News Agency: This year’s Energa Ladies’ Jazz Festival will be held in Gdynia from July 20-27, and its biggest star will be British-Georgian singer, songwriter and guitarist – Katie Melua. Among the stars will appear not only Katie Melua, but also Gaba Kulka, Patricia Barber, Ayo and, of course, Urszula Dudziak. In addition, young vocalists will traditionally compete for the Grand Prix award.
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Energa Ladies’ Jazz Festival is coming to Gdynia
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A conference was held at the Consulate of Culture on March 11, where the first information about this year’s edition of the festival was shared.
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– This is an event that has become a permanent part of our city’s musical identity. The Energa Ladies’ Jazz Festival attracts stars from all over the world, so first of all we can commune with culture, music at the highest level, and secondly we also have the opportunity as a city to promote ourselves on the Polish and international arena as a dynamic cultural center that attracts jazz stars and lovers of the genre – informs Mariusz Bzdęga, managing director of the culture and activities of Gdynia residents.
Ladies’ Jazz Festival changes its name to Energa Ladies’ Jazz Festival. The 21st edition of the event will run from July 20 to 27. The concerts will be held at the Danuta Baduszkowa Music Theater, the Consulate of Culture, Polsat Plus Arena Gdynia and the Kashubian Philharmonic – Wejherowo Cultural Center.
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– Starting this year, we are opening a new chapter. We are entering with new energy together with Energa and the festival will be called Energa Ladies’ Jazz Festival. The most important facts are that the festival will traditionally take place in July, but this year it will be from the 20th to the 27th. We are hosting it primarily in Gdynia, but with one concert also at the Kashubian Philharmonic Hall in Wejherowo,” says Piotr Lyszkiewicz, director of the Energa Ladies’ Jazz Festival.
This year, too, there will be no shortage of the most sought-after stars of world jazz, female performers of the younger generation and surprising novelties. There will be intimate concerts and spectacular large-scale performances. The Energa Ladies’ Jazz Festival will prove that women’s jazz has many facets, and each of them delights with a unique sensibility. In turn, young female vocalists will traditionally compete for the Grand Prix and the audience award, which is this year’s novelty.
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Who will play on stage?
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The stage will feature, among others: Ursula Dudziak, Katie Melua, Gaba Kulka, Karen Souza, Patricia Barber and Ayo. But this is not the end of the big names. More artists will be announced soon.
Urszula Dudziak’s concert, which will take place on July 20 at 8:00 pm at the Musical Theater, is also the premiere of her new album. „The album will include some classics, Agnieszka Osiecka, my compositions. There will be a second „Papaya.” A song that I composed. I am curious to see if it will work” – reveals Urszula Dudziak to us in secret.
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The only women’s jazz festival in Poland
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During the twenty-year history of the unique in Europe cyclical festival of women of jazz in the broadest sense of the term, 160 concerts were held with the participation, 600 performers for more than 110 000 listeners in concert halls!
Avited artists from around the world, often performing for the first time in Poland included: ZAZ, Dionne Warwick, Randy Crawford, The Manhattan Transfer, Silje Nergaard, Flora Purim, Nouvelle Vague, Jane Monheit, Stacey Kent, Dianne Reeves, Angelique Kidjo, Ive Mendes, Andrea Motis, Rebekka Bakken, Eliane Elias, Daria Zawiałow, Natalia Szroeder, Kayah, Martyna Jakubowicz, Paula Morelenbaum, Edyta Bartosiewicz, and Melody Gardot.
They have been invited to perform in Poland.
– The festival is now twenty-one years old. The twentieth edition was a time to take stock and look back. This year, opening another chapter of our history, we begin with renewed energy and an unquenchable passion for music and, above all, for its more beautiful face. At the same time, we would like to thank our sponsor for deciding to become even more strongly involved in our event. Energa Ladies’ Jazz Festival will surely be even better and more complete thanks to this. We also want to show our gratitude to Gdynia, which is a special place for us and like no other that fits in with everything we would like to achieve and present as a festival for women of jazz. We are also happy to cooperate with the Kashubian Philharmonic in Wejherowo, whose hospitable thresholds are always favorable to us. We are looking forward to this year’s concerts: both the big ones in our excellent Musical Theater and Polsat Plus Arena Gdynia, and the intimate, even intimate ones in the Consulate of Culture. We hope that, as every year, our audience will be enchanted and let themselves be swept away by this great celebration of music,” invites the director of Energa Ladies’ Jazz Festival, Piotr Łyszkiewicz
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This year there will be no shortage of the most coveted stars of world jazz, female performers of the younger generation, as well as surprising novelties! There will be intimate concerts, as well as spectacular large-scale performances! Energa Ladies’ Jazz Festival will prove that women’s jazz has many facets, and each of them delights with a unique sensitivity!
– We appreciate events that inspire. Jazz music is undoubtedly a symbol of freedom, creativity and emotion, so we are very happy that such an internationally recognized festival is organized in Gdynia. Energa is committed to development, passion and innovation, so we are happy to support this unique event while believing that art has the power to connect people and enrich their lives. As the title sponsor of the Energa Ladies’ Jazz Festival, we want to help build a space where female artists can share their talent with a wide audience. And we know that both experienced music lovers and younger generations of music lovers come to the festival in Gdynia,” explains Slawomir Staszak, CEO of Energa SA.
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More information about the festival and tickets for individual concerts can be found at www.ladiesjazz.pl.
Information Agency, Culture, AI Locally / JEN / mat.press. / 4.05.2025
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