FESTIVALS

This is a list of notable jazz music festivals, broken down geographically. The festivals mentioned here should have at least some international recognition.

Morocco
Tanjazz

Asia
Beijing Jazz Festival, China
Miri International Jazz Festival, Malaysia, [1]
Genting International Jazz Festival, Malaysia, [www.genting.com.my]
Penang Jazz Festival, in Malaysia [2]
Bangkok Jazz Festival, in Thailand, [3]
Hua Hin Jazz Festival, in Thailand, [4]
Jazz Yatra Festival, in Mumbai, India
International Java Jazz Festival, in Jakarta, Indonesia
Jakarta International Jazz Festival - Jak.Jazz, in Jakarta, Indonesia
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

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

Europe

Austria
Jazzfestival Saalfelden in Saalfelden www.jazzsaalfelden.com

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

Costa Rica
Costa Rica International Jazz Festival 2007, Costa Rica




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

Finland
April Jazz in Espoo
Baltic Jazz in Dalsbruk (Taalintehdas)
Jyväskylä Summer Jazz in Jyväskylä
Kaamosjazz in Inari
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 [5]
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 [6]

Germany
Moers Festival in Moers

Ireland
Bray Jazz Festival in Bray, Co.Wicklow
Harvest Time Blues in Monaghan, Co.Monaghan

Italy
Umbria Jazz in Perugia

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

Malta
Malta Jazz Festival in Valletta ([7])

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

Norway
Moldejazz in Molde ([8])
Kongsberg Jazz Festival in Kongsberg ([9])
Nattjazz in Bergen ([10])
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

Romania
Gărâna Jazz Festival, Gărâna

Serbia
Novi Sad Jazz Festival, Novi Sad

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
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 ([11])
İzmir European Jazz Festival, İzmir
ODTU Jazz Days in Ankara

UK
Glenn Miller Festival Of Swing, Jazz & Jive!!, Clapham, Bedfordshire
Scarborough Jazz Festival ([12])
Royal Bank Glasgow 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[13]
Keswick Jazz Festival, Lake District
Bude Jazz Festival, Cornwall

Ukraine
Koktebel Jazz Festival in Koktebel, Crimea ([14])

North America

Canada
Beaches International Jazz Festival in Toronto, 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
Barbados Jazz Festival
Havana Jazz Festival, Havana
Saint Lucia Jazz Festival

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)
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
Connecticut

Hartford International Jazz Festival, Hartford, Connecticut
Litchfield Jazz Festival, Goshen, Connecticut
New Haven Jazz Festival, New Haven, Connecticut
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)
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 [15] 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 [16] in Burlington, Vermont
Washington

Earshot Jazz Festival, Seattle, Washington (earshot.org)
Wisconsin

Great River Jazz Fest, La Crosse, WI
Virginia

Hampton Jazz Festival [17], Hampton, Virginia

South America
Festival Internacional de Jazz de Punta del Este, Punta del Este, Uruguay
Festival Pró-Jazz, Juiz de Fora, Brazil
Suriname jazz festival, Paramaribo, Suriname