In short
- Lleida's JazzTardor has 14 events left, from Saturday 7 to Friday 27 November, spread across the Cafè del Teatre, the Auditori Enric Granados and other venues in the city and the surrounding area.
- The headline concert is James Carter's on Friday 13 at the Auditori, a tribute to John Coltrane in the centenary of his birth, with tickets at €21.
- Six of the events are free, including two jam sessions paying tribute to Miles Davis at the Cafè del Teatre.
- Paid tickets cost between €12 and €21, with a discount on some if bought in advance.
JazzTardor, the Lleida International Jazz Festival, is entering its final three weeks. Its 33rd edition began on 18 October at the Castell del Remei with Jim Snidero and this Saturday, 7 November, reaches the stretch featuring its international names: James Carter, Bruce Barth, Blue Lou Marini and Jonathan Stout. This year the festival also devotes several concerts to the centenary of John Coltrane and Miles Davis, both born in 1926.
JazzTardor 2026 programme, day by day
These are the remaining events, according to the calendar on the festival's official website:
- Saturday 7 November, 22:00. Albert Vila Organ 3 with Perico Sambeat, at the Cafè del Teatre. €18 (€15 in advance).
- Sunday 8, 20:00. Bruce Barth Trio, at the Museu Morera. €18. The American pianist receives this year's Amic del JazzTardor award and presents a concert inspired by the work of Lleida-born artist Garcia Lamolla.
- Friday 13, 20:00. James Carter Organ Trio, ‘Trane: A Centennial Supreme’, in Sala 1 of the Auditori Enric Granados. €21 (€19 with the LaTemporada Amic card).
- Saturday 14, 18:00. Lladó – Peralta – Arguimbau Trio, in the Aula Magna of the Institut d'Estudis Ilerdencs. Free entry.
- Sunday 15, 18:00. The Reverend Hotfoot Jackson, at La Pinta. Free entry.
- Sunday 15, 19:00. Jonathan Stout Quartet, in the church in Bell-lloc d'Urgell. Free entry.
- Thursday 19, 21:00. Jam session paying tribute to Miles Davis, at the Cafè del Teatre. Free entry.
- Friday 20, 22:00. Enric Fuster Quartet, at the Espai Orfeó. €15 (€12 in advance).
- Saturday 21, 22:00. Lluís Coloma and Blue Lou Marini, at the Cafè del Teatre. €20 (€18 in advance).
- Sunday 22, 12:30. Joana Cebolla Quartet with Alfons Enjuanes, at the Sala Foment in La Pobla de Cérvoles. Free entry.
- Sunday 22, 19:00. OCCI and Algans Jazz Trio, in Sala 2 of the Auditori Enric Granados. €19.
- Tuesday 24, 20:00. José Luis Gutiérrez, ‘La vida es una canción’, at La Sabateria. €15.
- Thursday 26, 21:00. Second jam session paying tribute to Miles Davis, at the Cafè del Teatre. Free entry.
- Friday 27, 22:00. Kind of Metal, at the Cafè del Teatre. €12. Closes the festival.
James Carter and the Coltrane centenary
The Detroit saxophonist arrives with his organ trio, featuring Gerard Gibbs on Hammond B3 and Alex White on drums, for a repertoire dedicated to John Coltrane. Carter made his name on the New York scene in the early nineties and has shared the stage with musicians such as Wynton Marsalis and Lester Bowie. Anyone who can't make it to Lleida has another chance nearby: a day later, on Saturday 14, the same trio plays at the Festival de Jazz de Zaragoza.
The other big American name on the line-up is Blue Lou Marini, the long-standing saxophonist of The Blues Brothers Band, who shares the stage with Lluís Coloma on Saturday 21 at the Cafè del Teatre.
JazzTardor's free concerts
Six of the 14 remaining events cost nothing: the trio of Pau Lladó, Eloi Peralta and Joan Pere Arguimbau at the Institut d'Estudis Ilerdencs (14 November), The Reverend Hotfoot Jackson at La Pinta and Jonathan Stout in Bell-lloc d'Urgell (both on the 15th), the two jam sessions on Thursday 19 and 26 at the Cafè del Teatre, and Joana Cebolla's concert in La Pobla de Cérvoles (22nd). The jam sessions are the festival's tradition at the Cafè del Teatre, and this year they revolve around Miles Davis.
Tickets and prices
Paid concerts range from €12 to €21. At the Cafè del Teatre and the Espai Orfeó, advance tickets are between €2 and €3 cheaper than on the door. Concerts at the Auditori Enric Granados have a reduced price for holders of the LaTemporada Amic card. The festival website lists the points of sale for each concert: the Auditori sells through its online box office and the Cafè del Teatre through Codetickets. There are no affiliate sales for any of the concerts.
JazzTardor is one of the stops on the November jazz season, which this year also takes in the towns of Sevilla, JAZZMADRID, Málaga, Gijón, Lugo, Almería and Palencia.
Sources: official JazzTardor website (concert calendar, James Carter Organ Trio and Albert Vila Organ 3 pages, and the 33rd edition launch press release of 8 October 2026), accessed on 7 November 2026; festival press images.
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