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Information for Groupon visitors
13 May 2022

Information for Groupon visitors

Do not exchange tickets - go directly to the event
Visitors who purchased vouchers/tickets via Groupon do not need to exchange them in advance, but can go directly to the venue…
The 2022 festival magazine is here!
12 May 2022

The 2022 festival magazine is here!

Due to the many and repeatedly last-minute changes to the program, the Jazz Mile and the line-up, the editorial team has…
Investors for the Riverboat Shuffle on Thursday
12 May 2022

The boarding points for the Riverboat Shuffle on Thursday

In one week from today, the Riverboat Shuffle will finally take place again. So that you can get to your mooring quickly and without much searching…
Ticket upgrade for "Swing & Jazz in the Barrel" visitors
16 April 2022

Ticket upgrade for visitors to “Swing & Jazz in der Tonne”

Our festival has undergone changes during the coronavirus pandemic that no longer allow the original plans to be fully…
Happy Easter!
15 April 2022

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter · Schöni Ostera · Happy Easter · Joyeuses Pâques · Páscoa feliz · ¡Felices Pascuas · Wesołych Świąt · Kellemes húsvé…
Information for ticket holders for the »Dixieland ABC«
28 March 2022

Info for ticket holders for the »Dixieland ABC«

Dear nursery and preschool teachers, we are currently receiving many questions about the validity of tickets already purchased for the…
The world's largest jazz festival will take place in May 2022!
20 February 2022

The world’s largest jazz festival will take place in May 2022!

Fans of Dixieland have had to go without their festival for a full two years. But now the wait is over: the “anniversary celebration…
Dixieland at the Autumn Market 2021
01 September 2021

Dixieland at the 2021 Autumn Market

At last, it’s happening after all! Finally! And about time too ... These three days will feel like a mini Dixieland festival! Last week…
That was our first virtual festival.
23 May 2021

That was our first virtual festival

A thank-you from Joachim Schlese and all the organizers
Our first virtual INTERNATIONALE DIXIELAND FESTIVAL Dresden, with many memories from the perspective of our visitors and much…
20 May 2021

The sound of the Riverboat Shuffle

Like a mighty opening act on the Elbe
Like a mighty opening act, the signal horns of all the colorfully decorated and flagged parade boats sound right on time for the start…
14 May 2021

Virtual DIXIELAND FESTIVAL 2021

Even more than a year after the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, we once again had to pull the emergency brake in spring 2021 and the entire f…
05 March 2021

50th INTERNATIONAL DIXIELAND FESTIVAL 2021 canceled

Due to the current regulations, our festival in May cannot be held anywhere near the planned scale. This for…
31 December 2020

Happy New Year!

Bon any nou! Šťastný Nový rok! Godt nytår! Gelukkig Nieuwjaar! Happy New Year! Onnellista Uutta Vuotta!Hyvää uutta vuotta! Bonne…
23 December 2020

Dixieland Christmas greetings

Merry Christmas and a better New Year 2021
A completely chaotic year is finally drawing to a close. The coming days are meant to give us all a little distance from it…
05 October 2020

Karlheinz Drechsel dies shortly before his 90th birthday

We have received the sad news that today, 5 October 2020, Karlheinz Drechsel passed away in Berlin at the age of 89…