Enjoy Jazz
2026

Following a successful start, the PHOENIX group continued its commitment as the main sponsor of Enjoy Jazz in 2025. The partnership was not only visible on the festival's stages but also brought to life within the company. A particular highlight of PHOENIX's commitment this year was the concert by Thomas D. & The KBCS on the PHOENIX Campus in Mannheim.

Around 200 employees and guests enjoyed an exceptional evening of music, energy and connection. The unique blend of hip-hop, soul, funk and reggae created an inspiring atmosphere and vividly demonstrated the musical diversity Enjoy Jazz is known for. The concert experience was complemented by an exhibition featuring "legendary album covers" and an acoustic workshop.

By becoming main sponsor of Enjoy Jazz, the PHOENIX group brings together its regional roots and its international identity. The festival is one of the most renowned jazz festivals in the world and the largest of its kind in Germany. Every year it brings artists from around the globe to Heidelberg, Mannheim, Ludwigshafen and other cities in the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region.

For the PHOENIX group, the partnership is far more than sponsorship. It is a commitment to cultural participation, international exchange and an open society. Culture creates encounters across borders and languages, fosters dialogue and connects people — values that also shape a company with pan-European operations like PHOENIX.

In its anniversary year 2024, the PHOENIX group celebrated its 30th anniversary. Since its founding in 1994, the company has been headquartered in Mannheim and carries responsibility for the healthcare of millions of people in Europe. Supporting an internationally oriented festival such as Enjoy Jazz underscores the ambition to contribute not only to healthcare but also to a vibrant, cosmopolitan society.

Right from the start, the festival's motto "Healing" created a special connection. Enjoy Jazz took up the theme of health and thus tied in directly with the mission of the PHOENIX group: "We deliver health."

Both partners contribute in their own way to people's wellbeing — PHOENIX by securing healthcare, Enjoy Jazz through cultural experiences that inspire, connect and open new perspectives.