Festival 2025
Wednesday, July 23 and Thursday, July 24
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Jazz Stars
For the 4th edition of Swing'in Venasque, an eclectic lineup blends big names and emerging talents, always in the spirit of sharing and conviviality that is the soul of the festival.
Two food trucks will welcome you on both days to add a friendly and welcoming touch to this event.
THE DIXIE FROGGIES
Wednesday, July 23 / 6:00 p.m.
Place de la Planette
Four distinguished jazzmen from the south of France have come together to celebrate the original jazz of New Orleans, the greatest musical creation of the 20th century.
Daniel Beltramo on tuba, Martial Reverdy on clarinet, Joannes Kotchian on banjo, and Eric Serra on trombone will perform immortal themes blending blues, swing, and Creole culture, with great feeling and punctuated by improvisations with boundless energy. They will make you experience the fervor of a New Orleans party
LEILA DUCLOS quartet
Wednesday July 23 / 9:00 p.m.
Place du Baptistère
Leila Duclos, the rising star of vocal jazz, will present her album "FILLE DU FEU," voted "Revelation" by Jazz Magazine, with gypsy-tinged jazz and untamed scat. Leila Duclos, on vocals and guitar, is accompanied by Leandro Aconcha on piano, Jean-Marc Robin on drums, and Gilles Coquard on double bass.
The combination of strings, guitars, arrangements, and lyrics sung in French will quickly sweep us into a heady and intoxicating whirl. Enchanted, seduced, and charmed, we are ready to follow this fiery girl into the night!
ticketed concert
3DB
TRIPLE DOSE DE BLUES
Thursday, July 24 / 6:00 p.m.
Place de la Planette
A regional trio featuring three musicians from diverse backgrounds with extensive experience gained on numerous stages. They deliver a modern and dynamic blues sound, featuring covers of standards as well as more recent pieces.
The band is composed of three passionate musicians: Mitch Bira on guitar and vocals; Ludo Perrin on bass; and Pat Bellanca on drums.
Come meet them
Interview and meet the artists
Wednesday July 23:
Leila DUCLOS
And
Thursday July 24:
Jacky TERRASSON
Location and time information to come
Thursday July 24th - Place du Baptistère
Outstanding evening
Tribute to NAT KING COLE in the first part and
JACKY TERRASSON in the second part
Payable
just one ticket,
two concerts
NAT KING COLE
PROJECT
Thursday July 24 / 9:00 p.m.
Place du Baptistère
NKC Project, a jazz quartet from Vaucluse, will pay a vibrant tribute to Nat King Cole, a brilliant pianist and singer during the 1940s and 1950s and the spiritual father of Diana Krall and Harry Connick Junior.
It will also be an opportunity to celebrate the 60th anniversary of his death. The quartet is composed of guitarists Jean-Claude Lorenzino and Gérald Bataille, drummer Serge Puchol, and singer Thierry Camacho.
JACKY TERRASSON trio
Thursday July 24 / 10:00 p.m.
Place du Baptistère
Pianist Jacky Terrasson is the most-streamed French jazz musician on digital platforms.
The Jacky Terrasson Trio's "Moving On" performance in Venasque, featuring Sylvain Romano (double bass) and Lukmil Perez (drums), is a chance to discover this joyful and radiant virtuoso, his profound interpretations, his contagious joy for making music, and his love of sharing.
Claudine MERINO
Jazz paintings exhibition,
Video projections of concerts from previous editions.
Exhibition: July 19-25, 2025
10am-12pm and 4pm-7pm Salle voutée,
Place du Baptistère
Opening: July 18, 2025 / 6pm
Image Wall
The best photos by
Robert HALE,
Philippe CROAYNE,
Philippe CANDELA
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Grand Rue
