István Puskás (Fidesz-KDNP), Deputy Mayor of Culture of Debrecen, reminded him that jazz days are the oldest jazz festival in Hungary, it was first held in Debrecen in 1972, and in a few years it became an Eastern European music meeting.
The city of Cívis considers it important to promote quality Hungarian wine culture, in the spirit of which not only festivals are organized, but the city’s wines are chosen every year, and the cooperation between Debrecen and Érmellék, the former vineyard of the city, intensified.
Jazz and wine will be a perfect pairing and will provide a unique experience for visitors to Lake Békás – said Réka Mészáros, the managing director of Főnix Rendezvényszervező Közhasznú Nonprofit Kft.
The Debrecen Wine and Jazz Days are also special and differ from similar events in the country in that they will be at the forefront of musicians and bands in the jazz genre on three musical stages: young, experimental jazz players and experienced, well-known jazz masters play in nearly forty formations. then in the Great Forest, ”he added.
Réka Mészáros also said that the motto of this year is – It will be a hit! – refers at the same time to the musical performance and the theme of this year, the world of percussion instruments. The latter is marked by the names of four drummers – Ákos Ádám Szumper, Ambrus Richter, Péter Szandófi and István Baló.
He added that the festival is surrounded by the green forest during the day and illuminated by the lights and many thousands of bulbs that evoke the colorful, deciduous trees of Alice in Wonderland at night. The children’s corner awaits the little ones, the bigger ones are promised a mini golf in the Nagyerdő in Debrecen during the festival, the information said.
Cover image: keyboardist Gábor Novai, drummer Ferenc Dániel Szabó, bassist Bálint Szeifert and singer Márk Zentai (bj) at the concert of the band Mörk at the Wine and Jazz Days in Debrecen on August 2, 2018.