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Unter der Zeder Season Underway with Willy Ketzer & Friends

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Bad Godesberg’s Unter der Zeder started its 7th Season on Monday and a marvellous start it was too. Perfect weather saw top german drummer Willy Ketzer (to be heard almost everyday on tv via the ‘Tatort’ theme) bring some very special musical friends together under the famous cedar tree near Kleines Theatre. Keyboarder extraordinaire Marcus Schinkel will be no stranger to local music fans of course and the percussion skills of Papa Samory Seck are also well known. Add the calming bass of Jens Foltynowicz and you have a dynamic backing for sure. The solo skills of trumpeter Terrance Ngassar and strong vocals from American singer Deborah Woodson were the icing on the cake.

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Torsten Goods Soul Deep in Dottendorf

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A band performing live on stage, featuring a guitarist playing a blue electric guitar, a bassist in a blue shirt, and a drummer in a black shirt, with stage lights illuminating the scene.

We have the legendary guitar player and designer Les Paul to thank for a musician named Torsten Goods appearance in Dottendorf tonight. When the young Torsten Gutknecht was studying music under a scholarship in New York, Paul (whose own real name was actually Lester Polfus), had trouble pronouncing Gutknecht. So ‘Goods’ he became. That Torsten Goods has also become an excellent singer is down to the encouragement of another major music figure – George Benson. That such luminaries took trouble helping the aspiring German musician learn his trade speaks volumes about the potential they saw in the youngster. Here, in front of a packed house at the Dottendorfer Jazznacht, he proved their belief well founded with a seemingly effortless evening of modern Jazz.

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New Year in Spain with Ismael & Thomas – Folk Club Bonn

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It was bound chronologically speaking to be the best Folk Club Bonn Meeting so far in 2025, but that the January meet could also go down in the record books as having the all-time largest attendance was not something I had anticipated when I arrived at Dotty’s in Dottendorf at 6 pm. However, as the minutes to ‘Ladies and Gentlemen,…’ ticked down, things began looking unusually hectic. First of all, people just kept coming in. Then, they started coming in with chairs from the bar. Finally, they started actually raiding the dressing room for chairs…

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Stadtgarten concerts 2024

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The Cultural Office of the City of Bonn will once again be presenting an exciting and varied music program on five weekends in August in the Stadtgarten am Alten Zoll. From August 2 to 31, the park will be transformed into a concert location where you can make many a discovery with free admission.

This year, the focus is particularly on female musicians – for example at the musicNRWwomen evening with Annelu and Stina Holmquist on 10 August. Women are also in the spotlight with many other bands during the concert season. The spectrum of this year’s shows ranges from global music and folk to electro-pop, rock, and jazz.

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Jazzfest Bonn 2024

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For 15 years, Jazzfest Bonn has been celebrating the diversity of contemporary jazz with its diverse programme reflecting all facets of the music. It’s become a place to discover new jazz talent as well as meet like-minded jazz fans since the Festival has become a magnet for jazz newcomers and die-hard fans alike.
With over 30 concerts and several thousand enthusiastic visitors each year, the festival has established itself as a key event beyond the borders of Europe and sets high standards of musical quality that are reflected in its consistently sold-out events.

Rebekka Backen – 20 April Telekom Forum

Running from 19 April to 1 May (with an additional Jubilee concert on 15 June featuring Rebecca Trescher Tentett and Ute Lemper) there are far too many great concerts on offer to go iinto detail, so my advice is to head over to the Jazzfest website HERE for all the details.

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Sari Schorr & Cinelli Brothers at the Crossroads

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If it wasn’t enough just to sample the atmosphere of concerts under that world-famous blue neon logo saying ‘Rockpalast’, the regular ‘Crossroads Festival’ at Bonn Harmonie has become dependable for its eclectic roster of bands each year. It really is a welcome break from the relentless coverband scene that is constantly re-hashing old bands and music for new generations. There is of course a matter of perspective in that. Not everyone was able to see legends like Queen, George Michael and Dire Straits in their prime – one of the (few) perks of being old I guess. But the music for future generations has to start somewhere – and Crossroads Rockpalast is as good a starting point as any. So step up to the mark tonight Sari Schorr and The Cinelli Brothers. your live music CV’s are about to be filed in the Rockpalast video vaults alongside Rory Gallagher, Johnny Winter, Deep Purple, Van Morrison, Motörhead… are you ready?!

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