General Info
jazzahead! is a trade fair, conference and showcase festival - with contemporary, high-profile jazz from Germany and Europe and from overseas. From April 11th to 13th, the jazz world will come together to network, exchange ideas, attend conferences and panels, and experience 40 showcase concerts in the official program during four days at jazzahead!
In 2023 were around 3,000 professional participants from 60 nations were registered, coming from various fields of business activities like: artists, bookers, labels, agencies, publishers, festivals and clubs, distributors, production companies, lobby institutions, associations, press and more.
jazzahead!, the world’s most significant annual jazz convention in Bremen, Germany, connects you with the international scene.
Exhibitors
With your own stand at the fair, you have the maximum trade fair visibility. From miniature booths with 4 m to larger individual solutions, we offer stands and stand equipment for your needs and budget, so that you can present yourself optimally.
Becoming a jazzahead! exhibitor is easy.
Do you want to book a stand or receive a non-binding offer?
Simply follow our three-step procedure:
Why exhibit at jazzahead! ? Find out for yourself by checking our jazzahead! fact and figures. We'd also be happy to advise you personally, answer all your questions about taking part and make you an offer tailored to your requirements.
Simply contact Malena Drela or Laura Hadrych with your questions
New: Book online via our exhibitor portal.
It's easy to submit your stand and location requirements via our exhibition software. You can also use the program to register co-exhibitors and order technical and other services.
Have you already exhibited at jazzahead! in the past, or do you receive regular information from us? Great - then you're already in our system. Please click “Forgotten your password?” and create your personal access data using your e-mail address.
Would you like to join the trade fair for the first time and haven't yet been contacted by us? Please register as a new exhibitor by clicking “New registration”.
For assistance with registration process please read:
After final confirmation of your stand, you can order the stand structure and additional services over the Exhibitor-Service-Center.
Create your own stand design or choose from our extensive range of stand options.
Click here for prices and more information.
Stand type options:
Row Stand
140 €/m²
Corner Stand
147 €/m²
Head Stand
154 €/m²
Block Stand
161 €/m²
Net prices. 19% VAT (if applicable), AUMA fee of € 0.60 per m² and waste disposal fee for set-up and dismantling of € 2.50 per m² will be applied upon booking.
Stand Construction & Equipment – introducing the Exhibitor-Service-Center.
The Exhibitor-Service-Center assists you in the organisation of your stand. You can create your own design or choose from our extensive range of stand options. Examples for available stand packages:
Stand package A
41.00 €/m²
Stand package B_03
47.50 €/m²
Stand package C
53.50 €/m²
You can also order your furniture. Examples for available furniture packages:
Equipment package 1.1
122.00 €
Equipment package 1.2
173.50 €
Equipment package 2.1
89.50 €
Equipment package 2.2
144.00 €
Access the Exhibitor-Service-Center now and view the full range of options.
Questions?
Contact the Technical Exhibitor Service under technik@jazzahead.de.
Stand Booking: up to and including February 29, 2024
Technical Services Order without surcharge: up to and including March 7, 2024
Technical Services Order with 25% surcharge: up to and including March 21, 2024
Technical Services Order with 50% surcharge: up to and including April 13, 2024
Online Registration for co-exhibitors: up to and including March 27, 2024
For information on services (e.g. printing deadlines) contact the Technical Exhibitor Service under technik@jazzahead.de.
Set-up
Wed 10 April 2024: 12.00 PM - 08.00 PM
(Car access to the hall is only possible until 05.00 p.m.)
Thu 11 April 2024: 07.00 AM - 09.00 AM
(No car access to the hall possible)
The exhibitor guarantees the adherence to this time limit.
Earlier set-up hours only after confirmation with organizer.
Subject to modification.
Dismantling
Sat 13 April 2024: 06.00 PM – 10.00 PM
(Dismantling after 10.00 PM only after confirmation with the organizer)
Optional dismantling hours:
Sun 14 April 2024: 08.00 AM – 02.00 PM
(only after confirmation with organizer)
Subject to modification.
Hall 6 (Trade Fair)
- Thu 11 April 2024 10.00 AM – 07.00 PM
- Fri 12 April 2024 10.00 AM – 07.00 PM
- Sat 13 April 2024 10.00 AM – 06.00 PM
Hall 7 & Kulturzentrum Schlachthof (Showcases)
- Thu 11 April 2024 · 02.30 PM – 00.45 AM
- Fri 12 April 2024 · 02.30 PM – 00.45 AM
- Sat 13 April 2024 · 02.30 PM – 01.15 AM
Option 1 – direct delivery to the booth during set-up phase
Requirements: Staff is on site to accept the goods.
Please use following address:
Name of Exhibition
Exhibitor name / stand number
c/o MESSE BREMEN / M3B GmbH
Hollerallee 99
Gate E
28215 Bremen
Option 2 – Accept and store goods at MESSE BREMEN before or during set-up
Requirements: Weight of goods is less than 31kg (courier deliveries) and no member of staff is on site.
Please use the following address:
Name of Exhibition
Exhibitor name / stand number
c/o MESSE BREMEN / M3B GmbH
Hollerallee 99
Gate D / Depot
28215 Bremen
Please note: A processing fee of EUR 75.00 plus VAT for each process will be charged to accept and store your goods and deliver them to your stand.
During set-up and dismantling times you can park your car at the Bürgerweide without charge.
During jazzahead!, we provide a limited number of free parking spaces at the "Bürgerweide" public parking lot. More information on-site at the exhibition office in Foyer of Hall 6.
Further information and parking fees of BREPARK are available here: Go to BREPARK Website .
The parking garage Messe offers 250 parking spaces, access via the Holleralle.
Find more information at the Traffic Management Center Go to Website of Traffic Management Center .
Information about the environmental zone in Bremen can be found here.
Arrange your hotel accommodation now!
The Bremen Convention Bureau offers rooms in different price categories to all participants of jazzahead! 2024.
Your benefit:
- all rates are including breakfast
- all rooms can be cancelled (see cancellation terms)
- payment will be made directly on site at the booked hotel
- almost all hotels can be reached by foot from the congress venue
- personal advice
All prices are fixed rates which we guarantee for 4 weeks before arrival (subject to availability).
Afterwards there are only hotel rooms available with up-to-date rates.
Each room needs one booking process. For individual hotel bookings up to five rooms please use for each reservation this online link !
Please use the button “new hotel booking” at the end of each booking process.
If you want to book more than five rooms, please contact me directly by e-mail.
Please use our hotel overview to receive further hotel information or contact us for personal advice.
Contact:
Bremen Convention Bureau
WFB Wirtschaftsförderung Bremen GmbH
Katharina Ritschel
Tel.: +49 (0)421 30800 17
E-Mail: ritschel@bremen-tourism.de
Technical Exhibition Service
Professionals
As a professional you can experience jazzahead! the way you like to.
Choose between a day-pass for one of the packed days at jazzahead! or get your full-pass for three full days of conferences, panels, high-profile jazz concerts, networking events and exquisite foods & drinks.
What's included?
- ACCESS TO TRADE FAIR
- ALL SHOWCASES
- CONFERENCE PROGRAM
- BAG WITH INSERTS
- OWN PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
- ENTRY THE ONLINE PARTICIPANTS LIST
- ACCESS TO ON DEMAND CONTENT
NEW:
MOBILE APP WITH EXTENSIVE NETWORKING FUNCTIONS (befrore, during and after the event)
Sneak-In Registration – Online Only from 6th December
You’ve never been to jazzahead! ?
Become part of the worldwide network with the Sneak-In registration, which allows you to communicate online with the other participants and gives you a first insight into the event.
What's included?
- OWN PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
- ENTRY THE ONLINE PARTICIPANTS LIST
- ON DEMAND CONTENT
NEW:
MOBILE APP WITH EXTENSIVE NETWORKING FUNCTIONS (befrore, during and after the event)
As a co-exhibitor, you are registered at a joint stand, e.g. countries or regions. These are some of our umbrella stands:
(Stand No. 6C20)
- for German musicians and their representatives, associations as well as other institutions from Gemany
- area is funded
- registration fee is 155€ + 19% VAT
Please contact Nina Thomann (+49 421 3505 529) to get the discount and further information
(Stand No. 6A55)
- for delegates from the USA
- registration fee is 350€ + 19% VAT, this includes the stand construction and the support by a hostess
- additional passes for a company member are 155€ + 19% VAT
- Please contact Insa Stanke (+49 421 3505 680) to get the discount and further information
(Stand No. 6D40)
- registration free of charge for performing showcase artists, jury members and international guests of the German Jazz Expo.
- for all other international program maker the registration fee is 155€ + 19% VAT
- The umbrella stand is part of the German Jazz Expo and is organized by jazzahead!
(Stand No. 6C50)
- registration fee is 155€ + 19% VAT
(Stand No. 6E40)
- For all professionals from or connected to Africa
- Registration fee: 155 € + 19% VAT
- Part of the three-year focus program
(Stand No. 6A46)
- For all UK based artists, labels, management, education institutions, press members
- Registration fee: 185 € + 19% VAT
(Stand No. 6D10)
- For all professionals from adjacent genres of jazz
- Registration fee 155 € - 19% VAT
(Stand No. TBA)
- For all CLUBNIGHT Venues and CLUBNIGHT Artists
- Registration fee: 100 € + 19% VAT
(Stand No. 6C11)
- For all European Label representatives
- Registration fee: 155 € + 19% VAT
More Umbrella stands
Further regions, countries and companies are represented under umbrella stands.
Please contact us for more information!
Laura Hadrych & Malena Drela
Discounted Registration
A discounted registration is available only to Students and/or Members of “Deutsche Jazz Union”
! Upload a verification document (e.g. Student ID, membership certificate) – not older than 12 months - during registration through the link below!
The online registration closes 27th March 2024. On-Site registration as a professional participant and as a co-exhibitor is possible and is charged with an additional fee of 20 € plus 19% VAT.
1. To the registration form:
*validation required
2. If you already have been to jazzahead! please use your existing login data.
If this is your first time at jazzahead! register yourself as a new user.
3. Once logged in fill out all necessary information, marked with (*).
In case you are a Member of DJU or Student upload your verification.
4. Proceed to payment after Step 3. Registration completed.
5. Once your registration is activated you can enter the Participants Portal .
Note: Manual activation of your registration may take up to 24 hours.
Student & Member verification documents must not be older than 12 months.
The online registration closes 27th March 2024. On-Site registration as a professional participant is possible and is charged with an additional fee of 20 € plus 19% VAT.
Special Terms & Conditions for Professional Participants
1. Co-Exhibitor registration form
2. If you already have been to jazzahead! please use your existing login data.
If this is your first time at jazzahead! register yourself as a new user.
3. Fill in Main Exhibitor Name or Company; Main Exhibitors Contact Persons Name and Stand Number by Step 2.
-All these informations are either provided by the Exhibitor or the jazzahead!- Team!
4. Proceed to payment after Step 3. Registration completed.
5. Once your registration is activated you can enter the Participants Portal .
Note: Manual activation of your registration may take up to 24 hours.
The online registration closes 27th March 2024. On-Site registration as a Co-Exhibitor is possible and charged with an additional fee of 20 € plus 19% VAT.
Special Terms & Conditions for Co-Exhibitors
Our electronic fair guide navigates you from the motorway through the city to MESSE BREMEN.
Please note: If you use a navigation system, enter "Theodor-Heuss-Allee" as the destination. This will take you directly to the Bürgerweide car park. The parking garage can be reached by entering "Hollerallee 99".
There are up to 2,500 parking spaces available at the Bürgerweide car park, depending on integration of the space into event areas or use as outdoor area. Further information and parking fees of BREPARK are available here.
The parking garage Messe offers 250 parking spaces, access via the Holleralle. Find more information at the Traffic Management Center.
Information about the environmental zone in Bremen can be found here.
From the main station you take the exit on to the Bürgerweide, cross an open space and then you already reach the halls of MESSE BREMEN within 5 minutes.
An excellent offer: use sustainable transport and relax while you travel. Get the Event Ticket with Deutsche Bahn. That special is extra for you. Your Event Ticket at a single nationwide one-way price of 51,90€ (train-specific travel) or 72,90€ (unrestricted choice of trains), available from every DB station.
Book your journey here
If you are traveling to us from within the city, take the following bus lines to us: 24 (stop Blumenthalstraße), 26 and 27 (stop Messe Centrum).
The journey is also possible by tram: with the lines 6 and 8 (stop Blumenthalstraße) or 5 (stop Messe Centrum). Here you can get a timetable via the BSAG website.
From Bremen Airport Hans Koschnick you can reach us by taxi or tram in just 15 minutes (line 6 to Blumenthalstraße stop).
More information, also about the many flights to and from Bremen, can be found on the website of Bremen Airport Hans Koschnick.
Arrange your hotel accommodation now!
The Bremen Convention Bureau offers rooms in different price categories to all participants of jazzahead! 2024.
Your benefit:
- all rates are including breakfast
- all rooms can be cancelled (see cancellation terms)
- payment will be made directly on site at the booked hotel
- almost all hotels can be reached by foot from the congress venue
- personal advice
All prices are fixed rates which we guarantee for 4 weeks before arrival (subject to availability).
Afterwards there are only hotel rooms available with up-to-date rates.
Each room needs one booking process. For individual hotel bookings up to five rooms please use for each reservation this online link!
Please use the button “new hotel booking” at the end of each booking process.
If you want to book more than five rooms, please contact me directly by e-mail.
Please use our hotel overview to receive further hotel information or contact us for personal advice.
Contact:
Bremen Convention Bureau
WFB Wirtschaftsförderung Bremen GmbH
Katharina Ritschel
Tel.: +49 (0)421 30800 17
E-Mail: ritschel@bremen-tourism.de
Technical Exhibition Service
Email technik@jazzahead.de
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Trade Fair
REGISTRATION
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Via the links you can choose your participation for jazzahead! 2024.
Please use the browser Google Chrome for the best experience. Depending on the type of registration the selected link will lead you to the appropriate form. Further information regarding participating options, terms and conditions and more is available here
Co-Exhibitor
As a co-exhibitor you are part of a joint stand. Find out here about the joint and country stands and book your participation via the link here.
As a co-exhibitor of an umbrella stand, you should first contact the organizer to receive a discount or a direct link.
Register now as a:
Professional Participant
As a professional participant, you are represented at jazzahead! for one or all days of the fair without a stand for the entire booked period of the event.
You can register now as professional participant all days or as a professional participant for one day (Thursday, Friday or Saturday).
Register now as a:
Media Representatives
If you want register as a media representative, please mind our guidelines .
Register now as a:
Attendee List 2024
jazzahead! is the world’s largest meeting place for the international jazz scene. Around 3,000 professional participants from 60 countries met in Bremen in 2023. If you want to know which companies have already registered for the upcoming edition, have a look at the current list of participants.
As a registered participant for jazzahead! 2024 you have the opportunity to view the contact details of the participants who have agreed to the publication of their data via the Participant Portal.
We warn against scam and phishing emails
Our participants have repeatedly been contacted via mail by a company claiming to be selling the jazzahead! 2023 visitors/attendees list. Please do not answer their request! We would like to point out that we are in no way affiliated with this. The brand name “jazzahead!” was used without our knowledge or consent for these mailings.In case you receive mails in that manner, we advise you to disregard and discard it.As a jazzahead! attendee with a registration valid for the current year, you will always have access to the detailed attendee list via our participants portal.
Please read more about other warnings of scam mails here:
WARNING: EXPO GUIDE S.C UND EHS, EXHIBITOR HOUSING SERVICES
In the past years, our exhibitors have repeatedly been contacted via mail by a company named „EXPO GUIDE S.C.”. Please do not answer their data request! EXPO GUIDE sends out this offer to a number of different events and the respective exhibitors. We would like to point out that we are in no way affiliated with EXPO GUIDE S.C. The brand name “jazzahead!” was used without our knowledge or consent for these mailings.
In case you receive mail from EXPO GUIDE S.C, we advise you to disregard and discard it. If you have already signed the offer and by doing so have entered a contract, we strongly suggest that you contest the validity of the contest. The information sheet from the AUMA (Association of the German Trade Fair Industry) contains more information and a sample reply that you can use to respond to an letter such as that from Expo Guide.
If you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact us.
In addition, we want to warn you against EHS, Exhibitors Housing Services. Our exhibitors have been contacted by directly with special hotel deals by this company. After the booking they charge unreasonable service fees, wrong location details and non-cancable contracts. We are in no way in contact or affiliated with this company and discourage you to follow their offers. If you want to be sure of a safe and by jazzahead! approved hotel booking, please use the hotel booking form.
Trade Fair / Professional Program
The professional program at the fair consists of the showcases and the conference program. The conference program will be added gradually in February/March and is a blend of presentations, discussions, meetings and panels.
