WDR Big Band | Yellowjackets & WDR Big Band - Looking Back and Ahead

WDR Big Band performs with Yellowjackets at Kölner Philharmonie in Cologne on Saturday, 19 December 2026 at 20:00. This is one of nine German dates for the ensemble in the 2026-2027 season. The concert hall, opened in 1986 above the Rhine, is renowned for its excellent acoustics and vineyard-style seating arrangement accommodating roughly 2,000 listeners. The evening blends retrospective and forward-looking perspectives, driven by energy and improvisation, in one of Germany's most significant concert venues.