List of jazz festivals
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This is a list of notable jazz music festivals, broken down geographically. The festivals mentioned here should have at least some international recognition.
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[edit] Africa
[edit] Algeria
[edit] Morocco
[edit] South Africa
- Cape Town International Jazz Festival
- Cape Town Big Band Festival
- Grahamstown Jazz Festival
- Joy of Jazz Festival - Jo'burg
[edit] Tunisia
[edit] Asia
[edit] Indonesia
- Jakarta International Jazz Festival - Jak.Jazz, in Jakarta, Indonesia, [1]
- Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival - Java Jazz, in Jakarta, Indonesia, [2]
- Jazz Goes To Campus, in Jakarta, Indonesia,[3]
- ASEAN Jazz Festival in Batam, Indonesia, [4]
- Jazz Market By The Sea Festival in Bali, Indonesia, [5]
- Bandung World Jazz Festival in Bandung West Java, Indonesia, [6]
- Ngayogjazz Festival in Jogjakarta, Indonesia, [7]
- Ambon Jazz Plus Festival in Ambon Maluku, Indonesia, [8]
- Just Jazz Festival in Surabaya East Java, Indonesia, [9]
- Jazzcares Festival, in Bandung West Java, Indonesia
- Malacca Strait Jazz Festival in Pekanbaru Riau, Indonesia
- Jazz @ Fort Rotterdam Festival in Makassar South Sulawesi, Indonesia
- Malang Jazz Traffic Festival in Malang East Java, Indonesia
- North Sumatra Jazz Festival in Medan North Sumatra, Indonesia
- Palembang Jazz Festival in Palembang South Sumatra, Indonesia
- Jazz On The Beach Festival in Pangkal Pinang Bangka, Indonesia
- Solo City Jazz Festival in Solo Central Java, Indonesia
[edit] Malaysia
- Miri International Jazz Festival, Malaysia [10], the premier annual jazz festival in Malaysia
- Genting International Jazz Festival, Malaysia
- Penang Jazz Festival, in Malaysia [11]
- Kota Kinabalu Jazz Festival, in Malaysia [12]
[edit] Other Asian countries
- Jazz-E Festival, in China, [13]
- Beijing Jazz Festival, China
- Bangkok Jazz Festival, in Thailand, [14]
- Hua Hin Jazz Festival, in Thailand, [15]
- Jazz Yatra Festival, in Mumbai, India
- Mt. Fuji Jazz Festival, in Yamanashi, Japan
- Live under the sky, in Tokyo, Japan
- Newport Jazz Festival, in Madarao, Japan
- Ulsan Jazz Festival, in Ulsan, Republic of Korea
- Jarasum International Jazz Festival, in Jarasum, Republic of Korea
- Philippine International Jazz & Ethnic Arts Festival, Philippines
- Red Sea Jazz Festival, Eilat, Israel
- Dubai International Jazz Festival, United Arab Emirates
- Jazzmandu, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Congo Square Jazz Festival, in Calcutta, India
[edit] Australia
- Australian Jazz Convention http://australianjazzconvention.org.au
- Australian Jazz Festival, Canberra
- Bellingen Jazz Festival
- Bennetts Lane Jazz Festival, Melbourne
- Manly Jazz Festival, Sydney
- Merimbula Jazz Festival, New South Wales
- Moruya Jazz Festival, New South Wales
- Noosa Jazz Festival, QLD
- Umbria Melbourne Jazz Festival, Melbourne
- Wagga Wagga Jazz Festival, Wagga Wagga
- Wangaratta Festival of Jazz, Victoria
- York Jazz Festival, York, Western Australia
[edit] Pacific Islands
- Samoa 2010 International Jazz and Blues Festival, Samoa www.samoajbfest.org
[edit] Europe
[edit] Austria
- Jazzfestival Saalfelden in Saalfelden www.jazzsaalfelden.com
- Jazzherbst Salzburg in Salzburg
- Jazzfest Wien in Wien
[edit] Azerbaijan
[edit] Belgium
- Blue Note Festival in Ghent
- Jazz Brugge in Bruges
- Gaume Jazz Festival in Rossignol
- Brussels Jazz Marathon in Brussels
- Nam In Jazz in Namur
- Jazz à Liège in Liège
- Spring Blues Festival in Ecaussinnes
- Django A Liberchies in Liberchies
- Golden River City Jazz Festival in Kortrijk
- Parkjazz in Kortrijk
- Festival de Jazz/Blues de Gouvy in Gouvy
- Mons en Jazz in Mons
- Jazz Hoeilaart in Hoeilaart
- Jazz Middelheim in Antwerp
- LLN Open Jazz Festival in Louvain-la-Neuve
[edit] Bosnia and Herzegovina
[edit] Cyprus
- Internation Kourion Festival, Cyprus,[17]
- World of Music Jazz Festival at Aphrodite Hills in Kouklia, Cyprus,[18]
[edit] Denmark
- Copenhagen Jazz Festival in Copenhagen
- Riverboat Jazz Festival in Silkeborg
- Aarhus International Jazz Festival in Aarhus
- Tversted Jazzy Days Jazz Festival in Tversted
[edit] Estonia
[edit] Finland
- April Jazz in Espoo
- Baltic Jazz in Dalsbruk (Taalintehdas)
- Jyväskylä Summer Jazz in Jyväskylä
- Kaamosjazz in Inari
- Kerava Jazz in Kerava
- Pori Jazz in Pori
[edit] France
- Jazz aux Remparts in Bayonne
- Uzeste Musical in Uzeste
- Jazz sous les pommiers in Coutances
- Banlieues Bleues in Seine-Saint-Denis
- Festival International Django Reinhardt in Samois sur Seine
- CareFusion Jazz Festival in Paris
- Paris Jazz Festival in the Bois de Vincennes
- Sons d'hiver in Val-de-Marne
- La Villette Jazz Festival in Paris
- Nancy Jazz Pulsations in Nancy
- Jazz in Marciac in Marciac
- Jazz sur son 31 in Toulouse
- Tourcoing Jazz Festival in Tourcoing
- Europa Jazz Festival in Le Mans
- Musiques de Jazz et d'ailleurs in Amiens
- Blues Passions Cognac in Cognac
- Musiques Métisses in Angoulême
- Jazz à Juan in Antibes
- Nice Jazz Festival in Nice
- Charlie Jazz Festival in Vitrolles (Provence)
- Jazz à Vienne in Vienne
- Reims Jazz Festival in Reims
- Jazz en tête in Clermont-Ferrand
[edit] Germany
[edit] Iceland
[edit] Ireland
- Bray Jazz Festival in Bray, Co.Wicklow
- Cork Jazz Festival in Cork City, Co.Cork
- Galway Jazz Festival in Galway City, Co.Galway
- Harvest Time Blues in Monaghan, Co.Monaghan
[edit] Italy
[edit] Latvia
[edit] Lithuania
- Vilnius Jazz in Vilnius
- Vilnius Mama Jazz Festival in Vilnius
- Kaunas Jazz in Kaunas
[edit] Macedonia
[edit] Malta
[edit] Moldova
[edit] The Netherlands
- North Sea Jazz Festival formerly in The Hague, now in Rotterdam
- The Hague Jazz in The Hague
- Jazz in Duketown in 's-Hertogenbosch
- Amersfoort Jazz in Amersfoort
- Rhine Town Jazz Festival in Wageningen
- Breda Jazz Festival in Breda
- Wereld Jazz Dagen in Dordrecht
- International Jazzfestival Enschede in Enschede
[edit] Norway
- Moldejazz in Molde
- Kongsberg Jazzfestival in Kongsberg
- Nattjazz in Bergen
- Sildajazz in Haugesund, Norway
- Haugesunds jazz festival in Haugesund, Norway
[edit] Poland
- Jazz Jamboree, Warsaw
- Komeda Jazz Festival, Słupsk
- Warsaw Summer Jazz Days, Warsaw
- Jazz nad Odrą, Wrocław
[edit] Portugal
[edit] Romania
- Bucharest Masters of Jazz Festival - Bucharest [23]
- EUROPAfest, Bucharest - international festival - blues, jazz, pop, classic
- Gărâna Jazz Festival - Gărâna, Caraş-Severin (Gărâna Jazz)
- Jazzy Spring Festival Bucharest, Bucharest
- Jazz and More, Sibiu [24]
- Sibiu Jazz Festival - Sibiu [25]
- Festivalul Internaţional "Richard Oschanitzky", Iaşi
- Timişoara Jazz Festival - Timişoara [26]
- Transilvania Jazz Festival - Cluj-Napoca [27]
[edit] Russia
- Usadba.Jazz, Moscow[28]
- Jazz in Hermitage Garden, Moscow
- Jazz Province, moving festival - Kursk, Moscow etc.[29]
- MuzEnergo, Dubna[30]
- Jazz near the Old Fortress, Novokuznetsk
- Triumph of Jazz, Moscow
- NuVogue, Moscow
- Don Chento Jazz, Kaliningrad
[edit] Serbia
- Novi Sad Jazz Festival, Novi Sad
- Nisville Jazz Festival, Niš
- Pristina Jazz Festival in Pristina
[edit] Slovakia
- Bratislava Jazz Days
- OpenJazzFest
[edit] Slovenia
[edit] Spain
- Festival de Jazz de Terrassa
- Festival de Jazz de Barcelona
- Festival de Jazz de Vitoria (Vitoria-Gasteiz)
- Festival de Jazz de San Sebastian (Donostia-San Sebastian)
- Festival de Jazz de Valencia
- Festival de Jazz de Madrid
- Festival Internacional Dixieland de Tarragona
[edit] Sweden
[edit] Switzerland
- Ascona Jazz Festival, Ascona
- Lugano Jazz Festival, Lugano
- Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux
- Cully Jazz Festival, Cully
[edit] Turkey
- Afyon Jazz Festival in Afyon
- Akbank Caz Festivali in İstanbul ([32])
- Amatör Caz Müzisyenleri Festivali in Eskişehir ([33])
- Ankara Jazz Festival in Ankara
- Efes Pilsen Blues Festival in Ankara, İstanbul, Adana, İzmir, Bucharest (Romania)
- Eskişehir Jazz Festival in Eskişehir
- Istanbul International Jazz Festival in İstanbul ([34])
- İzmir European Jazz Festival, İzmir ([35])
- ODTÜ Jazz Days in Ankara
[edit] UK
- Isle of Wight International Jazz Festival, Ventnor
- Glenn Miller Festival Of Swing, Jazz & Jive!!, Clapham, Bedfordshire
- Scarborough Jazz Festival ([36])
- Glasgow International Jazz Festival in Glasgow
- Ealing Jazz Festival, Ealing, London
- Cheltenham Jazz Festival, Cheltenham
- Brecon Jazz Festival, Wales
- Bath International Music Festival, Jazz Weekend. Bath.
- London Jazz Festival
- Nairn International Jazz Festival, Scotland
- Whitley Bay International Jazz Festival, near Newcastle upon Tyne [37]
- Keswick Jazz Festival, Lake District
- Bude Jazz Festival, Cornwall
- Callander Jazz and Blues Festival, Scotland
- City Of Derry Jazz And Big Band Festival, Northern Ireland
- Manchester Jazz Festival
- Aberdeen Jazz Festival ([38]), Aberdeen, Scotland
- Naturist Foundation Jazz Festival ([39])Orpington, London
[edit] Ukraine
[edit] North America
[edit] Canada
- Atlantic Jazz Festival in Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival in Fredericton, New Brunswick
- Beaches International Jazz Festival in Toronto, Ontario
- Burlington Jazz and Blues Festival in Burlington, Ontario
- Festi Jazz International de Rimouski, Rimouski, Quebec
- Guelph Jazz Festival in Guelph, Ontario
- Jazz Sudbury Festival, in Greater Sudbury, Ontario
- Jazz Winnipeg Festival in Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Montreal International Jazz Festival in Montreal, Quebec
- Ottawa Jazz Festival, in Ottawa, Ontario
- Sasktel Saskatchewan Jazz Fest in Saskatoon, Regina, Prince Albert in Saskatchewan
- Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival in Toronto, Ontario
- Vancouver International Jazz Festival in Vancouver, British Columbia
- Uptown Waterloo Jazz Festival in Waterloo, Ontario
- Wreckhouse International Jazz and Blues Festival in St John's, Newfoundland
[edit] Caribbean
- Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival
- Barbados Jazz Festival
- Curaçao North Sea Jazz Festival
- Havana Jazz Festival in Havana
- Ocho Rios Jazz Festival
- Saint Lucia Jazz Festival
- Puerto Rico Heineken Jazz Fest
- Aruba Caribbean Sea Jazz Festival
- Caribbean Sea Jazz Festival
- Dominican Republic Jazz Festival
- Jazz Artists On The Greens Trinidad
[edit] United States
Alabama
- Taste of 4th Avenue Jazz Festival, sponsored by the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, Birmingham, Alabama
- AJHoF Annual Student Jazz Festival, sponsored by the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, Birmingham, Alabama
- W. C. Handy Music Festival, Florence, Alabama
Alaska
Arkansas
California
- Banjo Jubilee Jazz Festival, San Jose, CA
- Berkeley Jazz Festival, Berkeley, California
- Concord Jazz Festival, Concord, California
- Davis Jazz Festival: Beyond the Beat Generation, Davis, California
- Folsom Jazz Festival in Folsom, California
- Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, San Francisco, CA
- Healdsburg Jazz Festival
- Hyatt Regency Newport Beach Jazz Festival, Newport Beach, California
- Monterey Jazz Festival in Monterey, California
- Playboy Jazz Festival, Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California
- Sacramento Banjo-Rama Jazz Festival, Sacramento, California
- Sacramento Jazz Jubilee, Sacramento, California
- San Diego Thanksgiving Dixieland Jazz Festival, San Diego, California
- San Francisco Blues Festival (http://www.sfblues.com)
- San Francisco Jazz Festival, San Francisco, California
- San Jose Jazz Festival, San Jose, California
- Stanford Jazz Festival, Palo Alto, California
- West Coast Jazz Party
- Newport Beach Jazz Party
- Yosemite International Jazz Festival, Coarsegold, California
Colorado
- Telluride Jazz Festival, in Telluride, Colorado (telluridejazz.org)
- Evergreen Jazz Festival, Evergreen, Colorado [41]
- Jazz Aspen Snowmass, Aspen, Colorado [42]
Connecticut
- Hartford International Jazz Festival, Hartford, Connecticut
- Litchfield Jazz Festival, Kent, Connecticut
- New Haven Jazz Festival, New Haven, Connecticut
Florida
- Jacksonville Jazz Festival, Jacksonville, Florida
- Jazz on the Green, Fort Myers, Florida (jazzonthegreen.com)
- Tampa Bay Blues Fest
- Clearwater Jazz Holiday
Georgia
- Atlanta Jazz Festival, Atlanta, Georgia
- Savannah Jazz Festival, Savannah, Georgia
- Savannah Music Festival, Savannah, Georgia
- The Atlanta Jazz Party, Atlanta,Georgia
Idaho
- Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, Moscow, Idaho
- Sun Valley Swing'n'Dixie Jazz Jamboree, Sun Valley, Idaho (sunvalleyjazz.com)
Illinois
Indiana
- Indy Jazz Fest, in Indianapolis, Indiana
- Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival, in Notre Dame, Indiana
Iowa
Louisiana
- French Quarter Festival, in New Orleans, Louisiana
- New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, in New Orleans, Louisiana
- Satchmo Summer Fest, in New Orleans, Louisiana
Maryland
- Silver Spring Jazz Festival, in Silver Spring, Maryland
- Capital Jazz Festival, in Columbia, Maryland
Massachusetts
- Tanglewood Jazz Festival, Tanglewood, Massachusetts
- Provincetown Jazz Festival, Provincetown, Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
- Minnesota Sur Seine in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis, Minnesota and Saint Paul, Minnesota (surseine.com)
- Twin Cities Hot Summer Jazz Festival, in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota (hotsummerjazz.com)
- Grand Marais Jazz Festival, in the Cook County-North Shore of Lake Superior, Minnesota
Missouri
- Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival, Kansas City, Missouri
- Scott Joplin International Ragtime Festival, Sedalia, Missouri
- Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival, St. Louis, Missouri
Nebraska
Nevada
New Jersey
- Red Bank Jazz & Blues Festival, in Red Bank, New Jersey
- Asbury Park Jazz Festival, in Asbury Park, New Jersey
New York
- North Sea Jazz Festival, 1970.
- Albany Riverfront Jazz Festival, Albany, New York (albanyevents.org)
- Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition and Festival, at Lincoln Center in New York City.
- Freihofer's Jazz Festival [44] in Saratoga Springs, New York
- Queen City Jazz Festival, in Buffalo, New York (Buffalo Wiki)
- Rochester International Jazz Festival, in Rochester, New York
- JVC Jazz Festival-New York, in New York City, at various venues including Carnegie Hall since 1972
- Jazz in July Festival, at 92nd Street Y in New York City, since 1985
- Blue Note Jazz Festival, at various venues in New York City, beginning in 2011 [45]
- The Warwick Valley Jazz Festival, in Warwick NY, Third Annual this August 16 -19,2012 [46]
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Tennessee
Texas
- Denton Arts and Jazz Festival, Denton, Texas
- Jazz By The Boulevard, Fort Worth, Texas
- Beaumont Jazz & Blues Fest, Beaumont, Texas
- Trinity Jazz Festival and Jazz Mass, Houston, Texas
Utah
Vermont
Washington
- Earshot Jazz Festival, Seattle, Washington
- Centrum (also known as Jazz Port Townsend)
Wisconsin
- Great River Jazz Fest, La Crosse, WI
- [48] [Jazz on the Vine, Elkhart Lake, WI]
- [49] [Kettle Moraine Jazz Festival, West Bend, WI]
Virginia
[edit] South America
Brazil
- Circuito Do Jazz, Sampa Jazz, Olinda Jazz, São Paulo, Olinda, Brasil
- Búzios Jazz & Blues, Búzios, Brazil
- Rio Das Ostras Jazz & Blues, Rio Das Ostras, Brazil
- Festival Pró-Jazz, Juiz de Fora, Brazil
Chile
Colombia
- Festival Internacional de Jazz del Teatro Libre in Bogotá, Colombia
- Jazz al Parque in Bogotá, Colombia
- BarranquiJazz in Barranquilla, Colombia
- aJazzGo in Cali, Colombia
Mexico
[edit] Other countries
- Festival Internacional de Jazz de Punta del Este, Punta del Este, Uruguay
- Suriname Jazz Festival, Paramaribo, Suriname
- National Jazz Festival, Tauranga, New Zealand
- Australian Jazz Convention
Warwick Valley Jazz Festival http://www.warwickvalleyjazzfest.com
