Vanja Sky – Bonn Harmonie

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A female singer performing on stage, holding a microphone and pointing towards the audience, adorned with facial glitter and wearing a stylish jacket, with colorful stage lights in the background.

Lovers of Blues-Rock should head to the Harmonie on Sunday (28 Sept). I’ve kept up with the career of Vanja Sky after seeing her on a Blues Caravn Tour alongside Mike Zito and she is one of the nicest musicians I’ve come across in recent years as well as being one hell of a live act. At that first show she was playing ‘Bad Penny’ by Rory Gallagher so how can she be anything other than a great musician?

Head over to the Harmonie Website for tickets and ignore the text telling you she is the greatest thing musically to come out of Croatia since Ana Popovic. For one thing, whilst Vanja is Croatian, Ana P is Serbian, and for another, both ladies are following very much their own musical courses.

VIKTORIA Tolstoy & Jacob Karlzon Weaving Musical Magic in Dottendorf

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A jazz performance featuring a male pianist at a grand piano and a female singer on stage, illuminated by stage lights.

This has to be amongst the highlights of this year’s Dottendorfer Jazznacht in Bonn. A breathtaking performance by two of Sweden’s finest: singer Viktoria Tolstoy and pianist Jacob Karlzon.

Tolstoy is the great-great-granddaughter of Leo Tolstoy, which puts me in mind of Meghan and Rebecca of Larkin Poe with Edgar Allen Poe as their Great, Great Great Grandfather. As with the aforementioned Larkin Poe, Viktoria Tolstoy’s success owes nothing to the family name — she has spent three decades working hard to become one of the most respected voices in European jazz, praised even by Pat Metheny, who once told her: “When you sing, the sun rises.” Add to that vibrant voice Jacob Karlzon, a pianist known for his warmth, technical brilliance, and gift for atmosphere who has been her musical partner for more than twenty years, and that closeness shows. Together they perform as an intimate duo, and on this particular evening in Bonn, the intuitivness between the two musicians was truly spellbinding.

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latest kunstrasen 2027 addition – simply red

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Man wearing sunglasses and a dark patterned suit, standing against a textured gray background.

Simply Red are coming to Bonn for KUNST!RASEN’S 15th anniversary on 7th July 2027. Planning for the Season 2027 is already underway, with concerts taking place from July 4 through August 29. Mick Hucknall and co last performed at KUNST!RASEN in July 2023. With their “Summer Funk Tour 27,” Simply Red are building on the success of their sold-out arena tours and 40 years of success with their blend of Soul, Pop and elegant ballads.

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JazzTube Week #2

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A group of four musicians performing in a public space. One man plays a flute, another plays a guitar, a third man plays a percussion instrument, and the fourth plays a bass guitar. They are set against a backdrop of colorful advertisements and transit information displays.

How many trains will be on the track is impossible to tell in Bonn stations these days. What is certain though is that for a couple more weeks at least there will be Jazz to enjoy, on three Bonn station platforms: Hauptbahnhof, Uni/Markt and Heussallee/Museumsmeile. Week two of JazzTube…

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WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE PLAY AT KUNSTRASEN IN 2027?

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Poster for Kunst!rasen Season 2027, featuring dates and performance details in German. Highlights include events on September 17, 18, 29, and October 5, with corresponding stage dates in July 2027.

Kunstrasen 2026 has barely finished but plans have already started for next year, with Die Fantastischen Vier and the RKM652 (Rheinkilometer 652 Festival), headlined by Paula Hartmann, already confirmed. Fanta Vier will perform on July 23, 2027—already sold out! Tickets are still available for the RKM652 on August 27, 2027; for more information, visit kunstrasen-bonn.de.

There will be four announcements coming up with details of new additions to the 2027 line-up – see the dates below. Will your favourite band be one of them? Why not tell Kunstrasen who you want to see next year?

Leave your choice in the comments box below and 3songsbonn will make sure that all replies are passed on to organizer E.L. Hartz GmbH

To find out who is already coming next year, mark your calendars to check back on 3songsbonn.com on the following days:
ANNOUNCEMENT ON September 17 → On Stage: July 7, 2027
ANNOUNCEMENT ON September 18 → On Stage: July 11, 2027
ANNOUNCEMENT ON Sept. 29 → On Stage: July 10, 2027
ANNOUNCEMENT ON Oct. 5 → On Stage: July 6, 2027

Local Musicians celebrate 100 years of Bad Godesberg

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In 1926, the rural municipality of Godesberg received a very special permission by decree from the Prussian Ministry of the Interior: it could call itself Bad Godesberg! Saturday (9 Sept) was the day for celebrating in 1920’s style but Friday saw a very special concert by the ‘Bad Godesberg All-Stars (‘Godesberger Glanzlichter) that showed BG in it’s very best musical light – Marcus Schinkel, Norfired Baum, Astatine, Uwe Arenz, Johannes Kuchta… local heroes all. So what if it rained a lot . We had something they didn’t have in 1926 – plastic rain ponchos!

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JazzTube 2026 Has Started

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Good news at last on the Bonn Public Transport front – It’s JazzTube time again! Bonn’s Tube stations will be bringing you music every Friday evening until 18th September. Last Friday (4 September) saw the opening salvo of Jazz from Manic Phonk Orchestra, Dad’s Phonkey Feat. Achim Fink and the Max Hagen Kollektiv. I won’t make any comments about the music from Friday as that will be up to you, the listeners, to decide – as always you are requested to vote for your favourite on the JazzTube website (see link at the end of the article) with the winners playing a special concert at Bonn Pantheon on 12 October.

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