Headliners
Leuven Jazz serves up some of the strongest names as well as new sounds from the international jazz scene. Don't miss them!
GONDWANA NIGHT
ft. Svaneborg Kardyb, Jack Wyllie presents Paradise Cinema & Kessoncoda.
Gondwana Records presents three fresh and discoverable acts. Experience them up close, joining them on stage and in the foyer.
SAT 15.03 – 30CC/SCHOUWBURG
CHANTAL ACDA & THE NORTH SEA DRIFTERS + NAIMA JORIS & VITJA PAUWELS + CAOILFHIONN ROSE
Women in jazz
Three concerts like a soft blanket on a crisp spring evening. Three disarming female artists who embrace and cherish melancholy
SUN 16.03 – 30CC/SCHOUWBURG
THE LAST POETS
The Godfathers of Spoken Word & Hip Hop
Join The Last Poets and their powerful message of poetry, jazz and protest!
During the day, we will also organise a unique Masterclass and a Book Talk with The Last Poets.
FRI 21.03 - 30CC/SCHOUWBURG
NEW! TOM SKINNER ‘VOICES OF BISHARA’
openers: Eliott Knuets & Maël Idris / Emma Rawicz & Gwilym Simcock
Sadly, no Dave Holland & Lionel Loueke, but no worries! We bring a punishing Belgian duo, a ravishing British duo and the absolute world-class of Tom Skinner's quintet Voices of Bishara
SAT 22.03 – 30CC/SCHOUWBURG
DANILO PÉREZ, JOHN PATITUCCI, BRIAN BLADE & SPECIAL GUEST RAVI COLTRANE - LEGACY OF WAYNE SHORTER
Aftershow: Alex Koo trio
We end Leuven Jazz 2025 in beauty; a tribute to saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter (1933-2023).
In the second part, pianist Alex Koo presents his brand new album Blame It on My Chromosomes.
SUN 23.03 – 30CC/SCHOUWBURG | SOLD OUT