Organisation

Already in 2019, Parkstad Limburg Theaters Heerlen and Jazz Maastricht Foundation put their heads together with the ambition to organise a jazz festival together. Both organisations have a track record with several successful festivals with JazzOUT! as the latest Heerlen feat. For the central direction of this new initiative, Stichting Intercity Jazz Limburg (StIJL) has been established. 

We offer the international jazz top, regional talent and everything in between a platform to present themselves to the Limburg audience. Imaginative musicians not only visit Limburg, but leave an inspiring footprint by working with local musicians. With that in mind - making sure the impact is lasting - we also want to invest in the community: using jazz as a means to strengthen society, offering targeted workshops and other activities for the benefit of youth, vulnerable groups and amateur musicians in the province.

With the necessary political support in our pocket, we went around with our story to leading partners we wanted to involve in this project, and all parties approached were enthusiastic from the start about this special, province-wide cooperation. In addition to initiators Parkstad Limburg Theaters and Jazz Maastricht, Theater aan het Vrijthof - Maastricht, ECI Cultuurfabriek - Roermond, Grenswerk - Venlo and De Maaspoort - Venlo are collaborating on this ambitious plan. In addition, several cultural, social and educational institutions are joining in, reaching a large part of the province.

And so now a multi-day, multi-faceted Jazz Festival has emerged throughout Limburg! What was still missing was a name. With the name JazzOut Fest Limburg we adopt the name of Heerlen's top festival and pull it wider into a jazz festival aimed at the entire province.