On Friday evening, each band in the Jazz Club comes from a different country. The Dab Dixie arrives from France, the Potato Head Jazz Band from Spain, the Prague Dixieland Society from Tschechien and The Traveling Janes from Great Britain. Four countries share one house on this evening, and only a few steps separate their stages.

The Jazz Club takes place in three rooms of the Feldschlößchen Stammhaus. In the Altes Brauhaus, the main restaurant, The Dab Dixie and the Potato Head Jazz Band alternate. In Saal Hamburg, the Prague Dixieland Society and The Traveling Janes do the same. Each of the four bands plays two sets, so anyone moving between the rooms can hear all four. In Saal Dresden, Grammophon-DJ Schleiermacher is on the turntables. From 7:30 pm until midnight, there is time to create your own evening: stay longer with one band, move between the halls, or hear both bands in one room back to back.

The Stammhaus is a place steeped in brewing history. The inn opened in 1998 in the last surviving building of the lager brewery founded in 1838 at the old Feldschlößchen. For the Jazz Club, there is a dedicated Jazz Club menu and freshly tapped Feldi. Jazz and inns have gone together since the very beginning: in New Orleans and Chicago, early jazz music was at home in dance halls, bars and pubs long before it moved into concert halls.

The jazz club has been part of the festival program for years. This Friday, it will feature only guests from abroad. It is a chance to experience the international side of the festival in one evening and in a single venue.