Each year, the Alternatilla Jazz Festival turns the Balearic Islands into a crossroads of music. For over two weeks, Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera host a festival like no other: itinerant, close to its audience, and with a strong identity.

In 2025 we turn to France. We want to explore its fascinating jazz universe, from established names to emerging talents, and connect them with local and national musicians. 

Because at Alternatilla, jazz knows no borders: what matters is the encounter.

Vive le Jazz!

The poster 2025

This year’s poster is more than an image: it is an invitation.

A golden trumpet that, instead of notes, pours out clusters of grapes. Because jazz, like wine, is born from the land, shaped with patience, and enjoyed with intensity.

France, guest country in 2025, is the cradle of a universal wine tradition. And Mallorca, together with Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera, shares that same passion. This poster is a tribute to that invisible bond: two territories that, through music and culture, know how to converse and celebrate each other.

The trumpet becomes both a glass and a vineyard, a symbol of how art and life intertwine. Music flows like fine wine: full-bodied, nuanced, soulful.

A poster that reminds us jazz is not only to be heard: it is to be savoured.

Artists 2025

Established names, rising talents and unrepeatable encounters. This year we welcome French artists alongside local and national musicians to complete a vibrant and diverse line-up.

• From the Balearic Islands and mainland Spain: CHICUELO & MARCO MEZQUIDA, EVA FERNÁNDEZ Trio, GEOMETRICAL SARDINE, LA VELLA DIXIELAND, THE VOODOO CHILDREN COLLECTIVE with TONI VAQUER
• From the guest country, France: CAMILLE BERTAULT 4tet, JOACHIM GOVIN 4tet, LEÏLA DUCLOS 4tet, LEVI HARVEY & JÉRÉMIE LUCCHESE, RICHARD GALLIANO Trio
• Plus the artists participating in the 'Ménage à Jazz' concerts: ARIEL BRÍNGUEZ, BLANCA FUNES, CAMILLE BERTAULT, ENRIC FUSTER, JOACHIM GOVIN, JOAN GARCIAS, JOAN MOLL, LEÏLA DUCLÓS, MARKO LOHIKARI, PIERRE BAUZERAND, TONY TIXIER

Venues and Locations

Alternatilla Jazz is a festival on the move.

Alternatilla travels through the most special venues of the islands: historic theatres, auditoriums and charming spaces. From Palma to Ciutadella, from Inca to Formentera. Each concert is also an invitation to discover the territory.

• This year you'll find us in all this venues and locations (in chronological order): 
• Teatre des Born - CIUTADELLA, Casa des Poble - PALMA, Claustre de Sant Bonaventura - LLUCMAJOR, Estudi General Lul·lià - PALMA, Conservatori Superior de Música Illes Balears - PALMA, Espai 36 - SANT LLORENÇ, Teatre de MURO, Teatre Sa Teulera - ANDRATX, Espai per confirmar - FORMENTERA, Teatre principal - PALMA, Can Ventosa - EIVISSA, Teatre Principal d'INCA, Auditori de PORRERES, Sa Congregació - SA POBLA. Església de Sant Domingo - POLLENÇA

What makes the festival unique

• Guest country: each edition explores a different country (so far: the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Cuba, Italy, Belgium and Denmark). This year: France.
• Travelling festival: we bring jazz to theatres, auditoriums and unique venues across all the islands.
• Unique encounters: Ménage à Jazz concerts, where international and local artists share creation and performance, embracing improvisation.
• More than concerts: the programme also includes mediation activities: participatory sessions such as workshops, talks, masterclasses or professional days, designed to bridge artists and audiences; actions that bring artistic creation closer to the community, making it more accessible, understandable and alive.
• Social commitment: sustainability, gender equality, inclusion and cultural responsibility.
• We're not a mega-festival. We stand for warmth, quality and a sense of place, a true connection to the territory.

• With thanks to (alphabetical): Municipalities of Andratx, Esporles, Llubí, Llucmajor, Muro, Palma, Pollença, Porreres, Sa Pobla and Sant Llorenç; Ara Balears; Consell de Mallorca; Conservatori Superior de Música de les Illes Balears; Eivissa Escènica; Estudi General Lul·lià; Fonart; Fundacio Catalunya La Pedrera; Fundació Guillem Cifre de Colonya; Grupotel; IB3 Radiotelevisió; Impremta Muro; Institut d’Estudis Baleàrics; Jazz Obert Menorca; Motorisa; Soundwave; Teatre des Born; Teatre Principal d’Inca; Teatre Principal de Palma; TicketIB; UIB.

The festival’s history

9 editions, 9 guest countries

Since 2016, Alternatilla has woven a sound map that brings cultures together. 

The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Cuba, Italy, Belgium, Denmark… and now France.

Each edition has brought legendary names and unforgettable discoveries. A story that grows year after year.

Who we are

We are an independent non-profit cultural association, born in Mallorca in 2005.

A diverse team passionate about music, photography, literature, cinema and the arts in all their forms. We believe culture is a common good and a driver of sustainable development.

From our independence, we promote cultural projects that respect people and the environment. Today, the jazz festival is at the heart of our work, but we also organise concerts, exhibitions, educational activities and editorial collaborations. 

Since 2023, we are part of the United Nations Global Compact, aligning our actions with the Sustainable Development Goals.

Actualment el festival de jazz és el cor de la nostra activitat, però també organitzam altres concerts, exposicions, activitats educatives i col·laboracions editorials. També gestionem ticketIB, la nostra pròpia plataforma de venda d’entrades en línia.

Des del gener del 2023, formem part del Pacte Mundial de les Nacions Unides, la iniciativa de l’ONU que lidera la sostenibilitat empresarial al món. Amb aquest compromís, garantim el compliment de les responsabilitats fonamentals en drets humans, treball, medi ambient i lluita contra la corrupció, alineant-nos amb els Objectius de Desenvolupament Sostenible.