BRAND!

2026

DANGEROUS SOUNDS

The 11th edition of our jazz festival BRAND! takes place in 2026 from 25th utill the 28th November and is dedicated to Denmark, the land of hygge and wood-burning stoves. The peninsula has a long tradition of ‘Dangerous Sounds’ - farlige toner was a frequently used rhetorical term in the Danish press during the 1920s and 30s for any music that threatened to shake public morality. The country has never quite let go of that reputation. With this eleventh edition of BRAND!, we step straight into that Danish sonic history. We are dubbing this edition Dangerous Sounds, after the podcast of the same name in which drummer and key figure Kresten Osgood dissects the history of Danish jazz: from forbidden saxophones to slaughterhouse clubs, and from quiet rebellion to loud experimentation.

FULL LINE-UP:
ØKSE • Jakob Bro Trio ft. Thomas Morgan & Joey Baron • Ola Tunji • B.O.X All Stars ft. Nive Nielsen & Casper Clausen • Kresten Osgood Quintet • Lotte Anker, Anders ‘AC’ Christensen & Kresten Osgood • Jeppe Zeeberg • Maria Laurette Friis & Thomas Morgan 'Colors' • Jakob Bro Large Ensemble ft. Joey Baron, Thomas Morgan, Jesper Zeuthen, Hanne De Backer, Yannick Peeters, Anke Verslype, Ben Van Gelder & Mads Emil Nielsen

In collaboration with Cultuurcentrum Mechelen & Jazz Danmark
With the valued support of festival partner Omer.

Revisit the previous editions of BRAND!