BERN, Switzerland (CelebrityAccess) — AllBlues Konzert AG and Kultur & Gastro Holding AG announced that the noted Swiss jazz promoter AllBlues Konzert AG has been sold to the Bierhübeli family, owners of the Bierhübeli concert venue in Bern.
Founded in 1994 by Johannes Vogel, Elisabeth Bichsel Vogel and Daniel Silvestri, AllBlues has been staging jazz concerts in major classical concert halls in Switzerland for three decades. The company organizes the concert series “Jazz Classics, taking place at venues such as Tonhalle in Zurich, KKL in Lucerne, and Victoria Hall in Geneva along with the Zurich Jazznojazz Festival, which first took place in 1998.
“I am delighted to have found a successor solution that offers our team a promising future and continues our work and our passion for concerts. During the discussions, it quickly became clear that we share the same values and pursue the same goal: to be commercially successful with high-quality and culturally valuable concerts,” explains Johannes Vogel , founder and managing director of AllBlues Konzert AG. “I will continue to support the company to ensure a smooth transition.”
“This collaboration offers us the opportunity to expand our musical offering and strengthen our relationships with international artists. We want to deepen existing partnerships and at the same time implement new, exciting projects,” added Dave Naef, managing director and program manager of the Bierhübeli
“Following our partnership with the Kursaal Bern, the takeover of AllBlues Konzert AG is another milestone. With a strong team of 130 employees and a good 300 concerts a year, we are excellently positioned to operate successfully as an independent concert promoter in Bern and throughout Switzerland. We look forward to the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead,” added Nando Hepp, Managing Director and CFO of Bierhübeli.
The deal will go into effect by July 1, 2025, according to the companies. The financial terms of the sale were not disclosed.
