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16 and 17 May 2025

On 16 and 17 May, fill in - International Jazz Festival Saar will kick off the 2025 festival year with fill in AVENUE. The festival will hold a large street party for two days in front of the former bus workshop in the Eurobahnhof district. The festival will celebrate with the neighbourhood of the Eurobahnhof quarter and the Saarbrücken music scene until late into the evening.

The event is being organised in close cooperation with GIU – Gesellschaft für Innovation und Unternehmensförderung mbH.

In recent years, an urban quarter with office buildings, restaurants and plenty of culture has been created on the north side of Saarbrücken’s Eurobahnhof railway station under the project management of GIU. Today, historic buildings from the early years of the railway meet modern 21st century architecture.

Of course, jazz will take centre stage, with numerous street performers providing entertainment and market stalls selling art, unusual fashion and records. Culinary delights will be well catered for: street food stalls will be offering food and drinks.n. There will be face painting and an entertainment program for children.

Line-Up

Friday, 16 May 2025

It will be a colourful jazz evening. The line-up includes Problembär, Franz Becker & Friends and DJ Liliom.

4:00 to 6:00 pm Family afternoon

The fan mobile of 1. FC Saarbrücken will visit fill in AVENUE and some FCS stars will be on site for a signing session. Young and old can prove their football talent in the goal wall shooting competition and win prizes such as a business ticket for an FCS home game.

6:00 to 7:00 pm Franz Becker & Friends (Livemusic)

Blues and jazz at its finest – that is the credo of ‘Franz Becker & Friends’. As a trio, Franz Becker (git), Tom Woll (git/voc) and Helmut Engelhardt (sax) play a mixture of lounge, smooth jazz, blues and their own numbers. Easy listening to make you feel good!

7:30 to 7:45 pm Winner draw goal wall shooting

8:30 to 9:30 pm Problembär (Livemusic)

You can’t describe Problembär – you have to experience the guys. The Saarbrücken-based band has been playing self-composed ‘groove noise’ since the end of 2021. The five ‘bears’ play a wild mix of funk, soul, punk and rock with a good dose of jazz. Let’s dance!

9:30 to 0:00 pm DJ Liliom

The first evening will be rounded off by DJ Liliom from Saarbrücken from 21:30, who will get us dancing with cool music.

Saturday, 17 May 2025

The day is all about Lindy Hop. The swing band Gramophoniacs will be playing live music.

The Lindy Hop Saarbrücken team invites you to ‘Social Dance’, there are taster lessons, flash mobs and much more. The music will be played live by the Gramophoniacs. DJ Metty will heat things up at the end.

11:00 am to 4:00 pm fill in – fun und family: A stroll with coffee, cake and jazz

4:00 to 16:05 pm Lindy Hop Marching Band to Flashmob

4:05 to 4:15 pm Lindy Hop Flashmob Choreographies & Social Dance

5:00 to 5:05 pm Lindy Hop Marching Band to Flashmob

5:05 to 5:15 pm Lindy Hop Flashmob Choreos & Social Dance

5:45 to 5:50 pm Lindy Hop Marching Band to Flashmob

5:50 to 6:00 pm Lindy Hop Flashmob Choreos & Social Dance

6:45 to 6:50 pm Lindy Hop Marching Band to Flashmob

6:50 to 7:00 pm Lindy Hop Flashmob Choreos & Social Dance

7:30 to 8:00 pm Lindy-Hop-Schnupperkurs

8:00 to 8:30 pm Gramophoniacs

8:30 to 8:45 pm Lindy-Hop-Show

8:45 to 9:15 pm Gramophoniacs

9:15 to 9:30 pm Lindy-Hop-Show

9:30 to 10:00 pm Gramophoniacs

10:00 to 0:00 pm DJ Metty plays Jazz (Humpty Records Saarbrücken)

Matthias Wagner is not only a household name in the Saarbrücken music scene as the owner of the record shop Humpty Records, as DJ Metty he is also a legend on the DJ booth. He will round off Saturday and the fill in AVENUE with jazz from the turntable. Dancing is allowed!

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Europaallee in front of the old bus workshop
in the Eurobahnhof neighbourhood in Saarbrücken

Approach

Link to navigation with Google Maps

Mit der Bahn

The festival grounds are located directly behind Saarbrücken’s main train station and can be reached on foot in just a few minutes via the north exit.

Mit dem Bus und der Saarbahn

The festival site is part of the Saarbrücken fare zone (Großwabe 111) and has four nearby bus stops:
– ‘Hauptbahnhof’ stop: in addition to Saarbahn line 1, the stop is also served by bus lines 30, 102, 104, 105, 108, 111, 112, 121, 122, 123, 124 and others.
– Ludwigsberg’ bus stop: served by bus lines 105, 125, 128, 154, 197, 321, N4, N13 and X66.
– Bus stop ‘Grülingstr.’ (Rodenhof): served by bus lines 105, 125 and 172.
– Bus stop ‘Hauptbahnhof-Nord’: is served by bus line 105.

Mit dem Auto

from Mannheim/Kaiserslautern and Luxembourg/Trie

Via the A6 and A 623, turn right onto Camphauser Str. and Ludwigskreisel in the direction of Rodenhof via Grülingstraße, take the first exit at the first traffic circle and the third exit at the next traffic circle into Europaallee.

from Luxembourg/Metz

Follow the A620 until exit 15-Westspangenbrücke, keep right and turn right towards Rodenhof before the Ludwigskreisel roundabout. Cross Grühlingstraße, take the first exit at the first roundabout and the third exit at the next roundabout into Europaallee.
Car park Europaallee | Europaallee, Saarbrücken.

Parken

Parking spaces are available in Europaallee and in the municipal car park ‘Europaallee’ behind the main railway station.