Energa Ladies Jazz Festival 2026

Name: Energa Ladies Jazz Festival 2026
Start: 2026-07-23T20:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-07-23T20:00:00+02:00
Location: Teatr Muzyczny w Gdyni

took place · 23 Jul 2026

Musical Theatre in Gdynia, Poland

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Energa Ladies Jazz Festival 2026 — Musical Theatre in Gdynia, Gdynia

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Poland's only women's jazz festival, Energa Ladies' Jazz Festival, returns to Gdynia for its twenty-second edition - tickets are now on sale! Energa Ladies Jazz Festival 2026 line-up For the first time, Stacey Kent will perform in two sets, Anna Maria Jopek & Pi...

About the festival: Energa Ladies Jazz Festival 2026

22nd edition

edition

173

concerts held to date

117 500+

cumulative audience (indoor)

165+

artists performed to date

Good to know

Runs 7 days: 20-26 July 2026
13 concerts across the full week
Tickets sold per concert (not a festival pass); secondary market from ~327 PLN
Main venues: Teatr Muzyczny im. Danuty Baduszkowej, Konsulat Kultury (Gdynia), Filharmonia Kaszubska (Wejherowo)
All concerts indoors - no weather risk
Grand Prix competition for emerging female artists runs alongside the main programme
Gdynia Główna train station ~15 min walk from Teatr Muzyczny
City buses and trolleybuses stop at Plac Grunwaldzki, directly outside the main venue

What's new

2026-06
The Anna Maria Jopek & Piotr Wojtasik Quintet concert (20 July) sold out.
2026-06
PAP MediaRoom confirmed the full programme: 13 concerts across 7 days, 20-26 July 2026.
2026-03
The 22nd edition lineup was officially announced, with Stacey Kent appearing twice for the first time, alongside Eliane Elias and New York Voices on their farewell tour.
2026-03
The 2026 edition coincides with Gdynia's centenary, which the festival director highlighted as a special context for this year's programme.

Line-up

About: Stacey Kent

A New Jersey-born vocalist who made London her home, Kent draws on the American songbook, French chanson and Brazilian bossa nova - always in the company of her husband Jim Tomlinson on saxophone. Her catalogue has crossed one billion streams, and her latest album 'A Time for Love' (April 2026) continues the spare, trio-based sound she has refined over the past decade.

1B+

total catalogue streams worldwide

2M+

album sales worldwide

40M+

streams for 'I Know I Dream' alone

countries toured over career

What's new

2026-04
Stacey Kent released her new album 'A Time for Love' on April 3, 2026, on the naïve label, featuring her trio with Jim Tomlinson and pianist Art Hirahara.
2026-06
Kent's catalogue surpassed one billion streams worldwide, marking a milestone noted by her long-time recording engineer Curtis Schwartz.
2025-12
Barack Obama included Kent's 'I Wish I Could Go Travelling Again' in his Favorite Music of 2025 list.

Tour

New YorkAlexandriaMontrealLondonHamburgParisCenonNantesBoulogne-BillancourtGdynia

Tracks

Breakfast on the Morning TramGrammy-nominated, platinum-selling 2007 album; career-defining record

I Wish I Could Go Travelling AgainIshiguro/Tomlinson original; chosen by Barack Obama for his Favorite Music of 2025 list

Raconte-moi...2010 French-language album; went Gold in France and Germany, second best-selling French-language album worldwide that year

I Know I Dream2017 orchestral album; 40M+ streams, 5-star Downbeat review, Jazz Japan Album of the Year

A Time for Love2026 trio album with Jim Tomlinson and Art Hirahara, released April 3, 2026 on naïve

Recent shows

About: Anna Maria Jopek

Warsaw-born Anna Maria Jopek is one of Poland's most distinctive voices - a classically trained pianist who has spent three decades weaving jazz improvisation, folk roots, and world music into a sound entirely her own. Her 2026 schedule includes the TRiNFiNiTY project with Makoto Ozone's trio and dates on the Męskie Granie tour.

1M+

Records sold over career

6.1M+

YouTube Music total views

2×

Platinum status of album Minione (2017) in Poland

11.3K

YouTube Music subscribers

What's new

2026-07
Jopek is scheduled to perform at the Męskie Granie 2026 festival in Poznań on 11 July, presenting multiple projects.
2026-05
Jopek performed the TRiNFiNiTY project with Makoto Ozone Trio at NOSPR concert hall in Katowice on 10 May 2026.
2026-01
Jopek appeared as a guest on Makoto Ozone's album 'For Someone', released on 21 January 2026, contributing four tracks including an original composition.

Tour

PoznańKatowiceWrocławWarsawWyszkówWodzisław ŚląskiBielsko-BiałaGrodzisk MazowieckiOborniki ŚląskieLondonBerlin

Tracks

Upojenie2002 album with Pat Metheny; sold over 100,000 copies, became an international breakthrough

Ale jestem1997 Eurovision entry for Poland; debut album of the same name went gold

Minione2017 album with Gonzalo Rubalcaba reviving pre-war Polish tangos; reached double-platinum in Poland

Ulotne2019 album with Branford Marsalis blending jazz and Polish folk

PrzestworzaLarge-scale concert project with Piotr Wojtasik Quintet and Atom String Quartet, toured 2024-2025

Recent shows

Aug 7, 2026 Muzeum Lotnictwa Polskiego, Kraków (PL)
Jul 11, 2026 Park Cytadela, Poznań (PL)
Jun 21, 2026 Tor Regatowy Malta, Poznań (PL)

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