The Poznań Old Jazz Festival has been held in Poznań since 2009. It is organised by Dixie Club - the Wielkopolska Association of Traditional Jazz. The festival is a celebration of "good old jazz". In addition to concerts, the festival features a colourful New Orleans parade and an educational Small Jazz Academy programme.

The musical stars of the Festival are the bands Klaipėdos Diksilendas Memeland of Lithuania, Sunny Grove Dixie of Latvia, Medikus Jazz Band Lviv of Ukraine and the Polish groups Dixie Company and Happy Jazz Band.

In the festival's programme:

• 12 noon-1pm: New Orleans Parade passing from the Old Market Square to the Old Brewery (or, in case of inclement weather, remaining within the Old Brewery)
• 2pm-2:45pm: Little Jazz Academy and manual arts competition for children, venue: Old Brewery Chessboard
• 5pm-9pm: gala concert, venue: Old Brewery Chessboard
• starting at 5pm: screening of films with jazz in the background: Vabank and My Bike

 Between 6 and 11 September, the event will feature an exhibition of music-themed paintings to be displayed next to the Old Brewery Chessboard. To learn more, see: http://oldjazzfestival.pl and https://www.facebook.com/DixieCompany.

 admission free

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