Blue Note Jazz Club

What Blue Note Jazz Club does

Blue Note Jazz Club (legally Blue Note Poznań) is a privately operated live jazz venue located in the historic CK Zamek building at ul. Kościuszki 79 in central Poznań, Poland. The club hosts a regular calendar of live jazz performances featuring Polish and international artists, and operates three ancillary programming assets: the annual Blue Summer Jazz Festival held at Park Starego Browaru, the Blue Note Poznań Competition (BNPC) for emerging artists, and the Jazz Vinyl Club listening series. The company's primary customers are individual jazz enthusiasts attending ticketed performances, supplemented by corporate and private clients who rent the venue for events.

The business operates three revenue streams: ticket sales routed exclusively through the Eventim ticketing platform, venue rental income for private and corporate functions, and revenue from the summer festival via ticketing and sponsorship. There is no proprietary technology stack; the venue relies on third-party ticketing infrastructure and standard web and social channels for marketing. Public-sector partnerships with the City of Poznań (Miasto Poznań) and the regional government (UMWW) anchor the venue's role within the Wielkopolskie cultural landscape, complemented by minor commercial partnerships. The company has 12 employees, no disclosed parent company, no funding history, and no proprietary AI or technology systems.

Name

Blue Note Jazz Club

Legal name

Blue Note Poznań

Website

https://bluenote.poznan.pl

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Blue Note Jazz Club operates a single live jazz venue in the CK Zamek building in Poznań, Poland, serving individual jazz enthusiasts with ticketed concerts featuring Polish and international artists, supplemented by venue rentals, an annual outdoor festival, and an emerging-artist competition.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Live Music Venue & Entertainment Services

NAICS

Other Performing Arts Companies (711190), Musical Groups and Artists (711130)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Live Music Clubs & Venues (MPAGAIAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Live Music Venues & Concert Bars (THAFAEAD), Community Music & Dance Festivals (Non-Commercial/Local) (MPAGAEAH)

Keywords

• Live jazz performances
• Music venue
• Jazz concerts
• Event hosting
• Live entertainment

Headquarters

HQ city

Poznań

HQ country

Poland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Ticket Sales: Revenue from selling admission tickets to live jazz concerts and musical performances at the venue.
2. Venue Rental: Revenue from renting the club space for private events, corporate functions, and special occasions.
3. Blue Summer Jazz Festival: Annual outdoor jazz festival held at Park Starego Browaru, generating revenue through festival tickets and sponsorship.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Blue Note Jazz Club operates a single physical live-music venue in Poznań, Poland, staging scheduled jazz concerts featuring Polish and international artists throughout the year. In addition to regular club performances, it runs the annual outdoor Blue Summer Jazz Festival, hosts the Blue Note Poznań Competition (BNPC) for emerging artists, and rents the club space for private events and corporate functions.

Product overview

Blue Note Jazz Club operates as a single jazz club venue in Poznań, Poland, offering live jazz performances as its core product. The club supplements its regular concert programming with seasonal events including the Blue Summer Jazz Festival, the annual Blue Note Poznań Competition for emerging artists, and the Jazz Vinyl Club series. Additionally, the venue offers rental services for private events. The product portfolio is centered on a unified venue experience rather than a platform architecture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Blue Summer Jazz Festival: Annual jazz festival held in Park Starego Browaru, featuring jazz performances and related events
• Blue Note Poznań Competition
• Jazz Vinyl Club

Products and services

• Blue Note Jazz Club Live Performances

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Good TasteminorGTM or Marketing PartnerLifestyle and culture partner featured in the club's partner section.
• Miasto Poznań (City of Poznań)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerOfficial city partner providing municipal support for cultural events and the jazz club operations.
• Urząd Marszałkowski Województwa Wielkopolskiego (UMWW)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerRegional government partner supporting cultural initiatives and the jazz club as part of the Wielkopolskie region's cultural landscape.
• This WayminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartner organization featured in the club's partner network.
• EventimcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPrimary ticketing platform partner for concert and event ticket distribution. All tickets sold through Eventim platform.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Jazz at Lincoln Center: Large-scale US jazz presenting organization operating multiple venues and broad programming. Comparable in curatorial focus on jazz, but operates as a multi-venue institutional incumbent rather than a single club.

Direct peers

• Smalls Jazz Club: Intimate NYC jazz club focused on live jazz performances, late-night sets, and community programming. Comparable in scale, format, and emphasis on artist development and recurring ticketed concert programming.
• Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club: Iconic London jazz club presenting international and local jazz artists in an intimate club setting with ancillary programming (late-late sets, recordings). Directly comparable to Blue Note Poznań as a destination jazz venue operating under a global brand.
• Cotton Club Jazz (Warsaw): Warsaw-based jazz and live music club presenting Polish and international jazz in a club-format venue. Comparable as a Poland-based ticketed live jazz venue competing for the same national audience and artist pool.
• Blue Note Jazz Club (New York): The flagship Blue Note club in NYC presenting world-class jazz artists under the same internationally recognized "Blue Note" brand. Closest comparable on brand identity, programming model (resident artists, recurring concert calendar), and club atmosphere.
• Birdland Jazz Club: Long-running NYC jazz club presenting major jazz artists in a club-format setting with ticketed performances and dinner service. Comparable in operating model — recurring ticketed jazz concerts, premium atmosphere, evening programming.
• Village Vanguard: Historic NYC jazz venue presenting weekly jazz artist residencies in an intimate basement club format. Comparable on single-room live jazz concert programming, established brand, and reliance on ticketed artist showcases.

Regional players

• Porgy & Bess (Vienna): Vienna-based jazz and contemporary music club presenting international jazz, world, and experimental acts in a ticketed club setting. Comparable on programming philosophy (multi-genre jazz-adjacent curation) but serves a different Central European city.
• A-Trane (Berlin): Berlin jazz club presenting international jazz artists in an intimate ticketed club setting with recurring programming. Comparable on operating model (single venue, regular ticketed concerts), but serves the Berlin market.
• Bimhuis (Amsterdam): Dedicated Amsterdam jazz venue with a regular concert calendar of international and Dutch jazz artists, plus programming partnerships. Comparable as a single-purpose European jazz venue, but operates at a larger institutional scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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