Venue: Kozlov Club
Town: Moscow, RU

Kozlov Club (Russian: Клýб Алексéя Козлóва) is a music club that has been operating in Moscow, Russia, since 2012. The club changed location in 2017 and works now in the central area of Moscow, at Maroseyka str. 9/2 (subway stations Kitay-Gorod and Lubyanka), with its fourth stage opened in a different building at Myasnitskaya str. 15. The biggest jazz club in Europe with its 4 independent stages. In 2019, named “World's Top Jazz Venue” by the poll of AllAboutJazz readers. Provides a wide music range, with the main focus on contemporary jazz but also fusion, funk, soul, progressive and experimental rock, new age, world music, academic music, crossover etc. At first, the club was opened in the basement of the former Olympic Stadium in Moscow. The first concert took place on May 12, 2012, by Alexey Kozlov, the club's president. Official opening ceremony took place in the fall of 2012. The first club version had the single stage and allowed up to 300 attendants. In November 2014, the second stage was opened. In December 2016, the location was closed, and the building itself was later demolished. The club relaunch at the new location was made in collaboration with Pub Life Group, a restaurant holding company. The club was provided with one of the floors of the "Left Bank" restaurant complex (which was in the reconstruction process at the time), located in a historical building (constructed in 1872). Today, the club occupies three upper floors of the building.The opening ceremony of the current club's location took place on May 31, 2017 with a concert of Scott Henderson Trio (US). The second club's stage, named "The Mansard", was launched on Sep.6, 2017. The third stage, "The Beat", was launched on Dec.13, 2018. The fourth stage, "Unplugged", was launched on Apr.21, 2022, at another building located in less than a kilometer from the main house. The club was created by the initiative of the Alexey Kozlov "ArtBeat" Fund, co-founded by a prominent jazz musician, People's Ar