Tournai Jazz - Fete de la Musique Tournai
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Activate local hospitality, food, and entertainment brands around a free city-wide music festival to drive foot traffic and community engagement.
- Free jazz performances across Tournai—partner with local venues for exclusive happy hours or food specials
- Fete de la Musique: position your brand as a festival sponsor to reach music lovers and tourists exploring the city
- Live music discovery guide: feature local restaurants, bars, and shops near performance stages
- Behind-the-scenes festival content: showcase artist interviews and venue partnerships to build anticipation
For its 14th edition from Wednesday 24 to Sunday 28 June 2026, the Tournai Jazz Festival returns with programming that is broader, bolder and more festive than ever, balancing emerging jazz, great voices, singular creations, Belgian talents and international icons while strengthening its convivial and family-friendly roots. The festival spans 31 concerts across 4 venues: the Maison de la Culture (main hall + secondary hall), the Maison de la Culture esplanade, Magic Mirrors (marquee) and the Music Conservatory (concerts and exhibition).
- Wednesday: Électro-Frites Jazz evening—emerging jazz of the Eurometropolis where electro, groove and party ignite, with traditional fries and fricadelles included in admission.
- Friday: A vibrant journey to Spain headlined by the exceptional arrival of Luz Casal, honouring Mediterranean, warm and intense colours.
- Electronically-inflected performances including Selah Sue with the Galland father-and-son team, The Herbaliser Band, and Norwegian trumpeter Nils Petter Molvær, a pioneer of jazz-electro fusion.
- Diverse programming spanning emerging electro, jazz vocals, nu-jazz, flamenco, soul, world icons and warm atmosphere.
- Expanded festival village with an enlarged outdoor stage (free) to improve visitor comfort while maintaining accessibility and popularity.
- Large main hall (750 seats) hosts ticketed concerts
- the hall transforms into a giant jazz club for free concerts.
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