La Créole Jazz Festival 2023
This year, the 4th edition of La Créole Jazz Festival opens its doors from August 1 to 27. Four weeks to meet artists from all walks of life. A festival that is part of the desire to be present on the Guadeloupe jazz scene. Concerts are offered in a variety of formats and genres so that everyone can find their musical happiness.
An unmissable event in Gosier in Guadeloupe
Since 2016, the hotel La Créole Beach Hotel Spa in Le Gosier has become one of the must-see destinations for lovers of good music. Concerts take place throughout the year. Major musical events are also organized there. It is in this desire to bring Guadeloupe to life with the most diverse rhythms that La Créole Jazz Festival has established itself as the event not to be missed.
Music lovers of all kinds as well as jazz lovers or eclectic people will find something for themselves in this festival. For four weeks, more than 20 artists will succeed one another on stage and outside in the gardens of La Créole Beach Hotel & Spa.
The approach of the festival is to present artists from different worlds in an environment that encourages relaxation and celebration. A varied and colorful festival whose mosaic of colors and sounds will seduce the greatest number of people.
Thus, in recent years, La Créole Jazz Festival has become one of the most important full-size concert halls in Guadeloupe. A festival that seduces an international and growing audience.
The Créole Jazz Festival: jazz, but not only...!
Jazz is a mixture of different music styles. During his development, he managed to integrate numerous influences and to mix different styles such as blues and soul or even Latin music.
From a musical point of view, it is so profound and complex that it is difficult to define exactly what constitutes it. Jazz includes various sub-genres such as traditional bebop, fusion, and free jazz. Jazz can be described as a musical genre that combines improvisation and strong group interaction.
And, it is in this vision that La Créole Jazz Festival brings together jazz enthusiasts, urban sound enthusiasts to R&B fans. It does not also forget fans of dance evenings with zouk and salsa on the program. With a very diverse musical range, La Créole Jazz Festival remains faithful to the origins of jazz and has selected a rich and varied program to offer concerts for all tastes.
An eclectic program
As in previous years, La Créole Jazz Festival presents recognized artists from very varied worlds and the 2023 edition is no exception to the rule.
Indeed, among the headliners, the singer Kareen Guiock-Thuram. You know her for being the star journalist who presents “LE 1245”, JT on M6. Also a singer-songwriter. It is at La Créole Jazz Festival that she will unveil all her talent and her project to pay tribute to Nina Simone, legend of American jazz and blues.
Mario Canonge, the internationally renowned jazz virtuoso pianist or Gregory Privat, the most prominent Martinican artist, pianist and composer of the new jazz scene, will also be present at this 2023 edition.
On the eclecticism side, Ralph Thamar will make you vibrate with the range of sounds offered by the Caribbean music from which it is inspired. Thus, zouk, samba and reggae are revisited with talent to make you experience intense moments.
A musicality that Sonny Troupé will also make you discover. This percussionist and drummer from Guadeloupe, who has worked with the biggest names, offers a musical palette and diversity around his jazz, soul, funk or reggae influences.
And for zouk lovers, the Tempo Group will set the tone with unusual rhythms for dancing and festive evenings.
So, with these artists and many others like Arnaud Dolmen, Laurent Coulondre, or Yvaanyh, La Créole Jazz Festival offers an unparalleled range of musicianship.
A festival in an ideal setting
The quality of programming and the international reputation of the artists who have succeeded one another in recent years have made La Créole Jazz Festival a major event. Combined with an idyllic setting, the festival represents the perfect combination between music and well-being.
It offers an exceptional experience in a remarkable environment. In the heart of a magnificent tropical park planted with palm trees, lilies and hibiscus, the Creole atmosphere of La Créole Beach Hotel & Spa enchants and gives even more this ultimate feeling of relaxation while enjoying an extraordinary festival.
An ideal place to have fun and relax day and night, you will appreciate this environment that will take you on a journey and a unique musical experience during these 4 weeks.