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.
Africa
Morocco
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
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
Costa Rica
Cyprus
Denmark
- Copenhagen Jazz Festival in Copenhagen
- Riverboat Jazz Festival in Silkeborg
- Aarhus International Jazz Festival in Aarhus
Estonia
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
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
Kosovo
Lithuania
- Vilnius Jazz in Vilnius
- Vilnius City Jazz (formerly Vilnius Mama Jazz) in Vilnius
- Kaunas Jazz in Kaunas
Macedonia
Malta
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
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
Slovenia
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
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
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
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
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
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
Nebraska
Nevada
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
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Washington
- Earshot Jazz Festival, Seattle, Washington (earshot.org)
- Centrum (also known as Jazz Port Townsend)
Wisconsin
Virginia