After an amazing sell-out start to The Jazz Weekender Festival in 2022, the teams at boxout.fm, Wild City, Gatecrash, Art Unites & Jazz In India are bringing the festival back again for a winter edition with the promise of an even bigger and diverse lineup of cross-genre artists.

Last year, the festival focused on recognising International Jazz Day by galvanizing the country's live music aficionados under the canopy of the banyan tree at 1AQ New Delhi. On the 25th and 26th of February, the second edition will return to feature seasoned and boundary-pushing jazz artists that cross over into neo-soul, R&B, fusion, electronic, big band, funk and more.

The contemporary art inspired lawns of 1AQ in Mehrauli will be elevated by this diverse festival that will offer not just homegrown and international musical acts but also a plethora of food and beverage experiences, bars, curated flea market and more.

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Along with the support from the Embassy of Netherlands, Cero Ismael, Hailing from Amsterdam the rising Dutch star crafts spellbinding alternative hip-hop with elements of jazz, joins the artist roster for 2023.

The two day festival is also bringing the Argentine ensemble Desmadre Orkesta that create music infusing the Balkan bronzes, Colombian Cumbias and Swing from the New Orleans, displaying the diversity within their live performances.

After their debut Indian show at Magnetic Fields last year, Noon from Dubai are bringing their experimental music with their middle eastern influenced jazz to the stage. 

The lineup also includes some incredible live performances such as upcoming vocalist Kayan, prolific jazz drummer Gino Banks returning with virtuosic guitarist Rhythm Shaw for a collaborative set, the universal Tara Lily bringing the fusion of her two cultures, the experimental artist Nate08, the enigma Many Roots Ensemble that infuses folk, jazz, funk and many more genres, New Delhi's own Sahil Vasudeva performing a unique set with his new ensemble 2 Indias , Bangalore based Soul and R&B artist Mary Ann, a very special set on “The history of Jazz or Jazz through the ages” by Arjun Sagar Gupta of the Piano Man Jazz Club franchise under the name of asg.tpm and the Goa based sibling duo Merak.

Artist Lineup

Day 1

Merak - 3:30PM

ASG.TPM - 4:30PM

Tara Lily - 5:30PM

Rhythm Shaw & Gino Banks - 6:30PM

Nate08 - 7:45PM

Kayan - 9PM

Day 2

Mary Ann - 3:30PM

Cero Asmael - 4:30PM

2 Indias by Sahil Vasudeva - 5:30PM

Many Roots Ensemble - 6:30PM

Gauley Bhai - 7:45PM

Desmadre Orkesta - 9PM

Jazz Weekender is kindly supported by Bira 91, Stranger & Sons, Jack Daniel’s, Vedica, Svami, Paytm Insider, 1AQ and the Embassy of the Netherlands.

The festival has been conceptualized & organized by boxout.fm, The Wild City, Gatecrash & Jazz in India.