SUNDAY, 21ST APRIL

Come and discover the Festival program to the sound of new Orleans jazz at the new Malvasia Interpretation Center.

A small parade will end at the Café Bar Roy with the participation of the festival’s usual musicians.

Jazz on the street: JAS Band

Show

Time: 17:30

Location: CIM - Plaza Joan Duran i Ferret

Parade

Time: 18:30

Route: Plaza Eduard Maristany, Francesc Gumà, Jesus, Cap de la Vila, Parellades.

Performance at the Café Bar Roy at 19:00.

THURSDAY, 25TH OF APRIL

students from years 1 and 6 from Sitges primary schools will discover the origins of New Orleans Jazz at the Casino Prado.
‘Jazz manouche’ will be the protagonist of the afternoon and evening concerts with the collaboration of the Django Festival from Hospitalet de Llobregat. What’s more, La Gourville JugBand will debut at the festival with its repertoire of songs in a style that’s little known in our country: ‘jug band’ music.

SCHOOL AUDITIONS

The Origins of Jazz

Time: 9:30

Location: Casino Prado Theatre

Admission: exclusively for Sitges schools. www.audicions.com

With the Apocadixie Cotton Pickers group, you will discover the musical styles that merged together at the end of the 19th century on the banks of the Mississippi. Instruments, rhythms and musical traditions from different cultures were found living together in New Orleans and from this mixture a new language emerged: Jazz!

GOURVILLE JUG BAND

Time: 18:30

Location: El Retiro, assembly hall

Admission: free

Limited capacity

Blues, ragtime and American folk song form part of the band's repertoire. Jacques Pallas founded the Gourville Jug Band in 1971. From that moment on, it has influenced many other bands of this style and many first class musicians have passed through its ranks.

EMMCA PROJECT

Time: 19:30

Location: La Vall

Admission: free

Limited capacity

The EMMCA Gipsy Project starts with ‘jazz manouche’ classes from the Hospitalet de Llobregat Municipal School of Music. A centre for the arts like no other in the world which offers classes in this style of music directed at children and adults.

TERTULIA BOHEMIA

The washboard and Jug Bands

Time: 20:00

Location: El Retiro, assembly hall

Admission: free

Limited capacity

A talk with the French musician and luthier Jacques Pallas. Founder of the Gourville Jug Band and creator of the ‘stainless’ washboards.
A good opportunity to get one of the best washboards in the world.

DJANGOLÉ

Time: 20:30

Location: La Granja on Carrer Major

Admission: free

Limited capacity

Classical repertoire of swing and ‘jazz manouche’, with a touch of Spanish guitar. Georgi Olschanetski and Javi Martínez are two versatile and virtuous guitarists. In Djangolé they combine each other's different styles of playing to achieve a very special sound that shifts between Django Reinhardt and Paco de Lucía.

FANOU TORRACINTA QUARTET + JAM SESSION

Time: 22:00

Location: Palau del Rei Moro

Admission: free

Limited capacity

Fanou Torracinta is one of the most original young ‘jazz manouche’ guitarists on the international scene. Born in Corsica, he perfects his technique and language with Tchavolo Schmitt. For this concert he will have a high-end partner: the young talent Camil Arcarazo, the leading face of the emerging talent on our country’s ‘jazz manouche’ scene. Together with Rémi Oswaldi and Joan Motera’s rhythmic base, these artists promise to offer an enjoyable concert full of energy, skill, and delicacy.
At the end of the concert by Fanou Torracinta, the palace will become the meeting point for musicians who have participated in the festival throughout the day.

FRIDAY, 26TH APRIL

Family activity organized by the EMMAS music school, with a great concert by The Django Orchestra in the theater hall of El Retiro also taking place during the afternoon. It will be a tribute to both Django Reinhardt and ‘jazz manouche’, the popular gypsy-derived music made famous by Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli with the Quintet du Hot Club. Later, the Gourville Jug Band will open the Jam Session at the Montroig Café.

EMMAS and JAS

Time: 17.30h

Location: Palau del Rei Moro

Admission: free

Limited capacity

An educational activity aimed at families, especially those where there are small musicians interested in learning how jazz works as a language. It will be attended by professors and collaborators from the Montserrat Almirante Municipal School of Music.

SVEN ERIK LUNDEQVIST + FREDRIK CARLQUIST

Time: 19:00

Location: Lady Green

Admission: free

Limited capacity

They will present their new work "Stride and Shine". Sven is a principled pianist, influenced by Fats Waller, Teddy Wilson and Art Tatum, among others. His ‘stride’ piano technique mixed with a modern concept centered on improvisation gives a special character to his performances. Fredrik Carlquist’s clarinet fits perfectly into this sonority.

THE DJANGO ORCHESTRA

Time: 20:00

Location: El Retiro, theater-hall

Admission: €10

Limited capacity

The Django Orchestra is a unique project on the gipsy jazz scene. A formation of 26 musicians on stage, with a recognized track record in the world of jazz and swing, who stir up Django Reinhardt’s repertoire to offer a show that’s elegant and frenetic as well as virtuous and thoughtful, with a range of rhythms that recall the spectacular Big Bands of most explosive swing and, at the same time, offer intimate moments take you on a journey to the cabarets of the early 20th century. At the front, we have Albert Bello, one of the highest representatives of this style in Spain, accompanied by violinist Oriol Saña. A perfect duo with the experience of having stepped on stages across the world, offering their joint brilliance. Bello and Saña join Sergi Vergés, a music maestro responsible for the arrangements made especially for the Django Orchestra.
Advance ticket sales: El Retiro and www.sitgesactiu.com

GOURVILLE JUG BAND + JAM SESSION

Time: 22:00

Location: Montroig Cafè

Admission: free

Limited capacity

A new opportunity to enjoy the Gourville Jug Band, a band invited to this year's festival.
At the end of the concert, you will be able to enjoy the presence of several Jazz Antic musicians who will participate in Friday's Jam Session.

SATURDAY, 27TH APRIL

The Saturday of the Festival usually features pleasant surprises and is often the source of fun tales to be told. It's the day that many musicians look forward to... You simply cannot miss it!

VERMOUTH CONCERT WITH GOURVILLE JUG BAND

Time: 12:00

Location: Gardens at the Hotel Medium Sitges Park

Admission: free

Limited capacity

If you haven’t yet seen the gardens at the Medium Sitges Park Hotel, this is a good opportunity to sip a traditional glass of vermouth to the music of the Gourville Jug Band.

BIG BAND SITGES + ERWYN SEERUTTON

Time: 12:00

Location: El Retiro, theater-lounge

Admission: free

Limited capacity

For this edition, we will see Sitges’ Big Band put on a new program, dedicated to great jazz themes and to the singers who accompanied the Big Bands in their golden age. You’ll be very glad you didn’t miss this concert, which just gets better and better each year along with the Jazz Antic Festival itself. 

SVEN ERIK LUNDEQVIST + FREDRIK CARLQUIST

Time: 16:00

Location: Hotel ME Sitges Terramar

Admission: free

Limited capacity

Drinks and mingling on the rooftop (8th floor) of the Hotel Me Sitges Terramar, where you can discover the new album "Stride and Shine" by the Swedish musicians Sven and Fredrik.

JAZZ ANTIC SITGES PARADE

Time: 19:00

Location: Streets in the local area

The Jazz Antic Festival’s main event is a parade through the streets of Sitges, with the collaboration of the El Retiro theatre group and many musicians from the Catalan and international jazz scene. The musicians will meet at 18:30 in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento (Town Hall Square) and will then make their way round the streets of Sitges. Once they arrive at the seafront promenade, in front of the El Greco monument (at the end of Carrer de Sant Pau) the musicians who must play at each venue will be bid on and organized into groups. Each resulting group will go to their corresponding venue. The sounds created by the groups that you will be able to hear will be unprecedented and almost certainly original!

Route:

Plaza del Ayuntamiento, Major, Cap de la Vila, Jesús, St.Bartomeu , St.Gaudenci, St.Francesc, Cap de la Vila, Parellades, Sant Pau, Passeig de la Ribera.

CENAR & JAZZ

It is an opportunity to see improvised groupings that will be enjoyable both for the spectators and the musicians themselves.

JAZZ CONCERTS

Locations:

La Oca

Queenz

Montroig Cafè

Pizzeria Cap de la Vila

Time: 21:00

Limited capacity

At the end of the parade, the musicians will have a moment to decide the list of songs that they will play and organize the concerts that will be held from 21:00 to 22:00.

It is recommended to reserve a table in advance at the corresponding venues.

JAM SESSION JAZZ ANTIC SITGES

Time: 22:30

Location: Montroig Café

Admission: free

Limited capacity

As is the case every year, at the end of the concerts at each venue the musicians will gather at the Festival’s main Jam Session. If you think the small dinnertime groups are special and original, the combinations put on show at this jam are often particularly spectacular. Don’t miss it!

SUNDAY, 28TH APRIL

For the 6th edition, rain meant a change of plans on the Sunday, moving the concert by Peter Allen to the Casino Prado Suburense venue. We liked it so much, that this year we’re going back for an encore, first at midday with Lucien Barbarin and then in the afternoon with La Vieja Dixieland. We will continue to host the weekly jazz session at Utopia and we’ll finish off the party at the El Garrofer campsite.

LUCIEN BARBARIN & NEW ORLEANS JAZZ TRADITION

Time: 12:00

Place: Casino Prado Suburense

Admission: €5

Limited capacity

Lucien Barbarin is one of the most important figures and best trombonists for present-day traditional jazz. If "tradition" is defined by the inheritance of values and ideas from one generation to another, no one embodies the spirit of traditional jazz better than Lucien.

Nephew of the legendary drummer Paul Barbarin and cousin of celebrated guitarist Danny Barker, Lucien forms part of one of the families that has shaped jazz right from its earliest roots. He represents the best of a continuous musical tradition, one that continues to thrive. His powerful performances capture the subtle contrast of elegance and humor, which are at the heart of New Orleans traditional jazz.

JAZZ AT UTOPIA BEACH HOUSE

Time: 13:30

Location: Utopia Beach House

Admission: free

Limited capacity

You can attend the jazz session at the Utopia Beach House every Sunday throughout the year. This Sunday will be dedicated to traditional jazz and open to all musicians who wish to participate.

LA VIEJA DIXIELAND, CLÁSICOS 3

Time: 19:30

Location: Casino Prado Suburense

Admission: €5

Limited capacity

La Vieja Dixieland, founded in 1980, is one of the most beloved jazz bands in Catalonia. This year they present us with their "new" show: Clásicos 3.

With Clásicos 3, the band wishes to show its perspective of classic themes, by classic artists, from classic jazz. Music that was made at the beginning of the last century and that, with the creation of new instruments, the discovery of new sounds and a special rhythmic mix, marked the beginning of modern music. With their own arrangements, they will give their own personal version of this music, fusing and overlapping authors such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Jelly Roll Morton with others who are not so well known, and who the band have a desire to rediscover.

END OF FESTIVAL JAM SESSION

Time: 21:00

Location: La Sínia Garden (Camping El Garrofer)

Admission: free

Limited capacity

There will be a concert by Swedish duo Sven and Fredrik, presenting their album “Stride and Shine”, followed by a traditional jazz jam session that will be attended by some of the musicians from this edition of the Jazz Antic Sitges Festival.