Box office opens Monday for paid concerts
Tickets for two headline performances at the 32nd Festival de Jazz Costa Brava go on sale Monday, 24 August. The concerts by The Last Livin’ Souls and Gisele Jackson and The Shu Shu’s will take place at the Teatre Municipal in Palafrugell on Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 October respectively, both at 8pm. The Last Livin’ Souls concert is priced at €10, while Gisele Jackson and The Shu Shu’s costs €20. Tickets can be purchased online at cultura.palafrugell.cat or at the theatre box office.
Young people aged 14 to 23 from Palafrugell can buy tickets for €3 using their Tabarín youth card, available only at the box office.
A 20% discount applies to seniors over 65, unemployed individuals, single-parent families, large families, and holders of the Palafrugell library card.
Five-day programme celebrates jazz and culture
The festival officially begins on Wednesday, 7 October at 5.30pm in the courtyard of Palafrugell Library with a free family concert by Pau Morales & Co titled *Blackmusic, un petit gran viatge*, exploring African-American musical traditions. On Thursday, 8 October at 6pm, music writer Pere Pons Macias presents his book *Miles Davis. Sketches of Catalonia* at the library, marking the centenary of the legendary trumpeter’s birth (1926–2026). That evening at 9.30pm, the film *Born to Be Blue*, a 2015 biopic of Chet Baker starring Ethan Hawke, screens at the Teatre Municipal in its original English version with Spanish subtitles. Admission is free, in collaboration with Cine Club Garbí. Friday’s event features Lluís Figueras & The Demons performing their latest album *Unveil the Truth* at 8pm in Espai Cultural La Bòbila. The show is free and coincides with the XIV Xavier Miserachs Photography Biennial. Saturday offers a full day of activities. At noon, the Escola de Música de Palafrugell’s Energia Big Band performs in Plaça Nova with Ricard Gili. At 5pm, the Associació Lindy Hop Empordà – Windy Hoppers hosts a free swing dance session with live music. An hour later, the Can Genís courtyard hosts *Jazz i joves veus en femení*, featuring two female-fronted groups: Jazz-Tic & Saez and Acoustic Cafè Duo. Sunday morning at 12pm, street performance group LaDinamo presents *Music on Cycles*, an itinerant act combining cycling and live music in Plaça Nova.
Off Festival brings jazz to bars and restaurants
In the weeks leading up to the main event, the Off Festival introduces jazz into Palafrugell’s hospitality venues. From 18 September to 4 October, local bars and restaurants host live jazz during vermouths, tapas, cocktail hours, and dinners. These events are organised by the Economic Promotion Department of Palafrugell Town Council.
Library highlights jazz through books and art
From 5 to 13 October, Palafrugell Library displays a special exhibition of jazz-related books, albums, comics, and publications. During the festival, members of the Sketxers drawing collective will create live sketches of the Energia Big Band performance. Ràdio Palafrugell serves as the festival’s official broadcaster, offering special programming throughout the five days on air and online.
Reported by radiopalafrugell.cat, cultura.palafrugell.cat, lacircular.es, Alba Carmona, Ràdio Palafrugell.
