In short
- Badejazz opens today, Wednesday 4 November, with Baptiste Trotignon Trio at 21:00 and free entry, at the Fundación Caja Badajoz, and runs until Saturday 7.
- Mark Guiliana, Antonio Serrano and Kurt Rosenwinkel fill the three nights at the Teatro López de Ayala: €15 per concert or €35 for a pass to all three.
- Almost everything else is free: afternoon concerts at El Espantaperros, jam sessions at 23:00 in the theatre's Cafetín and street music on Saturday at 17:00.
- Saturday's La Hora del Vermú is already sold out; all other tickets can be bought on the theatre's website, with no booking fees, or at its box office.
The Festival Internacional de Jazz de Badajoz, Badejazz, reaches its 39th edition from Wednesday 4 to Saturday 7 November with three international names at the Teatro López de Ayala, Mark Guiliana, Antonio Serrano and Kurt Rosenwinkel, and a parallel programme that is mostly free of charge. It is organised by the Asociación Badejazz, and this edition is dedicated to the memory of Gene García, with a tribute concert on Friday.
Badejazz 2026 programme by day
Wednesday 4
- 21:00, Fundación Caja Badajoz (calle Montesinos, 22): Baptiste Trotignon Trio. Free entry until capacity is reached.
Thursday 5
- 18:00, El Espantaperros: BadaBop Quartet. Free.
- 21:00, Teatro López de Ayala: Mark Guiliana Beat Music. €15.
- 23:00, theatre Cafetín: Narci González Quartet and jam session. Free.
Friday 6
- 18:00, El Espantaperros: Joaquín de la Montaña Trio. Free.
- 21:00, Teatro López de Ayala: Antonio Serrano & Kaele Jiménez Quartet, ‘Jazz Caló’, with Tino di Geraldo. €15.
- 23:00, theatre Cafetín: tribute concert to Gene García and jam session. Free.
Saturday 7
- 13:00, theatre Cafetín: La Hora del Vermú with Javier Pérez Quintet and vermouth tasting. €10, sold out.
- 17:00, outside the Teatro López de Ayala: Badejazz en la Calle, with the jazz course combos. Free.
- 21:00, Teatro López de Ayala: Kurt Rosenwinkel, ‘The Remedy Tour’. €15.
- 23:00, theatre Cafetín: advanced course combos and jam session. Free.
The three theatre nights: Guiliana, Serrano and Rosenwinkel
On Thursday, drummer Mark Guiliana, who recorded with David Bowie on ‘Blackstar’, presents ‘Beat Music 2.0’ with Chris Morrissey and Nick Semrad. On Friday, harmonica player Antonio Serrano, winner of the 2025 Premio Nacional de las Músicas Actuales, brings to the stage ‘Jazz Caló’, the album produced by Tino di Geraldo, who also plays that night.
Saturday's closing night belongs to guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel with ‘The Remedy Tour’, which revisits the repertoire of his live album recorded at the Village Vanguard in New York. He is joined by Seamus Blake, Kendrick Scott, Aaron Goldberg and Joe Martin; Goldberg and Martin also played on that recording. According to the festival, it will be his third visit to Badajoz, after 2003 and 2010.
Today's opening concert features French pianist Baptiste Trotignon, with Samuel F'Hima on double bass and Raphaël Chassin on drums, and it is the only one of the main concerts not held at the theatre.
The free events: afternoons, jam sessions and the street
Outside the theatre, Badejazz can be enjoyed without a ticket. On Thursday and Friday afternoons, at 18:00, there are concerts at El Espantaperros. The nights end at 23:00 in the theatre Cafetín with a concert and open jam session, and on Friday that session is the tribute to Gene García. On Saturday at 17:00, students from the jazz course at the Conservatorio Juan Vázquez play outside the theatre. In every case entry is free until capacity is reached, so it is best to arrive early.
Badejazz 2026 tickets and pass
Each 21:00 concert at the theatre costs €15 and the pass for all three costs €35. Tickets are sold on the Teatro López de Ayala website, with no booking fees and at the same price as at the box office on plaza de Minayo, which is open from 12:00 to 14:00 and from 19:00 to 21:00. Jazz course students pay €10, at the box office only. The theatre opens its doors half an hour beforehand and does not admit latecomers once the concert has started. Saturday's La Hora del Vermú has no tickets left.
November is jazz month across much of Spain: if you want more, there are the Festival de Jazz de Málaga, JAZZMADRID, the Festival de Jazz de Lugo and Jazz Xixón. All the information about this edition is also on the Badejazz page. The month's other events are in the November festivals guide and in the list of festivals in Extremadura.
Sources: official Badejazz website (programme, tickets and artist pages) and Teatro López de Ayala website (festival series and ticket sales), consulted on 4 November 2026.
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