Moers Festival
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The Moers Festival is an annual international music festival in Moers, Germany. The festival has changed from concentrating on free jazz to including world and pop music, though it still invites many avant-garde jazz musicians. Performers at Moers include Lester Bowie, Fred Frith, Jan Garbarek, Herbie Hancock, Abdullah Ibrahim, David Murray, Sun Ra, Archie Shepp, and Cecil Taylor. The festival is officially named "mœrs festival" with lowercase letters.
| Moers Festival | |
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 2004 | |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Dates | Whitsun |
| Location(s) | Moers, Germany |
| Coordinates | 51°27′33″N 6°37′11″E |
| Years active | 1972–present |
| Founded by | Burkhard Hennen |
| Attendance | 40,000 |
| Website | moers-festival |