Düsseldorfer Jazz Rally
Sevens Shopping Mall on the Düsseldorfer Kö
We visited Düsseldorf yesterday. To see some of the bands performing in the 13th Düsseldorfer Jazz Rally. We always to try to go to the Idstein Jazz Festival (22 – 24 July, this year), and comparing the two, I’d say the Düsseldorfer Jazz Rally is the better one to visit, if you can only go to one festival. It is not as popular (or well known?) as Idstein, which is always very crowded.
In comparison, Düsseldorf was well attended, but nowhere nearly as crowded as Idstein gets. The performances are partly indoors (for example in the airport departure halls, in a shopping mall, and in many bars and clubs) and partly outdoors in the various squares around the old town. The outdoor perfomances are free, the indoor ones are covered by a single ticket that you can buy almost anywhere in the city center.
Düsseldorfer Banjo Club performing at the Rathaus
One thing we did notice, is that the average age of jazz fans is, shall we say, a little high?
Some of the spectators at the Rathaus