Dexter

Odense


Run mostly by volunteers, this intimate live-performance venue focuses primarily (but not exclusively) on jazz, blues, folk and world music, from Danish and international artists.

There are jam sessions every Monday (free entry), but like many of the city's venues, it closes for most of the summer, except during the Jam Days music festival in early August.


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