THE
FIFTY-FIFTY JAZZ & POETRY FESTIVAL

FFF

Fifty-fifty

45% Jazz, 45% Poetry,

45% Women, 45% Men,

45% Recognised, 45% Emergent,

45% National, 45% International,

45º: Dizzy's trumpet angle,

10% whatever ...

100% Fun!

2022 PROGRAMME

You can dowload here the Festival's programme of its 2nd edition (2022 - in Spanish)

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THE
FIFTY-FIFTY
JAZZ & POETRY FESTIVAL

Philosophy and Objectives

Unique event in the current musical and literary scene

Non-profit

(the objective is cultural, entertainment and educational)

Small-format events (between 50 and 300 people / event)...

... intimate, elegant and fun

To give priority to quality over quantity

Voluntarily against the current trends: we think above all in analogical events (real encounters), when everything invites digital consumption (but without forgetting the digital world ...)

The encounter between Jazz and Poetry will not be "forced", nor will they be systematically mixed

(fusion is not compulsory, but pairing is good ...)

To promote cooperation with cultural and educational institutions and public-private collaboration, and link the event to entities of recognized national and international prestige

Public-private financing, through grants, supports, sponsors, benefactors and ticketing and some consumptions

Edition nº3: 2nd-5th November 2023

ABOUT US...

Incomparable passion

Created in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic by a group of friends passionate about culture, according to its statutes, the Fifty-Fifty Cultural Association aims to:

Promote cultural and artistic diffusion and fusion, particularly in the fields of jazz, its spin offs, and poetry
Be a platform for dissemination and meeting among established and emerging artists
Be a meeting and reflection platform between analogical and digital cultural habits
Promote gender equality in the field of culture and the cultural and creative industries (ICCs)
Promote intergenerational exchange
Promote awareness and education actions
Promote cultural cooperation and exchange, both nationally and internationally

THE CLUB

At the beginning of the 20th century, the seats of the Palacio Valdés Theater were emptied and tilted to be converted into a dance hall. The FFF Festival will turn it into a jazz and recital club!

JAM Area

The Avilés Cultural Factory is a multidisciplinary centre of creation and dissemination, fully equipped for workshops, rehearsals, off recitals, concerts or "jam sessions.

HOPSCOTCH Area

Similarly, the building of the "Old Fishing Market" in Avilés will become a third place of interest to organize totally free educational-leisure-family activities throughout the day, intergenerational meetings, which could be extended to its. The "Hopscotch" session, winking at Julio Cortazár, a great jazz lover, and reminiscence of analogue and intergenerational children's games.