3 - 9 July 2008
After the success of Tirana Jazz Festival 2007, a spectacular history of jazz music in Albania started in 2000, Moving Culture is proud to present the 2008 edition. Always looked upon experimental and Jazz-music-nights as seeds of a real Jazz Festival, a place of meeting mixing exchanging of musicians and of the sounds, rhythms and atmospheres they produce . Hans-Joachim Roedelius Honorary President of TirJazzFest.

For further information mail to: jazzfest@movingculture.org

Is a project implemented in collaboration with Raiffeisen Bank, MASH and EDF that aim to Stimulate expresion of cultivated thoughts . Activity will extended over all high schools of Tirana, public and private during 3 months time. A written essay covering themes from European Integration, Social and economy will be produced. A jury, composed by literature professionals (Writers, essayers, literature professors, academics, and literature critics) will select the best essays that will be published in one volume, which will be distributed through all high schools.


Austrian-Albanian Iniciative
Is a project implemented in collaboration with Austrian Ambassy & Municipality of Tirana and supported to several Austrian Companies that overlive stadiom football experience. Each night from 7 to 28 June 2008 in front of Academy of Arts

"Moving Culture" is a youth independent, non-governmental, non-political, non-profit organization. This NPO has started its activity in November 1999; with the purpose to extend the creativity and alternative background in communication, all art disciplines, contemporaneous culture and media, to contribute in the creation and improvement of cultural and artistic policies in Albania. Its goal is to organize different artistic activities like concerts, workshops, exhibitions, theaters, symposiums, aiming to enhance information, artistic and alternative space on the life of Albanian youth, to contribute and introduce suggestions in drafting and improving cultural and artistic policies within the country .