The evening offers two concerts featuring musicians with ties to Umeå. First, Ruth Pahlbäck presents her music together with her three fellow musicians. Then Bonders, a quartet that adds effects to the sounds of its acoustic instruments and blends them with samples of various animals and elements from P4 Västerbotten, takes the stage.

Ruth Pahlbäck and Bonders

Umeå Folkets Hus

Jazzfestival – Elifantree. Finnish group Elifantree performing free improvisation with influences of jazz, prog and pop, presenting the album Florescene.

Elifantree

With his group, the Shapeshifter Quintet, Jon Henriksson invites us into a musical world where forms are in constant motion and where each moment is free to take its own direction. Filtered through a Nordic light and a personal approach, the music flows with a concentrated intensity that feels both free and emotionally charged, without locking itself to set forms. With a new album on the Danish record label April Records, Jon Henriksson and his quintet are ready to take us along.

Jon Henriksson Shapeshifter Quintet

Maja Mannila is a young jazz and soul singer, pianist and composer from Finland. She performs her own music, which blends R&B, soul, jazz and gospel, with her trio. The concert takes place in collaboration with Musik Västernorrland.

Maja Mannila

New trio with Anna Högberg, Gus Loxbo and Anton Jonsson playing free music. Food and conversation at 7:00 PM, on stage at 8:00 PM.

ÖGAA

Ultramarina is a musical collaboration between Swedish jazz singer and composer Lina Nyberg and Brazilian singer, guitarist and composer Rafael Macedo. Together they create new music and perform both in Brazil and Scandinavia. The sea serves both as inspiration and as a metaphor.

Ultra Marina

A always-welcome visit when trumpeter, bandleader and composer Goran Kajfeš comes to Umeå Jazzstudio. This time with his boiling collective Subtropic Arkestra, who are currently in the spotlight for the brilliant collaboration with the Kurdish-Swedish vocalist Avin Omar.

Goran Kajfes Subtropic Arkestra & Avin Omar

Marja Mortensson, a prize-winning South Sami joik singer, collaborates with Norrbotten Big Band in a concert that explores the boundaries of jazz and vocal traditions.

Marja Mortensson med Norrbotten Big Band

During the anniversary year, we continue to highlight the artists who have contributed to Umeå Jazzstudio's standing as a prominent and legendary club. The quintet is a new configuration that brings together musical experience and creativity, creating a sound that both honors the jazz tradition and explores new musical landscapes.

Anders Bergcrantz Quintet

Oscar Fridolfsson Band XL plays contemporary jazz with influences from pop and folk music. Compositions and arrangements by Oscar Fridolfsson. Part of Spelrum - Umeå's cultural festival.

Oscar Fridolfsson Band XL

A cult-favorite band formed in 2002. Its music moves from the violent and aggressive to the softest whispers. Featuring Matti Ollikainen (piano, vocals, composition), Viktor Turegård (bass), and Christoffer Cantillo (drums).

The French Trio

Cornettist and trumpeter Tobias Wiklund presents his new project "Inner Flight Music" – a visionary musical adventure that takes the listener through the worlds of jazz and improvisation on a journey toward spiritual deepening.

Inner Flight Music

Tilde Schweitzer, named Jazz Musician of the Year and Rising Star 2024, is one of Sweden's youngest and most distinguished big band leaders and arrangers. Her newly formed big band reinterprets the popular music of the last century through Tilde's newly devised format and arrangements.

Tilde Schweitzer Big Band

Premiere of the autumn club night: featuring drums, saxophone and vocals blended with influences from hip-hop, pop, psychedelica and jazz. The club night also presents two DJs: DJ Kristoffer Petterson (jazz with a connection to Umeå) and DJ Kicki Mannberg (LOOK BACK HIP HOP).

Club Night with Bear Garden & DJ

The band OPEN HERE! consists of three strong personalities who together form a leading force in contemporary improvised music from Sweden. The trio's acoustic and electronic soundworld is based both on improvisations and on interpretations of their own and others' compositions.

Open Here!

Tonight's two concerts feature two established and well-known groups for the jazz club's audience. PM Fourtet moves in an open, melodic and rhythmic style in which Per Mannberg's compositions are allowed to grow through the interplay between the group's members. Staffan Öberg's Nonet pays tribute to jazz heroes Miles Davis and John Coltrane this evening.

PM Fourtet and Staffan Öberg Nonet

The year's last concert in Umeå Jazz Studios' anniversary year. Trumpeter Nils Janson performs music from his fifth album, Simian Crease, together with his quartet.

Umeå Jazzstudio

Nov 5, 2026

The French Trio

Nov 12, 2026

Inner Flight Music

Nov 19, 2026

Tilde Schweitzer Big Band

Nov 27, 2026

Club Night with Bear Garden & DJ

Dec 3, 2026

Open Here!

Oct 29, 2026

Ruth Pahlbäck and Bonders

Oct 22, 2026

Elifantree

Umeå Jazzstudio