Experience culture. Poetry Slam in Hamburg

Isemarkt

With a length of almost one kilometer, the Isemarkt is a particularly large weekly market. Around 200 exhibitors sell their goods here twice a week in picturesque surroundings and a nice atmosphere. The Isemarkt between the underground stations Hoheluftbrücke and Eppendorfer Baum is now a part of Hamburg that is hard to imagine without.

Jason Moran plays Duke Ellington

Thelonious Monk, Fats Waller, Duke Ellington – when Jason Moran plays, the hall is filled with the legends of jazz history. On his latest album, »Jason Moran Plays Duke Ellington«, Moran approaches the ‘Duke’ primarily as a pianist. »Duke’s music is too important to simply play,« says Moran of the great Duke Ellington. »I’ve been studying him throughout my entire career in order to do him justice.«

As early as 2024, Moran won the hearts of the audience with the hr Big Band and a Duke Ellington programme. »Jazz to lose yourself in,« wrote the Hamburger Abendblatt enthusiastically. Now he continues on this path alone at the piano, interpreting Ellington’s classics in his own way: in his version of the famous »Black and Tan Fantasy«, Moran builds to a veritable frenzy, interspersing the original motifs with dark, rumbling accents.

»The piano is a machine. He has found a way to give this machine a soul and to tell stories about the people he has met.« The Houston-born American continues these stories in every concert. He constantly discovers new facets in the familiar pieces and brings them into the present: »I like to imagine Ellington as someone who is always striving towards the future.«

PERFORMERS

Jason Moran piano

Jazz In The Galerie

Come experience top flight live Jazz in the center of hamburg in the historic Dammtorbahnhof train station. The weekly friday night concerts in the Nancy Tilitz Galerie at 9 pm showcase outstanding international artists in a unique setting. Join us for exciting Jazz in the Galerie. Entrance is free, contributions are gratefully accepted.

Jenisch Haus

Please note: It is possible that an event has been cancelled but is still listed on this website. For the latest information about cancelations or postponements please check the organizer’s website.

The Jenisch House is the former manor of the Hamburg Senator Martin Johann Jenisch (1793-1857).

Jenny Erpenbeck / Martina Gedeck

A house on a lake in the Mark. Nearly a century of German history. And two female artists who are bringing one of the most significant contemporary German-language novels to the stage together for the first time. Jenny Erpenbeck, winner of the International Booker Prize, is one of the most important international literary voices of our time. In her multi-award-winning novel »Visitation«, she tells not the story of a single family, but that of a place.

Please note: The event will be held in German.

A summer house by the lake becomes a silent witness to German history. Generations come and go, owners change, lives begin and end. People love and lose, flee, remain silent, and remember. Their fates weave together into a haunting panorama of the 20th century, in which personal life stories and historical upheavals are inextricably intertwined.

PERFORMERS

Jenny Erpenbeck reading

Martina Gedeck reading

Jim Jefferies

Australian comedian, actor, and writer Jim Jefferies is one of the most popular and respected comedians of his generation, captivating audiences worldwide with his provocative, prejudice-challenging, and thought-provoking comedy. Since »Contraband« in 2008, the comedian has released a total of ten stand-up specials, including his latest special, »Two Limb Policy,« from 2025 on Netflix, his sixth special for the streaming service. In the special, Jefferies lets his thoughts run wild on tiny mustaches, the problems of straight men, and the question of why acting isn’t considered a real job. Jefferies has also appeared in films and on television, including the comedy series »Legit,« which he co-wrote for FX, executive produced, and starred in. Jim hosted and co-created the popular Comedy Central series »The Jim Jefferies Show,« which ran for three seasons from 2017 to 2019. In 2019, Jim was named Stand-up Comedian of the Year at the Just for Laughs Festival.

PERFORMERS

Jim Jeffries comedian