FAQ
Hospitality
"Gent Jazz VIP experience" is the comprehensive and luxurious VIP package at Gent Jazz.
With this package, in addition to the experience at the festival site, you can enjoy top-notch catering with three courses of hot and cold dishes and a special beverage selection - including fine wines, cocktails, different beers and tasty non-alcoholic drinks. All food and drinks are included throughout the festival day, until one hour after the last concert, so you can have a nice chat afterwards The informal but stylish layout of the VIP room, in the buildings of the Muziekcentrum De Bijloke, invites you to make new contacts with the other attendees. You can make the most of the summer in the VIP garden. As a VIP, you have access to the entire festival site and to the exclusive VIP zone in the concert tent. Cloakroom, parking and separate toilets are of course included.What you can expect from the "Gent Jazz VIP Experience":
- Friendly welcome by our hosts and hostesses who are there to guide you
- Access to the VIP zone in the Bijloke Muziekcentrum buildings, with free cloakroom
- Access to the entire festival site and all concerts
- Networking in an informal and friendly atmosphere
- Reserved places in the festival tent
- Reserved parking spaces in the VIP car park with shuttles to and from the festival grounds
- Unlimited open bar with wines, sparkling wines, cocktails, spirits, beers and soft drinks
- Buffet with refined luxury dishes by top chefs between concerts
… and all this in the remarkable setting of the Bijloke Muziekcentrum, located in an oasis of greenery brimming over with history and culture.
The Gent Jazz VIP experience can only be booked for the following concert days:
- Wednesday, 5 July: Gregory Porter (Adi Oasis, Somi)
- Saturday, 8 July: Norah Jones (Mavis Staples & Laufey)
- Monday 10 July: Ludovico Einaudi (Arooj Aftab, Catherine Graindorge)
- Tuesday, 11 July: ZAZ (Isolde Lasoen, Hooverphonic)
For the availability of tickets and prices you can contact Michel Eeckman at michel@gentjazz.be
"Gent Jazz People & Culture experience" is the new formula that takes our hospitality offer to another level this year and focuses specifically on the HR department of companies and organisations.
Are you planning to organise team building for your employees? Would you like to wrap up a period with the team before they head off on their holidays? Fancy a break with your colleagues? With this new formula, we bring your staff together for a premium experience at Gent Jazz. Lucky ticket holders have access to our festival site and a generous budget to eat and drink between concerts. We also provide access to the VIP car park and our shuttles. You don't have to worry about finding somewhere to park. As soon as the doors open, your festival experience begins with a warm welcome by our hosts and hostesses at the entrance, who will hand you a payment card with a value of …€ (the value can be specified by yourself) to eat and drink at the Gent Jazz festival site. You have access to the entire audience zone and all concerts.
What you can expect from the "Gent Jazz People & Culture experience":
- Reception by our hosts and hostesses.
- A payment card with a generous budget (you can decide yourself) to eat and drink at Gent Jazz.
- A wide range of drinks at the 3 bars on the festival site. Enjoy a selection of wines, sparkling wines, spirits, beers and a variety of non-alcoholic drinks.
- A delicious range of food. Music is food for the soul. But if anyone is still hungry, you can find a wide selection of food at the on-site food trucks and food stands. Those who eat vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free… are also amply catered for.
- Access to the entire festival site and all concerts.
- Reserved parking spaces in the VIP car park and shuttles that take you to and from the festival grounds.
The Gent Jazz People & Culture experience can be booked for a concert day of your choice. Check out the first confirmed names for Gent Jazz under ' line-up'. Take your pick or find out more about the different prices and packages. Contact Michel Eeckman at michel@gentjazz.be.
General
Gent Jazz 2023 will once again take place at the Bijlokesite from July 5 through July 15, 2023.
The first names have been announced. This first announcement will soon be completed with a lot of (inter)national established names, discoveries and local talent.
Opening hours vary by day and are listed when you select a specific date.
Timing is everything with music - arrive on time!
We recommend coming to the festival before your favorite artist's start time. Queues often form just before the concerts of the most popular artists and the concerts start on time. It would be a shame should you miss the beginning of the concert.Even with a fast car, it takes time to find a parking spot or walk from the public parking lots to the festival. Your navigation app doesn't think about that, but of course you do.
Are you early?
Our program team invited special discoveries for the first concerts of the day each time. So early birds get more music for their money.
Your ticket immediately becomes invalid after scanning. Therefore, you will be given a festival wristband to wear. This allows you unlimited access to and from the festival grounds that day. Keep this wristband on at all times and do not detach it. Without a valid and intact festival wristband you will not be allowed to enter the festival grounds or the concerts.
There are free restrooms, some of which are wheelchair accessible. Keep these facilities clean and be sure to speak to our staff if something is out of order. That way we will fix it quickly. Wild urinators can wait for their friends at the exit for the rest of the festival day.
There's a wide range of food & drinks on offer at Gent Jazz. Find out more here later!
If you carry a backpack, it may be checked. Weapons, drugs and dangerous items are obviously prohibited. Your own food or drinks are also not allowed (there is a fantastic selection on site!) with the exception of a reusable water bottle (no glass). Bring sunscreen or rain gear if necessary. The concert tent is covered but the side walls are open and most of the grounds are not covered. We are hoping for some Summer weather, of course, but you never know. We do our best to provide crystal clear sound at a pleasant volume but earplugs are of course available on site.
Tickets
Yes, with an UiTPAS Region Ghent with valid opportunity status, you get an 80% discount on the ticket price. You can purchase tickets at the regular sale via this link. After validation of your loyalty card number, you will be able to purchase tickets at a discount. The reduction is only valid for one ticket.
Do you have a voucher after Gent Jazz? Email us at info@gentjazz.be.
Ticket prices per day can be found here.
There are no multi-day passes available for this edition of Gent Jazz, except for the concert days of Branford Marsalis Quartet/ Julian Lage Trio/ Lakecia Benjamin/ Lara Rosseel (14.07) and Herbie Hancock (15.07). Click here for info and tickets.Did you already purchase day tickets for Branford Maralis Quartet but would prefer a combi-ticket? You can score a combi-ticket for both festival days via this link, as from tomorrow at 11AM CET. Your day tickets for the 14th of July will be refunded. Therefore we ask you to fill out the refund form via this link.
Festival Tickets
People with limited mobility must reserve their special tickets through Inter starting March 3 at 11AM. We will communicate the correct email address soon! The platform is not only available for wheelchair users. People with mobility problems (due to disability or illness), people with dwarfism, the blind and visually impaired, ... are eligible for these tickets. Reservations can only be made if you can prove your disability with a European blue parking card or other official document.
As the lucky owner of a Gent Jazz ticket, you have access to the entire audience area of the festival and all the concerts that day. Yes, that's a lot of music for one ticket, about five to eight hours of concert fun. So make sure you're well-rested and come as early as the first concert, that way you'll make the most of your ticket.