Nisville

BELGRADE - Over 100 feature and short fiction and documentary music films will be screened before and during this year's Nisville Jazz Festival on several attractive locations of the Nis Fortress as part of the August 7-13 Nisville Movie Summit.

BELGRADE - US bassist/vocalist Nik West and her band will perform at the Nisville Jazz Festival on August 11.

Dubbed by the Eurythmics' Dave Stewart as the "female Lenny Kravitz", West, aged 25, has collaborated with some major names of the world's music scene, including Stewart, Prince, Marcus Miller and seven-time Grammy winner John Mayer.

BELGRADE - Dutch saxophonist Candy Dulfer will close the 2017 Nisville Jazz Festival with her performance, announced the organizers.

BELGRADE - The 22nd Nisville jazz festival will be held on August 11-14, 2016 under the motto of Nisville Towards New Corridors, featuring 110 performances by 660 artists on 11 stages.

On August 9-10, Nisville will mark 80 years since the birth of Gypsy folk singer Saban Bajramovic, festival director Ivan Blagojevic told Tanjug.

The 22nd Nisville jazz festival will be held August 11-14 this year in Serbia's southern town of Nis.

The festival will feature 110 performances by 660 artists on 11 stages, Tanjug reported.

BELGRADE - The National Tourist Organization of Serbia (TOS) said in a release Wednesday that the British The Guardian had placed southern Serbian-based Nisville among Europe's Top 10 jazz festivals.
     

BELGRADE - The National Tourism Organisation of Serbia still does not have the exact data on the number of tourists who visited Serbia to attend various music events this summer, but the assessments show the country has become increasingly attractive for foreign tourists.

NIS - Serbian jazz singer Nada Pavlovic is the winner of the lifetime achievement award of the 20th Nisville Jazz Festival.

Pavlovic, a legend of Serbian jazz and evergreen music, received the award from Nis Mayor Zoran Perisic at late Thursday's opening ceremony.

In keeping with tradition, the festival was opened by a Serbian band, Moba feat Oliver Katic.

Main Stage Lineup

Thursday, August 14

- Moba feat. Oliver Katic (Serbia)
- Vaja Balkanska and Orchestra (Bulgaria)
- The Cookers (USA)
- Dorado Schmitt Quartet (France)
- Tania Maria 4tet (Brazil)
- Zuralia Orchestra (Romania)

BELGRADE - The 20th Nisville Jazz Festival will take place in Nis from August 14-17, and its program will include 560 musicians from 20 countries, organizers announced at a press conference in the Cultural Centre of Belgrade (KCB) on Friday.