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.

Contents 1 Africa 1.1 Morocco 2 Asia 2.1 Malaysia 2.2 Other Asian countries 3 Australia 4 Europe 4.1 Austria 4.2 Azerbaijan 4.3 Belgium 4.4 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.5 Cyprus 4.6 Denmark 4.7 Estonia 4.8 Finland 4.9 France 4.10 Germany 4.11 Ireland 4.12 Italy 4.13 Kosovo 4.14 Lithuania 4.15 Macedonia 4.16 Malta 4.17 The Netherlands 4.18 Norway 4.19 Poland 4.20 Portugal 4.21 Romania 4.22 Russia 4.23 Serbia 4.24 Slovenia 4.25 Spain 4.26 Sweden 4.27 Switzerland 4.28 Turkey 4.29 UK 4.30 Ukraine 5 North America 5.1 Canada 5.2 Caribbean 5.3 United States 6 South America

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
• [[Congo Square Jazz Festival, in Calcutta, India

Australia

• 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
• 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

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

• Pristina 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
• Manchester Jazz Festival

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
• Rio Das Ostras Jazz & Blues, Rio Das Ostras, 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

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