36th Cully Jazz Festival

ByMatthias Kirsch

36th Cully Jazz FestivalThe programme for the 36th Cully Jazz Festival has been announced today. Located southeast of Lausanne and close to Montreux, the Swiss village will host some great artists again in April. From April 13th to April 21st, several venues will turn into jazz havens. The three locations are: Next Step, Chapiteau, and Temple.

Among the artists scheduled to perform are Jordan Rakei, Amadou & Mariam (April 13th), Joshua Redman as special guest of the Reis Demuth Wiltgen Trio, Raúl Midón, Erika Stucky (April 14th), the Jean-Luc Ponty/Kyle Eastwood/Biréli Lagrène Trio, David Krakauer & Kathleen Tagg (April 16th), Lisa Simone, Lucia Cadotsch, Shai Maestro (April 17th), Zara McFarlane, Youn Sun Nah, Nik Bärtsch (April 18th), Ambrose Akinmusire, GoGo Penguin (April 19th), Lizz Wright, Sons Of Kemet, Bugge Wesseltoft (April 20th), and Elina Duni (April 21st).

All further info regarding tickets and the full programme can be found right here:
http://www.cullyjazz.ch

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