JuMa at the Belgrade Jazz Festival
2026-10-11
Belgrade Jazz Festival — Jazz at the Crossroads of Cultures
The Belgrade Jazz Festival, founded in 1971, is the oldest and most internationally recognized jazz festival in Serbia. Organized by Dom omladine Beograda, it has been showcasing outstanding artists and emerging talents from the global jazz scene for over half a century.
Its 42nd edition will take place October 21–24, 2026, under the theme “Jazz Confluence.” The program includes 13 concerts and a closing jam session, blending jazz with blues, Latin American music, funk, and post-punk. The Zbigniew Seifert Foundation is one of the partners supporting the event.
AKIMBO — Seifert Night at the Belgrade Jazz Festival 2026
On October 23, 2026, AKIMBO will perform as part of Seifert Night at the 42nd Belgrade Jazz Festival. The concert will take place in the Amerikana Hall at Dom omladine Beograda.
AKIMBO is a project by guitarist and composer Paweł Mańka, combining complex compositional structures, improvisation, and live electronics. The band’s music moves between order and chaos, precision of form and freedom of expression. The project’s debut album is being released by the New York-based label Inner Circle Music, run by saxophonist Greg Osby.
AKIMBO:
Paweł Mańka - guitar, live electronics, composition
Mateusz Rybicki - B♭ clarinet
Sajmon Bońkowski - soprano saxophone
Maciej Kądziela - alto saxophone
Mateusz Śliwa - tenor saxophone
Franciszek Raczkowski - piano
Piotr Narajowski - double bass
Mikołaj Mańkowski - drums
