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.

Contents 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 Costa Rica 4.6 Denmark 4.7 Finland 4.8 France 4.9 Germany 4.10 Ireland 4.11 Italy 4.12 Lithuania 4.13 Malta 4.14 The Netherlands 4.15 Norway 4.16 Poland 4.17 Portugal 4.18 Romania 4.19 Serbia 4.20 Spain 4.21 Sweden 4.22 Switzerland 4.23 Turkey 4.24 UK 4.25 Ukraine 5 North America 5.1 Canada 5.2 Caribbean 5.3 United States 6 South America

[edit] Morocco

• Tanjazz

[edit] Asia

[edit] 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]

[edit] Other Asian countries

• Beijing Jazz Festival, China
• Bangkok Jazz Festival, in Thailand, [3]
• Hua Hin Jazz Festival, in Thailand, [4]
• Jazz Yatra Festival, in Mumbai, India
• Jakarta International Jazz Festival - JakJazz, in Jakarta, Indonesia, [5]
• Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival - Java Jazz, in Jakarta, Indonesia, [6]
• 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
• Jazz at the Red Sea in Eilat, Israel
• Dubai International Jazz Festival, United Arab Emirates

[edit] 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

[edit] Europe

[edit] Austria

• Jazzfestival Saalfelden in Saalfelden www.jazzsaalfelden.com

[edit] Azerbaijan

• Baku International Jazz Festival in Baku([7])

[edit] 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

[edit] Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Sarajevo Jazz Festival, Sarajevo

[edit] Costa Rica

• Costa Rica International Jazz Festival 2007, Costa Rica

[edit] Denmark

• Copenhagen Jazz Festival in Copenhagen
• Riverboat Jazz Festival in Silkeborg
• Aarhus International Jazz Festival in Aarhus

[edit] Finland

• April Jazz in Espoo
• Baltic Jazz in Dalsbruk (Taalintehdas)
• Jyväskylä Summer Jazz in Jyväskylä
• Kaamosjazz in Inari
• Pori Jazz in Pori

[edit] 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 [8]
• 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
• Jazz à Vienne in Vienne
• Reims Jazz Festival in Reims
• Jazz en tête in Clermont-Ferrand [9]

[edit] Germany

• Moers Festival in Moers

[edit] 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

[edit] Italy

• Umbria Jazz in Perugia

[edit] Lithuania

• Vilnius Jazz in Vilnius
• Vilnius City Jazz (formerly Vilnius Mama Jazz) in Vilnius
• Kaunas Jazz in Kaunas

[edit] Malta

• Malta Jazz Festival in Valletta ([10])

[edit] 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

[edit] Norway

• Moldejazz in Molde ([11])
• Kongsberg Jazz Festival in Kongsberg ([12])
• Nattjazz in Bergen ([13])
• Sildajazz in Haugesund, Norway
• Haugesunds jazz festival in Haugesund, Norway

[edit] Poland

• Jazz Jamboree, Warsaw
• Komeda Jazz Festival, Słupsk
• Warsaw Summer Jazz Days, Warsaw
• Jazz nad Odrą, Wrocław

[edit] Portugal

• Festival de Jazz e Blues, Seia

[edit] Romania

• Gărâna Jazz Festival, Gărâna
• Jazzy Spring Festival Bucharest, Bucharest
• Jazz and More, Sibiu

[edit] Serbia

• Novi Sad Jazz Festival, Novi Sad

[edit] 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

[edit] Sweden

• Umeå Jazz Festival in Umeå

[edit] Switzerland

• New Orleans Jazz Festival Ascona, Ascona
• Lugano Jazz Festival, Lugano
• Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux
• Cully Jazz Festival, Cully

[edit] 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 ([14])
• İzmir European Jazz Festival, İzmir
• ODTU Jazz Days in Ankara

[edit] UK

• Isle of Wight International Jazz Festival, Ventnor
• Glenn Miller Festival Of Swing, Jazz & Jive!!, Clapham, Bedfordshire
• Scarborough Jazz Festival ([15])

• 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[16]
• Keswick Jazz Festival, Lake District
• Bude Jazz Festival, Cornwall

[edit] Ukraine

• Koktebel Jazz Festival in Koktebel, Crimea ([17])

[edit] North America

[edit] 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

[edit] Caribbean

• Air 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

[edit] United States

Alabama

• Taste of Fourth 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

California

• Berkeley Jazz Festival, Berkeley, California
• Concord Jazz Festival, Concord, California
• 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)

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

• 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

Michigan

• Ford 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

• 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)
• Freihofer's Jazz Festival [18] in Saratoga Springs, New York
• Rochester International Jazz Festival, in Rochester, New York

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

Utah

• Park City Jazz Festival in Park City, Utah

Vermont

• Burlington Discover Jazz Festival [19] 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 [20], Hampton, Virginia

[edit] South America

• Búzios Jazz & Blues, Búzios, 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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