List of jazz festivals

This is a list of notable jazz music festivals, broken down geographically. The festivals mentioned here should have at least some international recognition.

Africa

Morocco

• Tanjazz

Asia

Malaysia

• Miri International Jazz Festival, Malaysia [1], the premier annual jazz festival in Malaysia
• Genting International Jazz Festival, Malaysia
• Penang Jazz Festival, in Malaysia [2]

Other Asian countries

• Jazz-E Festival, in China, [3]
• Beijing Jazz Festival, China
• Bangkok Jazz Festival, in Thailand, [4]
• Hua Hin Jazz Festival, in Thailand, [5]
• Jazz Yatra Festival, in Mumbai, India
• Jakarta International Jazz Festival - JakJazz, in Jakarta, Indonesia, [6]
• Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival - Java Jazz, in Jakarta, Indonesia, [7]
• Jazzcares, in Bandung, Indonesia
• Jazz Goes To Campus, in Jakarta, Indonesia
• Mt. Fuji Jazz Festival, in Yamanashi, Japan
• Live under the sky, in Tokyo, 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
• Katmandu Jazz Festival, Nepal

Australia

• Australian Jazz Festival, Canberra
• Bellingen Jazz Festival
• Bennetts Lane Jazz Festival, Melbourne
• Manly Jazz Festival, Sydney
• Merimbula Jazz Festival, NSW
• Moruya Jazz Festival, NSW
• Noosa Jazz Festival, QLD
• Umbria Melbourne Jazz Festival, Melbourne
• Wagga Wagga Jazz Festival, Wagga Wagga
• Wangarratta Jazz Festival, Victoria
• York Jazz Festival, York, Western Australia

Europe

Austria

• Jazzfestival Saalfelden in Saalfelden www.jazzsaalfelden.com

Azerbaijan

• Baku International Jazz Festival in Baku([8])

Belgium

• Blue Note Festival in Ghent
• Gaume Jazz Festival in Rossignol
• Brussels Jazz Marathon in Brussels
• Nam In Jazz in Namur
• Jazz A Liège in Liège
• Spring Blues Festival in Ecaussinnes
• Django A Liberchies in Liberchies
• Festival de Jazz/Blues de Gouvy in Gouvy
• Mons En Jazz in Mons
• Jazz Hoeilaart in Hoeilaart
• Jazz Middelheim in Antwerp

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Sarajevo Jazz Festival, Sarajevo

Costa Rica

• Costa Rica International Jazz Festival 2007, Costa Rica

Cyprus

• Internation Kourion Festival, Cyprus,[9]

Denmark

• Copenhagen Jazz Festival in Copenhagen
• Riverboat Jazz Festival in Silkeborg
• Aarhus International Jazz Festival in Aarhus

Estonia

• Tallinn International Festival Jazzkaar in Tallinn

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

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
• JVC 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

Germany

• Moers Festival in Moers

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

Italy

• Umbria Jazz in Perugia

Kosovo

• Prishtina Jazz Festival in Pristina

Lithuania

• Vilnius Jazz in Vilnius
• Vilnius City Jazz (formerly Vilnius Mama Jazz) in Vilnius
• Kaunas Jazz in Kaunas

Macedonia

• Skopje Jazz Festival in Skopje ([10])

Malta

• Malta Jazz Festival in Valletta ([11])

The Netherlands

• North Sea Jazz Festival formerly in The Hague, now in Rotterdam
• 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

Norway

• Moldejazz in Molde ([12])
• Kongsberg jazz festival in Kongsberg ([13])
• Nattjazz in Bergen ([14])
• Sildajazz in Haugesund, Norway
• Haugesunds jazz festival in Haugesund, Norway

Poland

• Jazz Jamboree, Warsaw
• Komeda Jazz Festival, Słupsk
• Warsaw Summer Jazz Days, Warsaw
• Jazz nad Odrą, Wrocław

Portugal

• Festival de Jazz e Blues, Seia
• Jazz em Agosto, Lisboa,[15],

Romania

• Gărâna Jazz Festival, Gărâna
• Jazzy Spring Festival Bucharest, Bucharest
• Jazz and More, Sibiu
• Festivalul Internaţional "Richard Oschanitzky", Iaşi

Russia

• Usadba.Jazz, Moscow[16]
• Jazz in Hermitage Garden, Moscow
• Jazz Province, moving festival - Kursk, Moscow etc.[17]
• MuzEnergo, Dubna[18]
• Jazz near the Old Fortress, Novokuznetsk
• Triumph of Jazz, Moscow

Serbia

• Novi Sad Jazz Festival, Novi Sad

Slovenia

• Jazz Festival Ljubljana, Ljubljana ([19])

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

Sweden

• Stockholm Jazz Festival in Stockholm
• Umeå Jazz Festival in Umeå

Switzerland

• New Orleans Jazz Festival Ascona, Ascona
• Lugano Jazz Festival, Lugano
• Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux
• Cully Jazz Festival, Cully

Turkey

• Afyon Jazz Festival in Afyon
• Ankara Jazz Festival in Ankara
• Efes Pilsen Blues Festival in Ankara, Istanbul, Adana, İzmir, Bucharest (Romania)
• Eskişehir Jazz Festival in Eskişehir
• Istanbul International Jazz Festival in Istanbul ([20])
• İzmir European Jazz Festival, İzmir
• ODTU Jazz Days in Ankara

UK

• Isle of Wight International Jazz Festival, Ventnor
• Glenn Miller Festival Of Swing, Jazz & Jive!!, Clapham, Bedfordshire
• Scarborough Jazz Festival ([21])

• 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[22]
• 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

Ukraine

• Koktebel Jazz Festival in Koktebel, Crimea ([23])

North America

Canada

• 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 Winnipeg Festival in Winnipeg, Manitoba
• Montreal International Jazz Festival in Montreal, Quebec
• Ottawa Jazz Festival, in Ottawa, Ontario
• Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival in Toronto, Ontario
• Vancouver International Jazz Festival in Vancouver, British Columbia
• Uptown Waterloo Jazz Festival in Waterloo, Ontario

Caribbean

• Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival
• Barbados Jazz Festival
• Havana Jazz Festival, Havana
• Ocho Rios Jazz Festival
• Saint Lucia Jazz Festival
• Puerto Rico Heineken Jazz Fest
• Caribbean Sea Jazz Festival, Aruba
• Caribbean Sea Jazz Festival
• Dominican Republic Jazz Festival

United States

Alabama

• Taste of 4th Avenue Jazz Festival, sonsored 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

• Sitka Jazz Festival, in Sitka, Alaska (sitkajazzfestival.com)
• UAF Jazz Fest, in Fairbanks, Alaska

Aruba Caribbean Sea Jazz Festival

California

• 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
• Healdsburg Jazz Festival
• Monterey Jazz Festival in Monterey, California
• Playboy Jazz Festival, Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California
• Sacramento Jazz Jubilee, Sacramento, 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

Connecticut

• Hartford International Jazz Festival, Hartford, Connecticut
• Litchfield Jazz Festival, Goshen, 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

Georgia

• Atlanta Jazz Festival, Atlanta, Georgia
• Savannah Jazz Festival, Savannah, Georgia
• Savannah Music Festival, Savannah, Georgia

Idaho

• Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, Moscow, Idaho
• Sun Valley Swing'n'Dixie Jazz Jamboree, Sun Valley, Idaho (sunvalleyjazz.com)

Illinois

• Chicago Jazz Festival, Chicago, Illinois

Indiana

• Indy Jazz Fest, in Indianapolis, Indiana
• Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival, in Notre Dame, Indiana

Iowa

• Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival, Davenport, 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

Massachusetts

• Tanglewood Jazz Festival, Tanglewood, Massachusetts
• Provincetown Jazz Festival, Provincetown, Massachusetts

Michigan

• Detroit International Jazz Festival, Detroit, 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

(grandmaraisjazzfest.com)

Missouri

• Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival, Kansas City, Missouri
• Scott Joplin International Ragtime Festival, Sedalia, Missouri

Nebraska

• Omaha Blues, Jazz, & Gospel Festival in Omaha, Nebraska

Nevada

• Las Vegas City of Lights Jazz Festival
• Reno Jazz Festival in Reno, Nevada

New Jersey

• Red Bank Jazz & Blues Festival, in Red Bank, New Jersey

New York

• 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 [24] in Saratoga Springs, New York
• 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

Rhode Island

• Newport Jazz Festival, in Newport, Rhode Island

Tennessee

• Franklin Jazz Festival, Franklin, Tennessee
• Watertown Jazz Festival, Watertown, Tennessee

Texas

• Denton Arts and Jazz Festival, Denton, Texas
• Jazz By The Boulevard, Fort Worth, Texas

Utah

• Park City Jazz Festival in Park City, Utah

Vermont

• Burlington Discover Jazz Festival [25] in Burlington, Vermont

Washington

• Earshot Jazz Festival, Seattle, Washington (earshot.org)
• Centrum (also known as Jazz Port Townsend)

Wisconsin

• Great River Jazz Fest, La Crosse, WI

Virginia

• Hampton Jazz Festival [26], Hampton, Virginia

South America

• Búzios Jazz & Blues, Búzios, Brazil
• Festival Internacional de Jazz de Punta del Este, Punta del Este, Uruguay
• Festival Pró-Jazz, Juiz de Fora, Brazil
• Suriname Jazz Festival, Paramaribo, Suriname