Festivals · First held 1977

DølaJazz

Lillehammer, Norway

Location: Lillehammer
First held: 1977
Official website: dolajazz.no ↗

DølaJazz is a jazz festival in Lillehammer, Norway, first held in 1977.

Dølajazz is a Norwegian jazz festival held at Lillehammer in October each year. The festival was established in 1977 and first held in 1978. In its first year, the festival was the fourth largest Norwegian jazz festival after Moldejazz, Kongsberg Jazzfestival and Vossajazz. The founders were Kyrre Rosenvinge and Roger Ryberg. DølaJazz has focused on both developing talent and the best of Norwegian jazz, and instituted Norsk Jazzstipend (The Norwegian Jazz Scholarship) in partnership with Norsk Jazzforbund (The Norwegian Jazz Federation) and Foreningen Norske Jazzmusikere (The Association of Norwegian Jazz Musicians). The festival will perform an annual commission, which is now christened Homecoming. Past commissions include: Arild Andersen From Winter Poems for adventure, memorial concert for Radka Toneff (1984) Bjørn M.

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