List of jazz festivals

Template:Short description Template:More citations needed This is a list of notable jazz festivals around the world.

Historic jazz festivals

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Name	Year	Location	Notes	Image
Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival	1969–present	Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.		Template:NA
Beaulieu Jazz Festival	1956–61	Beaulieu, Hampshire, UK	Lord Montagu of Beaulieu holds an annual trad and modern jazz festival in the ground of Beaulieu estate, in the New Forest.	Template:NA
Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival	1971–Present	Davenport, Iowa, U.S.	This 3 day jazz festival in Bix Beiderbecke's hometown of Davenport, IA began when a group of East Coast musicians came to Davenport to pay homage to Bix by playing over his grave. The jam session at a local hotel afterwards was so hugely popular that the idea to hold it annually was born. The festival drew tens of thousands and has been held every year since. 2021 marks its 50th anniversary, making it one of the longest running jazz fests in the U.S.	Template:NA
Cavalcade of Jazz	1945–1958	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Leon Hefflin Sr. produced the Cavalcade of Jazz at Wrigley Field, with jazz giants such as Count Basie, Nat King Cole, Lionel Hampton, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Sam Cooke, Dinah Washington, Frankie Laine, Perez Prado, Sarah Vaughn, Valdez Orchestra, Ray Charles and over a hundred more artists.	Template:NA
Clearwater Jazz Holiday	1979–present	Clearwater, Florida, U.S.		Template:NA
DC Jazz Festival	2005–present	Washington, D.C., U.S.		Template:NA
Festival International de Jazz	1959–1966	Comblain-la-Tour, Belgium	For eight years, between 1959 and 1966 at the initiative of a GI who survived the Rundstedt Offensive, the small Walloon village turned into one of the landmarks of the jazz world. Performing artists included John Coltrane, Ray Charles, Nina Simone, Stéphane Grappelli, Cannonball Adderley, Chet Baker, and Woody Herman.	Template:NA
Five Points Jazz Festival (Denver)	2003–present	Denver, Colorado, USA	Five Points Jazz Festival is a free, all-day event held annually in Denver’s historic Five Points neighborhood. From its humble first year which featured one stage and only three bands, the festival has grown into an all-day event with almost 50 bands, 10 stages and performance spaces and 100,000 visitors. In 2020, DAV collaborated with Rocky Mountain PBS and KUVO to broadcast a virtual event that garnered two Colorado Broadcasters Association awards and a Heartland Emmy® nomination.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Golden River City Jazz Festival	1960–2016	Kortrijk, Belgium	Focusing on Jazz. The Festival was an opportunity for The Golden River City Jazz Band to showcase their repertoire and to mingle with international musicians	Template:NA
Jazz at the Lake: Lake George Jazz Weekend	1984–present	Lake George, New York, U.S.		Template:NA
Jazz Bilzen	1965–1981	Bilzen, Belgium	This was the first festival on the continent where jazz and pop music were brought together. Sometimes called the "mother of all (European) festivals," Bilzen started out featuring jazz, but eventually incorporated blues, folk, rock and soul, punk and new wave as well.	Template:NA
JazzFest Berlin	1964–present	Berlin, Germany	The festival's artistic concept has been to document, support, and validate trends in jazz, and to mirror the diversity of creative musical activity.	Template:NA
Jefferson St. Jazz & Blues Festival	2000–present	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.		Template:NA
Kongsberg Jazzfestival	1964–present	Kongsberg, Norway	The second jazz festival started in Norway.	Template:NA
Moldejazz	1961–present	Molde, Norway	The first jazz festival in Norway.	Template:NA
Montreal International Jazz Festival	1979–present	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	The Festival International de Jazz de Montréal (English: Montreal International Jazz Festival) is an annual jazz festival held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Montreal Jazz Fest holds the 2004 Guinness World Record as the world's largest jazz festival. Every year it features roughly 3,000 artists from 30-odd countries, more than 650 concerts (including 450 free outdoor performances), and welcomes over 2 million visitors (12.5% of whom are tourists) as well as 300 accredited journalists. The festival takes place at 20 different stages, which include free outdoor stages and indoor concert halls.
National Jazz and Blues Festival	1961–1980s	United Kingdom	Originally oriented around jazz and blues, this annual festival soon became a showcase for progressive rock as well, featuring groups such as the psychedelic rock group Cream.	Template:NA
Nattjazz	1972–present	Bergen, Norway	This is a central jazz festival in Norway oriented around the variety of jazz.	Template:NA
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival	1970–present	New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.	This annual festival celebrates the indigenous music and culture of New Orleans and Louisiana, so the music encompasses every style associated with the city and the state: contemporary and traditional jazz, blues, R&B, gospel music, Cajun music, zydeco, Afro-Caribbean, folk music, Latin, rock, rap music, country music, and bluegrass.	Template:NA
Newport Jazz Festival	1954–present	Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.	It was established in 1954 by socialite Elaine Lorillard. While initially focused on acoustic jazz, the festival's 1969 program was an experiment in fusing jazz, soul and rock music and audiences.	Template:NA
Ocean Blue Jazz Festival	mid-1990s–early 2000s	Hitachinaka, Ibaraki	Template:NA
Panama Jazz Festival	2003–present	Panama	With almost 20 years, the Panama Jazz Festival has become a cultural tourism attraction with the visit of more than 500,000 people from different latitudes. Currently, the event is sustainable thanks to the work of Patricia Zárate de Pérez, Executive Director of the festival who leads a team of 70 coordinators, 500 volunteers, 300 national and international musicians, and about 200 collaborators from all sectors of Panama. , adding more than 1,000 people who work hard to carry out the event.
Pori Jazz	1966–present	Pori, Finland	The first festival was based on acoustic jazz, but electric jazz and other rhythm music, blues, soul, funk, hip-hop and Cuban and Brazilian music gradually took foot.	Template:NA
Prague International Jazz Festival	1964–present	Prague, Czech Republic		Template:NA
Jersey City Jazz Festival	2013–present	Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.	An annual festival in June based out of Hudson County. The festival (previously known as Riverview Jazz Festival) was started to create an awareness of the internationally known jazz musicians living in Jersey City.	Template:NA
Tobago Jazz Festival	2004–present	Trinidad and Tobago	American magazine Forbes in 2008 voted the festival "third Biggest Event on Planet Earth"	Template:NA

Jazz festivals by country

Template:Main The following is an incomplete list of notable jazz festivals, including both current and defunct festivals of note.

Africa

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Angola

Luanda International Jazz Festival in Luanda

Cape Verde

Kriol Jazz Festival in Praia, Cape Verde

Lesotho

Morija Arts & Cultural Festival in Morija<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Madagascar

Nosy Be Jazz FestivalTemplate:Citation needed

Morocco

Tanjazz in Tangier

Nigeria

Lagos International Jazz Festival in Lagos
Music Week AfricaTemplate:Citation needed

South Africa

Americas

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Argentina

Bolson Jazz Festival in El Bolson, Rio Negro<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Buenos Aires Jazz Festival<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> in Buenos Aires
Córdoba Jazz Fest<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> in Córdoba, Córdoba Province
Festival Mar del Plata de Jazz<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> in Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province
Festival de Jazz de Santa Fe in Santa Fe, Santa Fe Province Template:Citation needed
Festival Salta Jazz in Salta, Salta Province Template:Citation needed

Aruba

Caribbean Sea Jazz Festival<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Barbados

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Barbados Jazz Festival
Barbados Jazz Excursion<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Bolivia

Bolivia FestiJazz Internacional in La Paz, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, El Alto, and Sucre

Brazil

São Paulo Jazz Festival in São Paulo
Fest Bossa & Jazz in Rio Grande do Norte
Búzios Jazz & Blues in Búzios Template:Citation needed
Circuito Do Jazz, Sampa Jazz, Olinda Jazz in São Paulo, Olinda Template:Citation needed
Festival Pró-Jazz in Juiz de Fora Template:Citation needed
I Love Jazz in Belo Horizonte Template:Citation needed
Paraty Bourbon Street Festival in Paraty Template:Citation needed
Rio Das Ostras Jazz & Blues in Rio Das OstrasTemplate:Citation needed
Tudo é Jazz in Ouro Preto Template:Citation needed
Tudo é Jazz no Porto in Rio de Janeiro Template:Citation needed
Valadares Jazz Festival in Governador Valadares Template:Citation needed
Amazonas Green Jazz Festival in Manaus Template:Citation needed

Canada

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Halifax Jazz Festival in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Beaches International Jazz Festival in Toronto
Burlington Jazz and Blues Festival in Burlington, Ontario Template:Citation needed
Downtown Oakville Jazz Festival in Oakville, Ontario
Festi Jazz International de Rimouski, Rimouski, Quebec
Festival de Jazz & Blues de Saguenay in QuebecTemplate:Citation needed
Guelph Jazz Festival in Guelph, OntarioTemplate:Citation needed
Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival in Fredericton, New Brunswick
Jazz Sudbury Festival in Greater Sudbury, OntarioTemplate:Citation needed
Kaslo Jazz Festival in Kaslo, British Columbia Template:Citation needed
Kensington Market Jazz Festival in TorontoTemplate:Citation needed
L'OFF Festival de Jazz de Montréal in Montreal Template:Citation needed
Montreal International Jazz Festival in Montreal
Ottawa Jazz Festival in Ottawa
Roots and Blues Jazz Festival in Salmon Arm, BC Template:Citation needed
Sasktel Saskatchewan Jazz Fest in Saskatoon, Regina, and Prince Albert in Saskatchewan
TD Edmonton International Jazz Festival in Edmonton, Alberta
Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival in Toronto, Ontario
Uptown Waterloo Jazz Festival in Waterloo, Ontario Template:Citation needed
Vancouver International Jazz Festival in Vancouver Template:Citation needed
Victoria International JazzFest in Victoria, British Columbia Template:Citation needed
Winnipeg International Jazz Festival in Winnipeg, Manitoba
Wreckhouse International Jazz and Blues Festival in St John's, Newfoundland Template:Citation needed

Chile

Festival Internacional de Jazz Las Condes in Santiago Template:Citation needed
Festival Internacional Jazz Patagonia in Frutillar Template:Citation needed
Festival Internacional Providencia Jazz in SantiagoTemplate:Citation needed
Festival Internacional San Bernardo Jazz Fest in SantiagoTemplate:Citation needed

Colombia

Utopía Jazz Festival in Cali Template:Citation needed
aJazzGo in Cali<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
BarranquiJazz in Barranquilla Template:Citation needed
Festival Internacional de Jazz del Teatro Libre in Bogotá<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Jazz al Parque in Bogotá<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Medejazz in Medellín<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Pastojazz in Pasto<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Festival Internacional de Jazz de Villa de Leyva in Villa de Leyva<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Cuba

Havana Jazz Festival in Havana<ref name="www.jazzcuba.com">Template:Cite web</ref>

Curaçao

Curaçao North Sea Jazz Festival<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic Jazz Festival<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Trinidad and Tobago

Jazz Artists on the Greens Trinidad<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Tobago Jazz Festival

United States

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AJHoF Annual Student Jazz Festival in Birmingham
Gulf Coast Ethnic and Heritage Jazz Festival in Mobile<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Taste of 4th Avenue Jazz Festival in Birmingham
W. C. Handy Music Festival in Florence

Alaska

Sitka Jazz Festival in Sitka<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
UAF Jazz Fest in Fairbanks Template:Citation needed

Arkansas

Fort Smith Jazz Festival in Fort Smith<ref>http://www.fortsmithjazz.com Template:Webarchive</ref>

Arizona

Tucson Jazz Festival in Tucson<ref>https://tucsonjazzfestival.org Template:Webarchive</ref>

California

Banjo Jubilee Jazz Festival in San Jose<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Berkeley Jazz Festival in Berkeley
Big Easy Jazz Festival in San Jose<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Brian Culbertson's Napa Valley Jazz Getaway in Napa Valley<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Brubeck Festival in Stockton<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Cavalcade of Jazz in Los Angeles<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Concord Jazz Festival in Concord
Davis Jazz Festival in Davis<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Folsom Jazz Festival in Folsom Template:Citation needed
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in San Francisco
Healdsburg Jazz Festival in Healdsburg<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Hyatt Regency Newport Beach Jazz Festival in Newport Beach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Monterey Jazz Festival in Monterey
Newport Beach Jazz Party<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Playboy Jazz Festival in Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles
Russian River Jazz and Blues Festival in Guerneville<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Sacramento Banjo-Rama Jazz Festival in Sacramento<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Sacramento Jazz Jubilee in Sacramento<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
San Diego Thanksgiving Dixieland Jazz Festival in San Diego<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
San Francisco Blues Festival<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
San Francisco Jazz Festival in San Francisco
San Jose Jazz Festival in San Jose
Stanford Jazz Festival in Palo Alto
West Coast Jazz Party<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Yosemite International Jazz Festival in Coarsegold

Colorado

Denver Vintage Jazz Festival in Denver Template:Citation needed
Evergreen Jazz Festival in Evergreen<ref>http://www.evergreenjazz.org Template:Webarchive</ref>
Jazz Aspen Snowmass in Aspen<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Telluride Jazz Festival in Telluride<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Vail Jazz Festival in Vail<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz in Hartford
Hartford International Jazz Festival in Hartford
Hot Steamed Jazz Festival in Essex
Litchfield Jazz Festival in Goshen
New Haven Jazz Festival in New Haven

Delaware

Clifford Brown Jazz Festival in Wilmington

District of Columbia

DC Jazz Festival<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Washington Women in Jazz Festival<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Florida

Clearwater Jazz Holiday<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Encore Holiday Jazz FestivalTemplate:Citation needed
Jacksonville Jazz Festival in Jacksonville<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Jazz In The Bay<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Jazz on the Green in Fort Myers<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Suncoast Jazz Classic in Clearwater Beach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Tampa Bay Blues Fest<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Wesley Chapel Jazz Festival<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Georgia

Atlanta Jazz Festival in Atlanta<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The Atlanta Jazz Party in Atlanta<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Labor Day Pop-Up Jazz Festival in Augusta<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Savannah Jazz Festival in Savannah<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Savannah Music Festival in Savannah<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Soiree: Jazz+Wine in Augusta<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Idaho

Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival in Moscow
Sun Valley Jazz & Music Festival in Sun Valley<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Illinois

Al Sears Jazz Festival in Macomb<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Chicago Jazz Festival in Chicago
Elmhurst Jazz Festival in ElmhurstTemplate:Citation needed
Englewood Jazz Festival in Chicago<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Hyde Park Jazz Festival in ChicagoTemplate:Citation needed
Knox-Rootabaga Jazz Festival in Galesburg<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
South Shore Jazz Festival in ChicagoTemplate:Citation needed
Umbrella Music Festival in Chicago<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Indiana

Elkhart Jazz Festival in Elkhart<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Indy Jazz Fest in Indianapolis
Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival in Notre Dame
Purdue Jazz Festival in West Lafayette Template:Citation needed

Iowa

Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival in Davenport
Iowa City Jazz Festival in Iowa City<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Kentucky

Django Jamboree in Louisville Template:Citation needed

Louisiana

French Quarter Festival in New Orleans
Highland Jazz & Blues Festival in Shreveport
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in New Orleans
Satchmo SummerFest in New Orleans

Maryland

Capital Jazz Festival in Columbia Template:Citation needed
Frederick Jazz Festival in Frederick Template:Citation needed
Silver Spring Jazz Festival in Silver Spring

Massachusetts

Berklee Jazz Festival in Boston Template:Citation needed
Provincetown Jazz Festival in Provincetown
Tanglewood Jazz Festival in Tanglewood

Michigan

Detroit International Jazz Festival in Detroit
Thornapple Arts Council Jazz Festival in Hastings, since 2003<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
River Raisin Jazz Festival in Monroe<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Minnesota

Grand Marais Jazz Festival in Grand Marais, Cook County on the North Shore of Lake Superior<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Minnesota Sur Seine in Minneapolis–Saint Paul<ref>http://www.surseine.com Template:Webarchive</ref>
Twin Cities Jazz Festival in Minneapolis–Saint Paul<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Missouri

Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival in St. Louis<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival in Kansas City Template:Citation needed
Scott Joplin International Ragtime Festival in Sedalia<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Nebraska

Omaha Blues, Jazz, & Gospel Festival in Omaha

Nevada

Las Vegas City of Lights Jazz Festival in Las Vegas<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Reno Jazz Festival in Reno Template:Citation needed

New Jersey

Asbury Park Jazz Festival in Asbury Park Template:Citation needed
Jersey City Jazz Festival in Jersey City Template:Citation needed
OSPAC Jazz Festival in West Orange<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
James Moody Jazz Festival in Newark, New Jersey
Exit Zero Jazz Festival (Cape May, NJ) 2012–present, 2 times annually

New York

Albany Riverfront Jazz Festival in Albany<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Blue Note Jazz Festival in New York City<ref>http://www.bluenotejazzfestival.com Template:Webarchive</ref>
Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition and Festival at Lincoln Center in New York City
International Women in Jazz Festival in New York City<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Jazz at Chautauqua in Chautauqua<ref>http://www.JazzatCHQ.com Template:Webarchive</ref>
Jazz in July Festival at 92nd Street Y in New York CityTemplate:Citation needed
Lewiston Jazz Festival in Lewiston<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
New York Hot Jazz Festival in New York City<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
NYC Winter Jazzfest in New York CityTemplate:Citation needed
Queen City Jazz Festival in Buffalo Template:CN
Rochester International Jazz Festival in Rochester
Saratoga Jazz Festival (aka Freihofer's Jazz Festival) in Saratoga Springs<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Southern Tier Jazz Festival in Horseheads<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Vision Festival in New York City<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The Warwick Valley Jazz Festival in Warwick<ref name="warwickvalleyjazzfest.com">http://www.warwickvalleyjazzfest.com Template:Webarchive</ref>
Jazz at the Lake: Lake George Jazz Weekend in upstate New York<ref name="lakegeorgearts.org/lakegeorge-jazz.htm]">Template:Cite web</ref>

North Carolina

Duck Jazz Festival in Duck<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
North Carolina Jazz Festival in Wilmington<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Pleasure Island Seafood, Blues & Jazz Festival in Kure Beach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Ohio