List of jazz festivals (Redirected from Jazz festival)

This is a list of notable jazz festivals around the world.

Historic jazz festivals

Name Year Location Notes Image
Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival 1969–present Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
Beaulieu Jazz Festival 1956–61 Beaulieu, Hampshire, UK Lord Montagu of Beaulieu holds an annual trad and modern jazz festival in the ground of Beaulieu estate, in the New Forest.
Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival 1971–Present Davenport, Iowa, U.S. This 3 day jazz festival in Bix Beiderbecke's hometown of Davenport, IA began when a group of East Coast musicians came to Davenport to pay homage to Bix by playing over his grave. The jam session at a local hotel afterwards was so hugely popular that the idea to hold it annually was born. The festival drew tens of thousands and has been held every year since. 2021 marks its 50th anniversary, making it one of the longest running jazz fests in the U.S.
Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Fest logo
Cavalcade of Jazz 1945–1958 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Leon Hefflin Sr. produced the Cavalcade of Jazz at Wrigley Field, with jazz giants such as Count Basie, Nat King Cole, Lionel Hampton, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Sam Cooke, Dinah Washington, Frankie Laine, Perez Prado, Sarah Vaughn, Valdez Orchestra, Ray Charles and over a hundred more artists.
Clearwater Jazz Holiday 1979–present Clearwater, Florida, U.S.
DC Jazz Festival 2005–present Washington, D.C., U.S.
Festival International de Jazz 1959–1966 Comblain-la-Tour, Belgium For eight years, between 1959 and 1966 at the initiative of a GI who survived the Rundstedt Offensive, the small Walloon village turned into one of the landmarks of the jazz world. Performing artists included John Coltrane, Ray Charles, Nina Simone, Stéphane Grappelli, Cannonball Adderley, Chet Baker, and Woody Herman.
Five Points Jazz Festival (Denver) 2003–present Denver, Colorado, USA Five Points Jazz Festival is a free, all-day event held annually in Denver’s historic Five Points neighborhood. From its humble first year which featured one stage and only three bands, the festival has grown into an all-day event with almost 50 bands, 10 stages and performance spaces and 100,000 visitors. In 2020, DAV collaborated with Rocky Mountain PBS and KUVO to broadcast a virtual event that garnered two Colorado Broadcasters Association awards and a Heartland Emmy® nomination.
Golden River City Jazz Festival 1960–present Kortrijk, Belgium Focusing on Jazz. The Festival was an opportunity for The Golden River City Jazz Band to showcase their repertoire and to mingle with international musicians
Jazz at the Lake: Lake George Jazz Weekend 1984–present Lake George, New York, U.S.
Jazz Bilzen 1965–1981 Bilzen, Belgium This was the first festival on the continent where jazz and pop music were brought together. Sometimes called the "mother of all (European) festivals," Bilzen started out featuring jazz, but eventually incorporated blues, folk, rock and soul, punk and new wave as well.
JazzFest Berlin 1964–present Berlin, Germany The festival's artistic concept has been to document, support, and validate trends in jazz, and to mirror the diversity of creative musical activity.
Jefferson St. Jazz & Blues Festival 2000–present Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Kongsberg Jazzfestival 1964–present Kongsberg, Norway The second jazz festival started in Norway.
Moldejazz 1961–present Molde, Norway The first jazz festival in Norway.
Montreal International Jazz Festival 1979–present Montreal, Quebec, Canada The Festival International de Jazz de Montréal (English: Montreal International Jazz Festival) is an annual jazz festival held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Montreal Jazz Fest holds the 2004 Guinness World Record as the world's largest jazz festival. Every year it features roughly 3,000 artists from 30-odd countries, more than 650 concerts (including 450 free outdoor performances), and welcomes over 2 million visitors (12.5% of whom are tourists) as well as 300 accredited journalists. The festival takes place at 20 different stages, which include free outdoor stages and indoor concert halls.
National Jazz and Blues Festival 1961–1980s United Kingdom Originally oriented around jazz and blues, this annual festival soon became a showcase for progressive rock as well, featuring groups such as the psychedelic rock group Cream.
Nattjazz 1972–present Bergen, Norway This is a sentral jazz festival in Norway oriented around the variety of jazz.
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 1970–present New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. This annual festival celebrates the indigenous music and culture of New Orleans and Louisiana, so the music encompasses every style associated with the city and the state: contemporary and traditional jazz, blues, R&B, gospel music, Cajun music, zydeco, Afro-Caribbean, folk music, Latin, rock, rap music, country music, and bluegrass.
Newport Jazz Festival 1954–present Newport, Rhode Island, U.S. It was established in 1954 by socialite Elaine Lorillard. While initially focused on acoustic jazz, the festival's 1969 program was an experiment in fusing jazz, soul and rock music and audiences.
Ocean Blue Jazz Festival mid-1990s–early 2000s Hitachinaka, Ibaraki
Panama Jazz Festival 2003–present Panama With almost 20 years, the Panama Jazz Festival has become a cultural tourism attraction with the visit of more than 500,000 people from different latitudes. Currently, the event is sustainable thanks to the work of Patricia Zárate de Pérez, Executive Director of the festival who leads a team of 70 coordinators, 500 volunteers, 300 national and international musicians, and about 200 collaborators from all sectors of Panama. , adding more than 1,000 people who work hard to carry out the event.
Pori Jazz 1966–present Pori, Finland The first festival was based on acoustic jazz, but electric jazz and other rhythm music, blues, soul, funk, hip-hop and Cuban and Brazilian music gradually took foot.
Prague International Jazz Festival 1964–present Prague, Czech Republic
Jersey City Jazz Festival 2013–present Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S. An annual festival in June based out of Hudson County. The festival (previously known as Riverview Jazz Festival) was started to create an awareness of the internationally known jazz musicians living in Jersey City.
Tobago Jazz Festival 2004–present Trinidad and Tobago American magazine Forbes in 2008 voted the festival "third Biggest Event on Planet Earth"

Jazz festivals by country

The following is an incomplete list of notable jazz festivals, including both current and defunct festivals of note.

Africa

Angola

Cabo Verde

Lesotho

Madagascar

  • Nosy Be Jazz Festival[citation needed]

Morocco

Nigeria

South Africa

Americas

Argentina

Aruba

  • Caribbean Sea Jazz Festival

Barbados

Bolivia

Brazil

Canada

Chile

  • Festival Internacional de Jazz Las Condes in Santiago[citation needed]
  • Festival Internacional Jazz Patagonia in Frutillar[citation needed]
  • Festival Internacional Providencia Jazz in Santiago[citation needed]
  • Festival Internacional San Bernardo Jazz Fest in Santiago[citation needed]

Colombia

Cuba

  • Havana Jazz Festival in Havana

Curaçao

  • Curaçao North Sea Jazz Festival

Dominican Republic

  • Dominican Republic Jazz Festival

Haiti

Jamaica

Mexico

Panama

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico Heineken Jazz Fest 2007

Saint Lucia

Suriname

  • Suriname Jazz Festival in Paramaribo[citation needed]

Trinidad and Tobago

United States

Alabama

Alaska

Arkansas

Arizona

  • Tucson Jazz Festival in Tucson

California

Colorado

  • Denver Vintage Jazz Festival in Denver[citation needed]
  • Evergreen Jazz Festival in Evergreen
  • Jazz Aspen Snowmass in Aspen
  • Telluride Jazz Festival in Telluride
  • Vail Jazz Festival in Vail

Connecticut[citation needed]

Delaware

District of Columbia

Florida

Georgia

Idaho

Illinois

  • Al Sears Jazz Festival in Macomb
  • Chicago Jazz Festival in Chicago
  • Elmhurst Jazz Festival in Elmhurst[citation needed]
  • Englewood Jazz Festival in Chicago
  • Hyde Park Jazz Festival in Chicago[citation needed]
  • Knox-Rootabaga Jazz Festival in Galesburg
  • South Shore Jazz Festival in Chicago[citation needed]
  • Umbrella Music Festival in Chicago

Indiana

Iowa

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Missouri

  • Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival in St. Louis
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival in Kansas City[citation needed]
  • Scott Joplin International Ragtime Festival in Sedalia

Nebraska

Nevada

  • Las Vegas City of Lights Jazz Festival in Las Vegas
  • Reno Jazz Festival in Reno[citation needed]

New Jersey

New York

North Carolina

  • Duck Jazz Festival in Duck
  • North Carolina Jazz Festival in Wilmington
  • Pleasure Island Seafood, Blues & Jazz Festival in Kure Beach

Ohio

  • Columbus Jazz and Rib Festival in Columbus[citation needed]

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

  • Benny Golson Jazz Festival in Ephraim

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

Wisconsin

Wyoming

  • Kinser Jazz Festival in Casper

Uruguay

  • Festival Internacional de Jazz de Punta del Este, Punta del Este
  • Festival Jazz a la Calle (Jazz to the Streets), Mercedes
  • Jazz Tour Montevideo, Montevideo

Venezuela

Asia

Azerbaijan

Performances in Baku

China

Cyprus

  • International Kourion Festival
  • World of Jazz Festival at Aphrodite Hills in Kouklia

Georgia

India

Indonesia

Israel

Japan

Malaysia

  • KL International Jazz & Arts Festival
  • Kota Kinabalu Jazz Festival
  • World Youth Jazz Festival
  • Penang Island Jazz Festival
  • Borneo Jazz Festival held in Miri, Sarawak
  • IPjazz Festival held in Bahru

Nepal

Philippines

Singapore

  • The Singapore International Jazz Festival

South Korea

Taiwan

Thailand

United Arab Emirates

Europe

Austria

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Kosovo

  • Dam Jazz Festival
  • Prishtina Jazz Festival in Pristina

Latvia

Lithuania

Malta

Moldova

Netherlands

North Macedonia

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russia

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

  • Džjezz International Jazz Festival in Celje
  • Jazz Camp Kranj in Kranj
  • Jazz Cerkno in Cerkno
  • Jazz Festival Ljubljana in Ljubljana

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Oceania

Australia

New Zealand

Samoa

  • Samoa 2010 International Jazz and Blues Festival, Samoa

See also

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