Winterjazz Köln 2026

15 Jahre Special Edition

Hard to believe, but true: Our music festival in, from and for Cologne turns fifteen - and has passed its moped driving test!

14 bands and projects will present themselves on four stages in the Stadtgarten and Club Zimmermanns. For this Special Edition 2026, curators Angelika Niescier and Ulla Oster have invited five illustrious guests: Benoît Delbecq, Alexandra Grimal, Alexander Morsey, Monika Roscher and Cansu Tanrikulu. They have put together their line-ups via wildcard and will perform their compositions, concepts and ideas together with Cologne musicians. Of course, the focus on extraordinary Cologne projects and working bands will remain.

And we would like to take this opportunity to thank you - our loyal, interested, lively and always fabulously numerous audience - and the many fantastic musicians. You have made WINTERJAZZ KÖLN this phenomenal event again and again for 15 years! Places of art, such as the Stadtgarten, are spaces of resistance. We will continue to work with you to create a community in these places that is committed to respect, solidarity and openness.

Program

Florian Herzog "Almost Natural"
Alexandra Grimal
Benoît Delbecq
Philip Zoubek
Lukasheva / Kalima / Trumann
Cansu Tanrkıulu
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Alex Morsey Quintet
HIMOYA
Monika Roscher
Shiva & The Destroyer
DOG SOUP
Toxodon
Philipp Brämswig Trio