Banlieues Bleues 2025: the jazz festival returns to Seine-Saint-Denis, the program

Jazz music fans, don't miss the 42nd edition of the Banlieues Bleues Festival. This spring, the event will once again take over several venues in Seine-Saint-Denis, including the now-famous Dynamo. Rendezvous from March 14 to April 11, 2025 for an edition that promises to be just as beautiful and uplifting as its predecessors.

As a reminder, the Banlieues Bleues Festival was launched by Banlieues Bleues, an association under the law of 1901 created in 1984 on the initiative of a dozen towns in Seine-Saint-Denis.

Over the years, the event has become a benchmark for music festivals in the Paris region and beyond. Described as THE major jazz festival in Seine-Saint-Denis, the Banlieues Bleues event is a springtime opportunity to attend cutting-edge concerts honoring the jazz scene. For four weeks, the festival opens its doors to artists who have made the history of jazz and related music, or represent the most innovative trends of the moment. What's on the program? Premieres, new releases and discoveries!

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Last year, a host of artists took part in Banlieues Bleues, including Hollie Cook, Amaro Freitas, Etienne Jaumet, Lagon noir and Mike Reed. So, who has the honor of wowing you in 2025 at this new and 42nd edition of the Banlieues Bleues festival, to be discovered in 11 towns in Seine-Saint-Denis? Here's the program!

Banlieues Bleues 2025, the program

• Friday, March 14, 2025 - Saint-Denis - Université de Paris VIII - 6:30pm - Free with reservation
  JOY GUIDRY + MIKE LADD + أحمد [AHMED] + MUQATA'A
  
  
• Saturday, March 15, 2025 - La Courneuve - Centre culturel Jean Houdremont - 8:30pm - Free
  EL BESTA + SOFIANE SAIDI Wa7di (live)
  
  
• Monday, March 17, 2025 - Pantin - La Dynamo - 8:30pm - Paying
  LIAKOHL + FRED FRITH & SUSANA SANTOS SILVA
  
  
• Wednesday, March 19, 2025 - Montreuil - Les instants chavirés - 8:30pm - Paying
  CLARA LÉVY + SOPHIE AGNEL
  
  
• Thursday, March 20, 2025 - Stains - Espace Paul Éluard - 8:30 PM - Paying
  CÉCILEMCLORIN SALVANT
  
  
• Friday, March 21, 2025 - Romainville - Le Pavillon - 8:30 PM - Paying
  EXPÉKA
  
  
• Monday, March 24, 2025 - Pantin - La Dynamo - 8:30pm - Paying
  POMMEDE TERRE + SAKINA ABDOU + BILL ORCUTT GUITAR TRIO with Ava Mendoza and Shane Parish
  
  
• Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - Pantin - La Dynamo - 8:30pm - Paying
  GAISTER + CHARLIE HOPE
  
  
• Friday, March 28, 2025 - Pantin - La Dynamo - 8:30 pm - Paying
  LEX AMOR
  
  
• Saturday, March 29, 2025 - Stains - Espace Paul Éluard - 8:30pm - Paying
  JOWEEOMICIL
  
  
• Tuesday, April 1, 2025 - Pantin - Salle Jacques Brel - 8:30pm - Paying
  ARAT KILO FEAT. MAMANI KEITA & MIKE LADD
  
  
• Friday, April 4, 2025 - Tremblay-en-France - L'Odéon - 8:30 PM - Paying
  DEENA ABDELWAHED + AÏTA MON AMOUR
  
  
• Saturday, April 5, 2025 - Saint-Ouen - Mains d'œuvres - 8:00 PM - paying
  STOGIE T + MOONCHILD SANELLY + PÖ (live)
  
  
• Sunday, April 6, 2025 - Épinay-sur-Seine - PMO / Pôle musical d'Orgemont - 5:00 pm - Paying
  JUPITER& OKWESS
  
  
• Thursday, April 10, 2025 - Paris / Aubervilliers - La Galerie du 19M - 7:30pm - paying
  CELIAKAMENI, CLAIRE LAMOTHE, CHARLES AMBLARD
  
  
• Friday, April 11, 2025 - Aubervilliers - L'Embarcadère - 8:30pm - Paying
  ARTICLE15 + ANGRY BLACKMEN + DEF MAMA DEF

For the full program, visit the official Banlieues Bleues festival website.