Bucharest International Jazz Competition, organized under the EUROPAfest brand, will gather 22 bands from 21 countries in Romania's capital this spring.

The bands will come from Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Mexico, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain, UK and the US.

The event will be organized between May 17 and May 24 under the slogan “100% jazz and more” and will include concerts, jam sessions and workshops.

This year the American jazz artist Mike Davison will hold the workshop “Cuba: Rhythm in Motion”, and the jam sessions will bring together artists with different cultural backgrounds.

In 2014, EUROPAfest 100% jazz and more will take place at Excelsior Theatre, Odeon Theatre, but also in unconventional spaces such as Ibis Cafe.

Tickets per day cost RON 32.40 (some EUR 7.2) and can be purchased online from bilete.ro. More about the Bucharest International Jazz Competition on the event’s official website here .

Irina Popescu, irina.popescu@romania-insider.com

(photo source: jazzcompetition.ro)