Pocallum — Jazz

Jazz I Am

Fri, 04 Jan 2030 00:00:00 +0000

Jazz I Am is the festival that changes format every year. New venues, new proposals, emerging names alongside established references. Barcelona jazz in a moment of permanent redefinition.

We’ve followed Jazz I Am since the early editions, and every year is different from the last. That’s one of the things we love most: you never quite know where you’re headed or what you’ll find.

Unexpected venues. Groups you’d never heard of. A set that runs long because nobody wants it to end.

ESMUC End-of-Year Concerts

Wed, 02 Jan 2030 00:00:00 +0000

Every spring, the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya closes the academic year with a series of concerts where students perform under professional conditions. We documented the 2023–2024 edition on film: Leica M6, Summicron 50mm and APX400 pushed to 3200.

ESMUC trains musicians in jazz, classical, traditional and modern music. The end-of-year concerts are not an academic showcase — they are real concerts, played by musicians who are about to step into the professional world.

Sax-o-Rama

Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Sax-o-Rama is the international saxophone festival created by Dani Nel·lo — a reference point in its field that brings saxophonists from across the world to La Paloma year after year.

La Paloma has its own character, and Sax-o-Rama makes the most of it: concerts mixing musicians from Japan, the Caribbean and across Spain alongside the Barcelona Big Blues Band as the connecting thread. Every edition is different, but the saxophone is always at the centre.

Calella Harmònica Festival

Sun, 14 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The harmonica looks like a small instrument. In Calella, it becomes enormous.

The Calella Harmònica Festival is an annual festival dedicated to the harmonica as a cross-genre instrument: blues, jazz, bluegrass, folk. Small, but indispensable. A wonderful place where people love music with every breath.

Live concerts, masterclasses for all levels, photography exhibitions and a closing paella that proves well-made festivals end with people at the centre, not backstage.

We arrived as guests — not to photograph, but to exhibit. That changes everything about your relationship with a place.

VijazZ Festival

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

VijazZ arrives and Vilafranca del Penedès transforms. Some of our most treasured images were born here — in impossible lighting conditions, a few metres from the musicians.

VijazZ is the festival Vilafranca del Penedès deserves: honest, close-up, with the best musicians anyone could bring to the territory without anyone expecting it. The European and American jazz scene shows up in small format, face to face with the audience, no barriers.

Nou Barris meets New Orleans

Sat, 17 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Every spring, the Ateneu Popular 9 Barris builds an imaginary bridge between Nou Barris and New Orleans. Not a tourist postcard — a recognition that both cities share something fundamental: music as a tool for social cohesion in neighbourhoods that need it.

The formula is simple and effective: a second line through the district streets, a brass band that brings people out onto their balconies, DJ sets with a soundsystem, Creole food, and a closing concert. All in one day, for everyone.