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The 11th Jerusalem Jazz Festival

This year, the Jerusalem Jazz Festival draws inspiration from the thrilling world of the Israel Museum’s flagship exhibition marking its 60th anniversary: Lucid Dreams. In days when it’s difficult to hold space for dreaming or imagine a better reality, this inspiration invites the audience on a delicate and captivating journey — between sleep and wakefulness, dream and nightmare, awakening and descent — into surreal and beautiful realms where imagination and reality merge

Across the sculpture garden are six distinct stages, each with its own character: large and small, seated performances, standing or even lying down with your eyes closed; night shows with flashlights, artistic gatherings in tree groves, performances among labyrinths and sculptures, and many other surprises. Alongside world-class original jazz from Israel and abroad, you’ll encounter special collaborations and premieres, tributes, sacred music, Eastern melodies, hip-hop, electronic, funk and punk, interdisciplinary dance-art-music encounters, a touch of classical, and maybe even a bit of opera.