![]() We are now 2 full-time people working on the Festival and on the club programme throughout the year. Since 1995 I became Managing Director, working part time, and from 1997 I started working full-time on this. After that I have been taking part in all editions. I was involved in the first edition of the Festival in 1989, as a volunteer. The number of concerts was growing until the late 90s, after that it has not been growing in numbers, but in quality.Īnd what about your involvement with the Festival? It started off as a small event, with 4 concerts, but it was a success and slowly developed from year to year. One of them, Per Hasse Andersen, is still the Head of the Festival. At one point the club went bankrupt and in the ruins of that a group of people had the idea of creating the festival. Stavanger was a rather small city, but with a lively jazz club. It started 28 years ago, in the late 80s. It develops throughout one week with 50 concerts in 8 venues around the city and a focus on Norwegian and international contemporary jazz. The festival is now at its 28th edition and, as the name suggest, takes place at the start of May. Helleik Kvinnesland is Managing Director of Maijazz Festival in Stavanger, Norway. An interview with a member of the Europe Jazz Network. ![]()
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