. The Culture Club is a non-profit organization and proceeds are only being used for cultural events.
(Courtesy of Unnerhaus Culture Club)
