Festival profile

Riverboat Jazz Festival takes place in the center of Jutland, in some of the most beautiful nature  the land has to offer. The festival last for 4 days - and is always placed in the first week of the Danish schools summervacation which means in the end of June - every year.

The town is filled with a lot of different jazz music: New orleans, Dixieland, swing, street parade, gospel, big band, and jam sessions. Also younger jazzstyles are now part of the festival.

The festival takes place on the streets, town squares, the lakes in and around Silkeborg - and most of all in the town center, on pubs, restaurants, cafés etc. - But especially in the 4 great tents, where the 4 main stages are located. These are placed at the habor, on Bindslevs Plads, and on the main town square.

We are proud of the fact that we are one of the biggest and most respected jazzfestivals in Scandinavia.

Each year our programme includes roughly 65 bands and solo artists from Denmark and the rest of the world.

Each year 40-45.000 people visits the festival, to enjoy the music, the beautiful surroundings, the comfortable atmosphere which always follows a good festival.

The main stages have no fee - only the popular sailing tours on friday and saturday, the church concerts and some of the very big artists, require tickets.

This is only possible because of good will from the organizers, sponsors, advertisers and suppliers - and especially all the volunteers who works during the festival - some of them all through the year!

Without them it wouldn't be possible to make a festival as big as Riverboat Jazz Festival.