Year of establishment

1994

The motivation and the vision behind the founding of the company

AllBlues exclusively operates on a seasonal basis, i.e. from October until the beginning of July, and is not involved in the summer festival period. This strict division has proved highly successful and prevents competition situations.

Main activities and core competencies

AllBlues is mainly seasonal active. That means from October to early July. The programm is strictly aligned to the genres Jazz-World-Funk-Soul, completed with Singer-Songwriters and Personalities from Pop-Rock.

Number of full-time employees

5 employees

Number of events per year

Round 120 individual concerts across Switzerland; jazznojazz Festival in Zurich

Size of the events (audience capacity)

800 - 2'000

Stylistic focus

Jazz, Funk & Soul, Singer-Songwriters, Worldmusic, Rock/Pop-Legends

Geographical orientation

Zurich, Lucerne, Basel, Biel, St. Gallen, Lausanne, Geneva

Festival organisation

Zurich Jazznojazz Festival
Theaterhaus Gessnerallee and ZKB Club im Theater der Künste
www.jazznojazz.ch

Selection of booked and organised acts in recent years

Jazz:
Al Di Meola, Brad Mehldau, Bobby McFerrin, Cassandra Wilson, Chick Corea, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Diana Krall, Herbie Hancock, John Mc Laughlin, Joshua Redman, Pat Metheny, Sonny Rollins, Wayne Shorter, Wynton Marsalis and many more!

Worldmusic:
Buena Vista Social Club, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Jimmy Cliff, Johnny Clegg, Khaled, Pink Martini, Youssou N’Dour and and many more!

Funk, Soul, Blues, Singer Songwriter:
Buddy Guy, Candy Dulfer, D’Angelo, David Byrne, Ed Sheeran, Incognito, Jackson Brown, James Taylor, Joe Bonamassa, Maceo Parker, Marcus Miller, Randy Crawford, Steve Winwood, Van Morrison and many more!

Various
Annett Louisan, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Ina Müller, Ludovico Einaudi, Stephan Eicher,

Highlights of the last 5 years

Ed Sheeran, Joe Bonamassa, Ludovico and many more

Ratio of national to international acts

As a rule, only international artists