Swinging Hannover, since 2005 enercity swinging hannover, is a jazz festival in Germany that lasts for 2 days every year.
The festival was founded 1967 by Michael Gehrke as the founder of â³Jazz Club Hannoverâ³. The first place where the open-air festival was organized was the â³Opernplatzâ³. In 1971 the event location of the open-air part of the festival changed to the â³Trammplatz" in front of the New Town Hall in Hannover. The event takes place every morning at Ascension of Jesus. The second part of the festival, the â³Jazzbandballâ³, is located in the â³Hannover Congress Centrumâ³ every evening before Ascension of Jesus. There are about seven bands a year playing at the festival.
The name of the festival changed 2005 after the â³Jazz Club Hannover e. V.â³ initiated a partnership with â³Stadtwerke Hannoverâ³ (local public energy company). The Stadtwerke Hannover are also called as enercity and put that term into the name of the festival.
Many international and national stars of jazz scene were performing at the festival since the beginning in 1967. A bigger prominence was created by introducing the â³Drum-Battlesâ³ where international drummers takes place in a competition, for example Al Foster, Pete York and Charly Antolini.
The open-air concert was recorded until 2000 by German public radio and television broadcaster Norddeutscher Rundfunk. The festival had about 35,000 visitors in 2016 and is one of the biggest jazz festivals in Germany.