Rudy Linka

Name: Rudy Linka
Start: 2026-10-18T19:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-18T19:00:00+02:00
Location: Klub Art

took place · 18 Oct 2026

Art Club, Opava

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Jazz musician Rudy Linka performs on October 18, 2026 at Klub Art in Opava, starting at 19:00.

About the venue: Art Club

Klub Art is a cultural club in the basement of the Municipal House on Ostrožná Street, run by the Opava Cultural Organisation. The hall holds between 50 and 150 people depending on the layout - café style, theatre seating, or standing. The programme covers music nights across genres (rock, jazz, electronics, folk, alternative), dance evenings and chamber theatre. The club also regularly hosts events as part of the Bezručova Opava and Další břehy festivals, and every year stages the regional edition of the Jeden svět documentary film festival.

Ostrožná 236/46, 746 01 Opava Get directions

About: Rudy Linka

Prague-born Rudy Linka ranks among the world's leading jazz guitarists - Down Beat readers placed him in the global top ten back in 1998. Beyond his performing career, he is the driving force behind Bohemia JazzFest, a travelling festival that draws over 90,000 listeners each summer to historic squares across Czech cities.

#10

best guitarists in the world according to Down Beat readers (1998)

90000+

visitors to Bohemia JazzFest per year

20+

editions of Bohemia JazzFest (since 2005)

What's new

2026-07
Bohemia JazzFest 2026 (21st edition) returned to the Royal Garden of Prague Castle and continued in other Czech cities including Brno.
2025-10
For October 2025, a performance by Rudy Linka Trio (with Christ van Voorst van Beestem and Rudy Royston) was announced at the Vrchlický Theatre in Louny.
2025-08
The magazine Down Beat published an extensive interview-report with Rudy Linka on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Bohemia JazzFest.

Tour

LounyPrahaBrnoPlzeňPrachaticeHluboká nad Vltavou

Tracks

Czech It Outalbum for Enja label, breakthrough recording from the 90s

Double Czechalbum for Enja, key title from the 90s era

Beyond the New York City Limitsalbum from 2007, reviewed in JazzTimes

Acoustic & Electric: Retrospectivedouble album (2014) summarizing career; guests Abercrombie, Scofield, Motian, Mraz

Just Between Usduo project with pianist Gilem Goldstein

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