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Jazz festivals

275 jazz festivals in 61 countries — from Montreux to Umbria, Moers to Newport.

United States

First held 1954 Newport Jazz Festival Rhode Island · US First held 1958 Monterey Jazz Festival California · US First held 1970 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival · US First held 1978 Chicago Jazz Festival Chicago · US First held 1973 San Francisco Blues Festival · US First held 1980 Detroit International Jazz Festival Detroit · US First held 1967 Berkeley Jazz Festival California · US   French Quarter Festival · US   Satchmo SummerFest · US   Vision Festival · US First held 2011 Blue Note Jazz Festival New York City · US   Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival Moscow · US First held 1964 Mellon Jazz Festival Pennsylvania · US First held 2002 Rochester International Jazz Festival Rochester · US   Cavalcade of Jazz · US First held 1969 Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival Ann Arbor · US   Concord Jazz Festival California · US First held 2001 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass San Francisco · US First held 2003 Highland Jazz & Blues Festival · US First held 2004 DC Jazz Festival Washington, D.C. · US First held 1959 Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival · US First held 1994 Panasonic Village Jazz Festival Washington Square Park · US First held 1983 San Francisco Jazz Festival San Francisco · US First held 1999 Twin Cities Hot Summer Jazz Festival Saint Paul · US   Red Hook Jazz Festival · US First held 1981 Savannah Jazz Festival · US First held 1985 Burlington Discover Jazz Fest Burlington · US   Clifford Brown Jazz Festival Delaware · US First held 1981 Denton Arts and Jazz Festival Texas · US   Hampton Jazz Festival · US   Indy Jazz Fest · US First held 1979 Jacksonville Jazz Festival · US First held 1996 Litchfield Jazz Festival Connecticut · US   Omaha Blues, Jazz, & Gospel Festival Nebraska · US   Provincetown Jazz Festival · US First held 1974 Sacramento Jazz Jubilee Sacramento · US First held 1990 San Jose Jazz Festival · US   Sioux Falls Jazz and Blues Festival South Dakota · US   Sitka Jazz Festival · US   Tanglewood Jazz Festival Massachusetts · US   Taste of 4th Avenue Jazz Festival Alabama · US First held 2012 Ponce Jazz Festival Ponce · US First held 2011 RiverJazz Festival Bethlehem · US First held 1971 Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival Davenport · US First held 2003 Portland Jazz Festival · US First held 2022 Hollywood Bowl Jazz Festival Glendale · US   James Moody Jazz Festival · US First held 2012 Exit Zero Jazz Festival · US   W. C. Handy Music Festival · US   Yosemite International Jazz Festival · US

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First held 2011 International Jazz Day First held 1976 North Sea Jazz Festival First held 1978 Amersfoort Jazz Amersfoort   Indigo Jazz and Blues Festival First held 1976 Rome Jazz Festival First held 1975 Bratislava Jazz Days First held 1991 Kaunas Jazz First held 1977 Live Under the Sky   Morija Arts & Cultural Festival   Panama Jazz Festival First held 2006 The Hague Jazz First held 1974 Jazz in Duketown First held 1982 Newport Jazz Festival in Madarao First held 2011 Jazz May   Oscar Peterson International Jazz Festival First held 2002 Jazzmandu First held 2006 Philippine International Jazz & Ethnic Arts Festival First held 1998 Polarjazz First held 2010 Fest Bossa & Jazz   Perth International Jazz Festival   Cathedral Park Jazz Festival First held 2005 North Sea Round Town Rotterdam

Germany

First held 1964 JazzFest Berlin Berlin · DE First held 1972 Moers Festival Moers · DE   Deutsches Jazzfestival · DE First held 1987 Internationales Jazzfestival Sankt Ingbert Sankt Ingbert · DE First held 1990 Aalener Jazzfest Aalen · DE   Palatia jazz · DE First held 1971 Internationales Dixieland Festival Dresden Dresden · DE First held 2004 Jazz in der Kirche · DE First held 2006 Jazzahead Bremen · DE First held 1987 Akut-Festival Mainz · DE First held 2007 JazzArtFestival Schwäbisch Hall · DE First held 1996 Jazz Open Hamburg Hamburg · DE   Jazz Baltica Lübeck · DE   Enjoy Jazz · DE   Worms: Jazz and Joy Worms · DE First held 1972 Freiberger Jazztage · DE First held 2014 TraveJazz Festival Lübeck · DE First held 2023 Fill in – International Jazz Festival Saar Saarbrücken · DE First held 2010 Überjazz Festival Kampnagel · DE

France

First held 1948 Nice Jazz Festival Nice · FR   Jazz à Juan Juan-les-Pins · FR First held 1978 Jazz in Marciac Marciac · FR First held 1981 Jazz à Vienne Vienne · FR   Django Reinhardt Jazz Festival Pont-à-Celles · FR First held 1982 Jazz sous les pommiers Coutances · FR First held 1994 Paris Jazz Festival Vincennes · FR First held 1977 La Defense Jazz Festival · FR First held 1998 Charlie Jazz Festival Les Pennes-Mirabeau · FR First held 2002 Jazz à Porquerolles Var · FR   Popanalia Antibes · FR First held 1991 Sons d'hiver Val-de-Marne · FR   Météo Mulhouse · FR   Festival Bebop France · FR First held 2004 Jazz in Plescop · FR   Musiques à La Baule La Baule-Escoublac · FR

Norway

First held 1960 Moldejazz Molde Municipality · NO First held 1987 Sildajazz Haugesund Municipality · NO First held 1964 Kongsberg Jazzfestival Kongsberg · NO First held 1973 Vossajazz · NO First held 1972 Nattjazz United Sardine Factories · NO First held 1986 Oslo Jazzfestival Oslo · NO First held 1996 Canal Street Arendal · NO First held 1989 MaiJazz · NO First held 2005 Punktfestivalen · NO First held 2010 Bodø Jazz Open · NO First held 2006 Ice Music Festival · NO First held 1980 Djangofestivalen Oslo · NO First held 1977 DølaJazz Lillehammer · NO First held 1987 Nordlysfestivalen · NO First held 2014 Mandal Jazz Mandal · NO First held 1979 Trondheim Jazz Festival · NO

United Kingdom

First held 1961 National Jazz and Blues Festival · GB First held 1970 Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music Shepton Mallet · GB First held 1992 London Jazz Festival London · GB First held 1984 Brecon Jazz Festival Brecon · GB First held 1989 Appleby Jazz Festival Appleby-in-Westmorland · GB First held 1989 Glasgow International Jazz Festival Glasgow · GB First held 1975 Bracknell Jazz Festival · GB First held 1948 Bath International Music Festival Bath · GB First held 2002 City of Derry Jazz and Big Band Festival Derry · GB   Beaulieu Jazz Festival · GB First held 2006 Callander Jazz and Blues Festival Stirling · GB First held 1996 Cheltenham Jazz Festival Cheltenham · GB   Manchester Jazz Festival · GB   Ipswich Jazz Festival · GB

Canada

First held 1980 Montreal International Jazz Festival Montreal · CA First held 1989 Beaches International Jazz Festival Toronto · CA First held 1986 Vancouver International Jazz Festival · CA First held 1987 Toronto Jazz Festival · CA First held 1990 Jazz Winnipeg Festival Manitoba · CA First held 1986 Festi Jazz International de Rimouski Rimouski · CA First held 1980 Ottawa International Jazz Festival Ottawa · CA First held 1987 Halifax Jazz Festival Halifax · CA First held 1993 Downtown Oakville Jazz Festival · CA First held 2005 TD Edmonton International Jazz Festival Edmonton · CA First held 2008 HomeGrown Live Music Festival Ontario · CA

Spain

First held 1966 San Sebastian Jazz Festival San Sebastián · ES First held 1977 Vitoria-Gasteiz jazz festival Vitoria-Gasteiz · ES First held 1985 Festival de Peralada Peralada · ES First held 1982 Festival de Jazz de Terrassa Terrassa · ES First held 1994 Tarragona International Dixieland Festival · ES First held 1998 International Jazz Festival of San Javier San Javier · ES First held 1993 Pontevedra International Jazz and Blues Festival Pontevedra · ES First held 2011 Jazz Olot Olot · ES First held 2019 Jazz I Am Barcelona · ES

Finland

First held 1966 Pori Jazz Pori · FI First held 1960 Turku Music Festival Turku · FI   April Jazz · FI   Baltic Jazz Kimitoön · FI   Tampere Music Festivals · FI First held 1983 Imatra Big Band Festival Imatra · FI   Sea Jazz Helsinki · FI   Kerava Jazz Festival Kerava · FI   Turku Jazz Festival Turku · FI

Italy

First held 1973 Umbria Jazz Festival Perugia · IT First held 1993 Fano Jazz by the Sea Fano · IT   Eddie Lang Jazz Festival · IT   Taphros Jazz Festival · IT   Garda Jazz Festival · IT First held 2001 Beat Onto Jazz Festival · IT First held 1975 Festival Internazionale Noto Musica Noto · IT

Belgium

First held 1965 Jazz Bilzen Bilzen · BE First held 1969 Jazz Middelheim · BE First held 2002 Gent Jazz Festival Ghent · BE First held 2003 Django à Liberchies Pont-à-Celles · BE First held 1959 Comblain Jazz Festival Hamoir · BE First held 1960 Golden River City Jazz Festival Kortrijk · BE

Switzerland

First held 1967 Montreux Jazz Festival Montreux · CH   Ascona Jazz Festival Ascona · CH   Jazz Festival Zürich Zurich · CH   Jazz Festival Willisau Willisau · CH First held 1997 For Noise Festival Pully · CH First held 2008 Festival da Jazz St. Moritz · CH

Turkey

First held 1994 Istanbul International Jazz Festival · TR First held 1991 Akbank Jazz Festival · TR First held 1994 İzmir European Jazz Festival İzmir · TR First held 2017 Bozcaada Jazz Festival Bozcaada district · TR   Istanbul Jazz Festival 2025 Istanbul · TR First held 2024 Beyoğlu Jazz Festival Istanbul · TR

Australia

First held 1998 Melbourne International Jazz Festival Melbourne · AU First held 2002 Dingo Creek Jazz and Blues Festival · AU   Grampians Jazz Festival · AU First held 1995 Wagga Wagga Jazz and Blues Festival New South Wales · AU First held 1990 Wangaratta Festival of Jazz · AU

Ireland

First held 1990 Harvest Time Blues · IE First held 1978 Cork Jazz Festival · IE First held 2000 Bray Jazz Festival · IE First held 2024 Dorn san Aer Gaeltacht · IE

Poland

First held 1958 Jazz Jamboree Warsaw · PL First held 2007 Jazz Festival in Prudnik Prudnik · PL First held 1995 Komeda Jazz Festival Słupsk · PL   Bydgoszcz Jazz Festival Bydgoszcz · PL

Russia

First held 2003 Empty Hills Smolensk Oblast · RU   Aksyonov-fest Kazan · RU   The Creation of Peace Kazan · RU   Sochi Jazz Festival 2017 Sochi · RU

Indonesia

First held 2005 Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival Jakarta · ID   North Sumatra Jazz Festival · ID   Jazz Gunung · ID

Japan

  Jozenji Street Jazz Festival · JP First held 1986 Mount Fuji Jazz Festival Fujiyoshida · JP First held 1989 Monterey Jazz Festival in Noto · JP

South Korea

First held 2004 Jarasum International Jazz Festival Gyeonggi Province · KR First held 2007 Seoul Jazz Festival Olympic Park · KR First held 2000 Ulsan Jazz Festival Ulsan · KR

Sweden

First held 1980 Stockholm Jazz Festival · SE First held 1968 Umeå Jazz Festival Umeå · SE First held 1988 Göteborg Jazz Festival Gothenburg · SE

Ukraine

First held 2011 Leopolis Jazz Fest Lviv · UA First held 2003 Koktebel Jazz Festival Feodosiia · UA   Jazz Bez Lviv · UA

Austria

  New Orleans Festival · AT First held 1976 Jazzfest Wiesen Wiesen · AT

Azerbaijan

First held 2005 Baku International Jazz Festival Baku · AZ First held 1969 Qızıl payız Baku Sports Hall · AZ

Bosnia and Herzegovina

First held 1997 Sarajevo Jazz Festival Sarajevo · BA First held 1997 Jazz Fest Sarajevo Sarajevo · BA

Denmark

First held 1979 Copenhagen Jazz Festival Copenhagen Municipality · DK First held 1988 Aarhus International Jazz Festival Aarhus Municipality · DK

Estonia

  Jazz Festival in Tallinn 1967 Tallinn · EE   Aravete jazz Aravete · EE

Georgia

First held 2007 Black Sea Jazz Festival · GE First held 1978 Tbilisi Jazz Festival · GE

Latvia

First held 1997 Saulkrasti Jazz Festival Saulkrasti · LV   Rigas Ritmi Riga · LV

Morocco

First held 1999 Boulevard des Jeunes Musiciens Casablanca · MA First held 2000 Tanjazz Tangier · MA

Romania

First held 1993 EUROPAfest · RO First held 1997 Gărâna Jazz Festival · RO

Serbia

First held 1995 Nisville Niš · RS First held 1999 Novi Sad Jazz Festival Novi Sad · RS

Thailand

First held 2001 Hua Hin Jazz Festival · TH First held 2003 Bangkok Jazz Festival · TH

South Africa

First held 2000 Cape Town International Jazz Festival · ZA First held 1974 National Youth Jazz Festival Makhanda · ZA

United Arab Emirates

  Dubai International Jazz Festival The Palm Jumeirah · AE

Angola

First held 2009 Luanda International Jazz Festival · AO

Argentina

First held 2002 Buenos Aires Jazz Festival · AR

Barbados

First held 1993 Barbados Jazz Festival · BB

Bolivia

  Festijazz La Paz · BO

People's Republic of China

First held 1993 Beijing Jazz Festival Beijing · CN

Cape Verde

  Kriol Jazz Festival · CV

Czech Republic

  Prague International Jazz Festival Prague · CZ

East Germany

  Jazzwerkstatt Peitz Peitz · DD

Haiti

First held 2007 Port-au-Prince International Jazz Festival · HT

Israel

First held 1987 Red Sea Jazz Festival Eilat · IL

India

  Jazz Yatra Festival Mumbai · IN

Jamaica

  Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival · JM

Saint Lucia

First held 1991 Saint Lucia Jazz Festival Castries · LC

Lithuania

First held 2002 Vilnius Mama Jazz · LT

Madagascar

  Nosy Be Jazz Festival Diana Region · MG

North Macedonia

First held 1982 Skopje Jazz Festival Skopje · MK

Malta

First held 1990 Malta Jazz Festival Valletta · MT

Mexico

First held 2003 Riviera Maya Jazz Festival · MX

Nigeria

First held 2008 Lagos International Jazz Festival Lagos State · NG

Kingdom of the Netherlands

First held 1974 Jazz Festival Enkhuizen Enkhuizen · NL

New Zealand

  Nelson Jazz Festival Nelson City · NZ

Portugal

First held 2004 MIMO Festival · PT

Singapore

  Singapore International Jazz Festival · SG

Slovenia

First held 1960 Ljubljana Jazz Festival Ljubljana City Municipality · SI

Trinidad and Tobago

First held 2004 Tobago Jazz Festival · TT

Taiwan

First held 2003 Taichung Jazz Festival West District · TW

Uruguay

First held 1996 International Jazz Festival of Punta del Este Punta del Este · UY