This past weekend, BNI Java Jazz Festival returned to Jakarta’s JIExpo Kemayoran to celebrate its 18th anniversary in style. While billed as a jazz festival – and make no mistake, a jazz festival it ...

The Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival was first held in 2005, with over 125 acts playing across 146 shows venues. The first edition had a crowd count of over 47,000 people. Since then, the Java ...

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Thu, January 17, 2019 Published on Jan. 17, 2019 Published on 2019-01-17T13:29:17+07:00 he Java Jazz Festival continues its exploration outside its namesake genre as it returns for its 15th edition ...

Coffee can lift the spirits, bring people together and serve as a crutch when you just need to sit around and marinate in your own thoughts. Jazz is an excellent foil to coffee, so it's no wonder that ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Java Jazz 2019 kicked off this afternoon at the JIExpo Kemayoran, Jakarta, and is scheduled to last until March 3. Several collaborations involving Indonesian and international ...

I’m standing in a hot, cramped toilet cubicle in Jakarta while a man I’ve just met fiddles with something behind the toilet cistern. Seconds later, the entire back wall swings open and I step into ...

A consequence of a festival's increasing popularity is the continuous rise of visitors from year to year. During the first year of Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival (in 2005), it attracted ...