While international heavyweights pulled massive crowds on Friday, the local lineup at the myBCA International Java Jazz Festival 2026 delivered some of the most emotional and high-energy sets of Day 1. The new NICE venue in PIK 2 provided a massive playground, but it was the Indonesian artists who truly made it feel like home.…

You can move a festival to a shiny new venue, but the soul of Java Jazz has always lived in the unpredictable moments that happen on stage. Day 1 of the myBCA International Java Jazz Festival 2026 at NICE, PIK 2, proved exactly that. While the new 10-stage layout had everyone talking early in the…