The Piacenza Jazz Fest returns to liven up the city from 1 March to 30 April 2025.
The Piacenza Jazz Fest is organised by the Piacenza Jazz Club association, which every year proposes a programme of prestigious international names
Main Concert programme
Calibro 35 – Opening concert
When: Saturday 1 March 2025 – 9.15 pm
Where: Spazio Le Rotative
‘Jazzploitation
Performing:
Enrico Gabrielli (wind instruments, keyboards, percussion)
Massimo Martellotta (guitars, synth)
Roberto Dragonetti (bass)
Fabio Rondanini (drums)
Tommaso Colliva (sound, direction)
Tickets
Full € 25 – Reduced € 20
Online presale: Vivaticket
NON-SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT
Emanuele Parrini – Dimitri Grechi Espinoza
When: Tuesday 4 March 2025 – 9.15 p.m.
Where: Basilica of San Savino
‘Solo duo’
Performing:
Emanuele Parrini (violin)
Dimitri Grechi Espinoza (saxophones)
FREE ENTRANCE
(no reservations)
Cècile McLorin Salvant
When: Saturday 8 March 2025 – 9.15 p.m.
Where: Sala degli Arazzi c/o Alberoni Gallery
Performing:
Cécile McLorin Salvant (voice)
Glenn Zaleski (piano)
Yasushi Nakamura (double bass)
Kyle Poole (drums)
Tickets
Full € 25 – Reduced € 20
Online presale: Vivaticket
Vincent Peirani Trio
When: Saturday 15 March 2025 – 9.15 p.m.
Where: Conservatory ‘G. Nicolini
‘Jokers’
Performing:
Vincent Peirani (accordion)
Federico Casagrande (guitar)
Ziv Ravitz (drums, keyboards)
Tickets
Full € 20 – Reduced € 15
Online presale: Vivaticket
Giuditta Franco Quartet and Michael Mayo
When: Tuesday, 18 March 2025 – 9.15 p.m. (double set)
Where: Conservatory ‘G. Nicolini
Winner of the Bettinardi Competition 2024 section C
Performing:
Giuditta Franco (voice)
Guglielmo Santimone (piano)
Francesco Bordignon (double bass)
Edoardo Battaglia (drums)
Michael Mayo (vocals)
Andrew Freedman (piano, keyboards)
Kyle Miles (double bass)
Robin Baytas (drums)
Tickets
Full € 20 – Reduced € 15
Online presale: Vivaticket
Shai Maestro solo
When: Friday 21 March 2025 – 9.15 p.m.
Where: Conservatory ‘G. Nicolini
Performing:
Shai Maestro (piano)
Tickets
Full € 20 – Reduced € 15
Online presale: Vivaticket
Giovanni Guidi
When: Friday 28 March 2025 – 9.15 p.m.
Where: Sala degli Arazzi c/o Alberoni Gallery
feat. James Brandon Lewis
‘A New Day’
Performing:
Giovanni Guidi (piano)
James Brandon Lewis (saxophone)
Joe Rehmer (double bass)
João Lobo (drums)
Tickets
Full € 25 – Reduced € 20
Online presale: Vivaticket
Richard Galliano solo
When: Saturday 29 March 2025 – 9.15 p.m.
Where: Social Theatre of Stradella
in co-production with Fondazione Tetracordo
Performing:
Richard Galliano (accordion)
Tickets
Various entrances and reductions
Advance sale at the Teatro Sociale di Stradella and online: Vivaticket
NON-SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT
Saihs and Mediterranean waves feat. Javier Girotto
When: Thursday, 3 April 2025 – 9.15 p.m. (double set)
Where: Milestone Live Club
Winners of the Bettinardi Competition 2024 section B
Performing:
Matteo Zecchi (tenor sax)
Giulio Mari (trumpet)
Giulio Tullio (trombone)
Lorenzo Fiorentini (piano)
Giulio Barsotti (double bass)
Edoardo Battaglia (drums)
Michele Sannelli (vibraphone)
Simone Locarni (piano)
Enrico Palmieri (double bass)
Antonio Marmora (drums)
Tickets
Full € 15 – Reduced € 12
Online presale: Vivaticket
Dameronia
When: Saturday 5 April 2025 – 9.15 pm
Where: Milestone Live Club
in collaboration with ‘G. Nicolini’ Conservatory
special guest FLAVIO BOLTRO
Performing:
Flavio Boltro (trumpet)
Mattia Cigalini (sax)
Antonio Ciacca (piano)
Lenny Scalvini (double bass)
Luca Codecco (drums)
Tickets
Full € 15 – Reduced € 12
Online presale: Vivaticket
Mc Coy Tyner Legends
When: Saturday 12 April 2025 – 9.15 pm
Where: Sala degli Arazzi c/o Alberoni Gallery
‘A musical tribute to the legacy of McCoy Tyner’.
Performing:
Avery Sharpe (double bass)
Azar Lawrence (saxophone)
Chico Freeman (saxophone)
Antonio Faraò (piano)
Yoron Israel (drums)
Tickets
Full € 25 – Reduced € 20
Online presale: Vivaticket
Alegiani/Kinzelman/Puglisi
When: Sunday 27 April 2025 – 9.45 p.m.
Where: Milestone Live Club
‘The girl who cried champagne’
About Carla Bley
in co-production with Crossroads – Jazz Network
Performing:
Costanza Alegiani (vocals)
Dan Kinzelman (sax, clarinet)
Fabrizio Puglisi (piano)
Tickets
Full price € 15 – Reduced price € 12
Tickets can be purchased on the evening at the venue
NON-SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT
THE OTHER FESTIVAL – PROGRAMME
Also for the 2025 edition the Festival proposes the ‘Jazz at School’ programme with free events dedicated to students and features concerts in clubs, squares, book presentations and events in city prisons and at the hospital.
For the ‘Jazz al “Centro” event – Swing Aperitif, at the “Gotico” Shopping Centre, free admission
SugarPie and the Candymen
When: Sunday 9 March 2025, 5.30 p.m.
Fan Fath al band
When: Sunday, 16 March 2025, 5.30 p.m.
Manina Syoufi quintet
When: Sunday, 23 March 2025, 5.30 p.m.
In collaboration with the Conservatorio ‘G. Nicolini
Masterclass with Michael Mayo
When: Tuesday, 18 March 2025, 4.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.
Where: Milestone School of Music
In collaboration with the Municipality of Piacenza, within the event ‘Piacenza in fiore’
Lindy Hop in bloom
When: Sunday 30 March 2025, 5.30 p.m.
Where: Piazza Cavalli – Piacenza
Concert by the Belle Histoire quintet
Dance organised by Big Dance Beat Studio
In collaboration with the Municipality of Piacenza on the occasion of ‘Via di Gusto’.
Renato Podestà and Jacopo Delfini
When: Sunday 6 April 2025, 11 a.m.
Where: Via Calzolai
Performances by:
Renato Podestà (guitar and banjo)
Jacopo Delfini (guitar)
Gianni Satta and Fabrizio Trullu
When: Sunday, 6 April 2025, 11 am
Where: Via Calzolai , 5.30 p.m.
Performances by:
Gianni Satta (trumpet and flugelhorn)
Fabrizio Trullu (piano)
For the INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY, in collaboration with the ‘G. Nicolini’ Conservatory
Jazz-off campus
When: Wednesday 30 April 2025 – from 4.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m.
Where: Historical centre Piacenza
For the Jazz books review
The fabulous story of Pannoica, the patron of jazz
When: Sunday 9 March 2025, 5.30 p.m.
Where: Milestone Live Club
Reflections around ‘Jazz musicians and their three wishes’ with Luca Bragalini
by Pannonica de Koeningswarter, EDT editions
followed by a concert by Franco d’Andrea: ‘Pannonica’s wishes’.
Smoky Tales
When: Sunday 27 April 2025 – 9 p.m.
Where: Milestone Live Club
Presentation with Simone Tansini and authors of Ora pro comics
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Info and pre-sales
Piacenza Jazz Club
via Musso, 5 Piacenza
Monday to Friday 15.00-19.30; Saturday morning (from 08/02 to 05/04) 10.30-12.30
biglietti@piacenzajazzclub.it
tel. 0523.579034 – 366.5373201
