The 2024 Jazz and Blues Festival in Sanremo
The highly anticipated Unojazz&Blues is back, the festival that will bring the best international names in jazz and blues music to the City of Flowers. The 15th edition of the event will start on 16 July , which will be divided between two locations as exclusive as they are evocative: the splendid Franco Alfano open-air auditorium and the historic Teatro del Casino . The program includes seven events spread over the three summer months: July, August and September. The event is sponsored by Unoenergy , the Sanremo company active throughout Italy in the marketing of gas, electricity and energy efficiency services; and enjoys the patronage of the Matuzian Municipality, Department of Tourism, and the coordination and production of Mara De Scalzi, who signs various Rai programs.
The novelty of the 2024 season consists in the prestigious collaboration with the Sanremo Symphony Orchestra on the dates of 16 July and 20 August: Stacey Kent will perform in the first concert, while the second will feature the Francesco Cafiso Quartet . The events will be held for a fee at the Franco Alfano auditorium.
The other five shows will be hosted in the Casino Theater and will have free admission with reservations subject to availability. It will begin on July 29th with Mike Stern & Randy Brecker Band and continue on August 6th with Paolo Fresu's performance in an original tribute to David Bowie entitled "Heroes" . On August 28th Jany McPherson will take the stage , while on September 3rd it will be the turn of Fabio Treves Blues Band . Grand finale on 8 September with the contest for groups and young soloists aged between 15 and 40. There are eight finalists: Nugara Trio, Ross Quintet, Misterioso Quartet, Mess Quartet, Naima Faraò, Marco Neri, Chiara Pelloni and Luca Polizzi and during the evening the three winners will be announced, who will receive scholarships and promotion as a prize of their song. This initiative demonstrates the commitment that Unoenergy makes every year to advance the territory in which it operates, inspiring and supporting the talent and creativity of future generations in the spirit of the Company's values: innovation, diversity and sustainability.
Last but not least, on 12 September a special dedicated to Unojazz&Blues and its key moments will be broadcast on one of the Rai channels : forty minutes of live broadcast, interviews with the artists and in-depth analysis of jazz.