Joy Kleinkunst: Jess Jochimsen - A Christmas Year in Review

Four Candles for a Hallelujah

Amidst political depression and year-end stress, Jess Jochimsen wants above all one thing: to give love back to the holiday. In the gift basket are the legendary "Nativity Play" along with brand-new songs, necessary outbursts of anger, and compromising vacation photos. Of course, a satirical review of the past year is not left out. The Freiburg author and cabaret performer will not spare the audience from taking a close look at the prevailing conditions, but in return they receive relaxation, deceleration, and a moment of unprecedented happiness. Just as it should be at year's end.

"With his year-end programme 'Four Candles for a Hallelujah', cabaret performer, author, photographer and musician Jess Jochimsen has completely relaxed and unhurried combined literature, slide evening and music, offering all visitors a witty, clever and entirely convincing evening. It was the small, fine observations whose sharp points Jess Jochimsen packaged brilliantly and seemingly completely without spectacle into words." (Schwäbische Zeitung)

In 2026, Jess Jochimsen won the prestigious Swiss cabaret prize "Cornichon".