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This weekend, the popular Happy Big Band Weekend will return. Although the majority of the festival will take place at the Estonian National Museum in Tartu, there will also be a concert in Tallinn. The star guest for the jazz-filled weekend will be the internationally famous conductor, drummer, and composer Roger Johansen<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n On March 2 and 3, the Estonian National Museum<\/span><\/a> in Tartu will be filled with the sound of big band jazz as part of the Happy Big Band Weekend, which is celebrating its 10th<\/sup> birthday this weekend. The festival is part of Tartu’s European Capital of Culture 2024 <\/span>programme<\/span><\/a>. <\/p>\n Roger Johansen, from Norway, is famed for his contributions to the jazz scene. That don\u2019t just include a career as a conductor, drummer, and composer, but also an event organiser.<\/p>\n Big Band Tartu will perform compositions by Johansen on Saturday, March 2, at a concert starting at 3 pm, with the famous conductor at the helm. Joining the lineup on Saturday are City Jazz Riga jazz school Big Band from Latvia, led by saxophonist Karlis Vanags<\/strong> and trombonist Kar\u013cis Alfreds Feldbergs<\/strong>. <\/span><\/p>\n Sunday\u2019s concert, which starts at 1 pm, has more of an Estonian feel with the Uku Konsap Big Band and Eller Big Band gracing the stage in Tartu.<\/p>\n The event isn\u2019t just restricted to Tartu, with a concert also taking place on March 3 at the Kaja Cultural Centre in Tallinn. There audience members will be treated to performances from the Horre Zeiger Big Band and the Tallinn Technical University Big Band.<\/p>\n Admission to all of the concerts at the Estonian National Museum in Tartu is free.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This weekend, the popular Happy Big Band Weekend will return. Although the majority of the festival will take place … Read more<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":130201,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[13231,13270,13535,14588,21044,21085,21087],"class_list":["post-130200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-estonia","tag-live-music-2","tag-tartu-2","tag-estonian-national-museum","tag-jazz-2","tag-happy-big-band-weekend","tag-roger-johansen","tag-big-band-weekend"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t