The Montreux Jazz Festival is the best-known music festival in Switzerland and one of the most prestigious in Europe; it is held annually in early July in Montreux on the shores of Lake Geneva. It is the second largest annual music festival in the world after Canada's Montreal International Jazz Festival.

History[link]

The Montreux Jazz Festival was founded in 1967 by Claude Nobs, Géo Voumard and René Langel^[1] with considerable help from Ahmet Ertegün and Nesuhi Ertegün of Atlantic Records. The festival was first held at Montreux Casino. It lasted for three days and featured almost exclusively jazz artists. The highlights of this era were Keith Jarrett, Jack DeJohnette, Bill Evans, Soft Machine, Weather Report, The Fourth Way, Nina Simone, Jan Garbarek, and Ella Fitzgerald.

Originally a pure jazz festival, it opened up in the 1970s and today presents artists of nearly every imaginable music style. Jazz remains an important part of the festival. Today's festival lasts about two weeks and attracts an audience of more than 200,000 people.

In the 1970s, the festival began broadening its scope, including blues, soul, and rock artists, for instance Marianne Faithfull, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Frank Zappa, Deep Purple, Prince and many others. Towards the end of the decade, the festival expanded even more, including music from all continents (with an emphasis on Brazilian music) and lasting a full three weeks. Santana came to Montreux for the first time in 1970; Van Morrison played in 1974 and 1980. Other artists included Gary Moore, Weather Report, Crossfire, Buddy Guy, Camarón de la Isla, Soft Machine, Chuck Berry, George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic, Eric Clapton, Luther Allison, Bo Diddley, Stan Getz, Airto Moreira, Joe Henderson, Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, Charles Mingus, Etta James, Sonny Rollins, Son House, Count Basie, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, B.B. King, Gilberto Gil, Ray Charles, James Booker, Hermeto Pascoal, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Rory Gallagher, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Elis Regina, Les McCann, Eddie Harris, Pasadena Roof Orchestra, New Order, Jaco Pastorius, Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band, Toto, André Geraissati, Korni Grupa, Joe Satriani, Status Quo, and many more.

The initiator and—as of 2008—still the head organizer, Claude Nobs, has managed to bring an array of artists to Montreux, both established ones and newcomers.^[2]

Venue[link]

The festival was originally held at the old Montreux Casino, which burned down in December 1971 during Frank Zappa's performance. ("Smoke on the Water" by Deep Purple tells that story.) The festival was held then in other auditoriums in Montreux, until it could return to the rebuilt new Casino in 1975. The festival continued to grow, and in 1993, it moved to the larger Convention Centre. From 1995 through 2008, it occupied both the Convention Centre and the Casino. Beginning with the 41st MJF in 2007, nightly performances of headliners were again moved mainly to the Convention Centre (though the Casino still hosts the odd one-off shows), owing mainly to logistics: the Casino is approximately 1 kilometre (1,100 yd) from the Convention Centre, making it difficult for crew, artists and technical personnel (as well as fans) to travel easily through crowded streets from one venue to the other. (This is exacerbated by the presence of a large number of streetside vendors and artisans – as well as strolling crowds of tourists – on the lakefront walk that connects the venues.) As of 2007, the Convention Centre hosts two main stages, Stravinsky Auditorium and Miles Davis Hall, as well as the smaller Montreux Jazz Cafe, and several smaller open-air stages around the Centre. Additional themed shows (Bahia, Blues, etc.) are held on boats cruising the lake and train cars traveling the region, and various workshops and competitions are held at the nearby Montreux Palais and Le Petit Palais.

Audioslave performing in 2005

Expansion[link]

The festival changed in the 1980s: it grew dramatically and included an even wider variety of music styles. Jazz remained important, as did Brazilian music, but more and more rock and pop artists were also invited.

Miles Davis came to Montreux several times, also British hard rock band Deep Purple were invited as headliners five times. Santana returned in 1980. Other notable artists at Montreux were Max Roach, James Brown, George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic, Wynton Marsalis, Art Blakey, John McLaughlin, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Wayne Shorter, Al Di Meola, Elvis Costello, Jimmy Cliff, Steel Pulse, Mike Oldfield, Brian May, Marvin Gaye, Leonard Cohen, Nina Hagen, Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, Joe Cocker, Los Lobos, The Manhattan Transfer, Tracy Chapman, and Van Morrison again.

The expansion that began in the 1980s has continued since then – Montreux transformed from a jazz festival into a world music festival. Quincy Jones co-produced the festival from 1991 to 1993. By 1993, the festival had outgrown the Casino and moved to the larger Convention Centre. The number of visitors rose from 75,000 in 1980 to 120,000 in 1994, and an "Off-festival" developed on the lakeshore promenades and in the cafés of Montreux.

Many "regulars" returned, but many new artists also appeared on stage: Sting, Bob Dylan, Fats Domino, Deep Purple, Al Jarreau, Chaka Khan, Johnny Cash, Cheap Trick, Cheb Mami, Youssou N'Dour, Marianne Faithfull, Ice T, Jazzmatazz, ZZ Top, Simply Red, Eric Clapton, Marisa Monte, George Benson, Jazzkantine, Alanis Morissette, David Bowie, Paul Simon... In 1999, the festival saw more than 220,000 visitors.

The festival has also played host to some well-known and talented student groups, including big bands and vocal ensembles.

Young, talented musicians are encouraged to take part in several competitions.

Competition winners[link]

2011 Shure Montreux Jazz Voice Competition 2011 – Finalists:

• 1st Prize ex-aequo: Chiara Izzi (Italy) and Sarah Marie Young (USA)
• 2nd Prize: Luis Regidor (Spain)
• Audience Award: Sarah Marie Young (USA)

2011 Parmigiani Montreux Jazz Piano Competition 2011 – Finalists:

• 1st Prize: Piotr Orzechowski (Poland)^[3][4]
• 2nd Prize: Jeremy Siskind (USA)
• 3rd Prize: Jerry Léonide (Rep. of Mauritius)
• Audience Award: Emil Mammadov (Azerbaijan)

2010 Shure Montreux Jazz Voice Competition 2010 – Finalists:

• 1st Prize: Sanem Kalfa (Turkey)
• 2nd Prize: Yuliana Rogacheva (Russia)
• 3rd Prize: Maria Joao Mendes (Portugal)
• Audience Award: Yuliana Rogacheva (Russia)

2010 Bösendorfer Montreux Jazz Piano Competition 2010 – Finalists:

• 1st Prize: Nicolay Sidorenko (Russia)
• 2nd Prize ex-aequo: Logan Thomas (USA) and David Helbock (Austria)
• 3rd Prize: Zoltan Balogh (Hungary)
• Audience Award: Tuomas Antero Turunen (Finland)

2010 Montreux Jazz Tremplin Lémanique

• Winner: Vouipe (Lausanne)

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The expansion has also prompted a DVD series to be released showing the sets of a number of great artists from a range of genres playing at the festival. The series, entitled 'Live at Montreux' includes performances from artists such as:

Competitions[link]

Three international competitions are organised by the Montreux Jazz Festival Foundation 2 every year: Solo Piano, Guitar and Voice. For each competition a jury composed of professionals and chaired by a world famous musician (in 2008: Fazil Say for the Piano Solo, Lee Ritenour for the Guitar, Patti Austin for the Voice competition) award the three prizes. In addition, a local competition, the Tremplin Lémanique, is aimed at jazz bands that are based in one of the regions of the Léman lake: the French departments of Ain and Haute Savoie and the Swiss cantons of Geneva, Vaud and Valais. All the information is available on: [www.fondation2.ch]. The yearly deadline to apply is 15 April.

The Montreux Competitions are part of the free events of the Festival, along with the workshops, the archives projections, the exhibitions and the free concerts in the park. All these events are organised by the Montreux Jazz Foundation 2 – www.foundation2.ch.

Performances[link]

Discography[link]

Australian Youth All Star Big Band performing at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 2004.

Albums recorded at the festival

• Alice Cooper: Live at Montreux (Alice Cooper album) (CD/DVD)
• Atlantic Family: The Atlantic Family Live at Montreux, 1977
• Baby Consuelo: Baby Consuelo ao Vivo – 14th Montreux Jazz Festival, 1980
• Bob James: Live at Montreux
• Bobby Hutcherson: Live at Montreux
• Deep Purple: Live at Montreux 1996
• Dennis Brown: Live at Montreux
• Don Pullen & the African-Brazilian Connection: Live...Again: Live at Montreux (Blue Note, 1993)
• Carmen McRae: Live at Montreux
• Ella Fitzgerald – Digital III at Montreux, 1979
• Rory Gallagher: Live in Montreux 2006
• Dizzy Gillespie: The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7 (Pablo, 1975), Dizzy Gillespie Jam (Pablo, 1977), Musician, Composer, Raconteur (Pablo, 1981)
• Jamiroquai: Jamiroquai - Live at Montreux 2003 (DVD)
• Jethro Tull: Live At Montreux 2003 (2CD/DVD)
• Joe Pass – Montreux '77 - Live, 1977
• King Sunny Adé: Live at Montreux 1982
• Louisiana Red: Live in Montreux rec.1975 (Earwig 2000)
• Luther Allison: Live in Montreux 1976–1994 1996
• Marlena Shaw: Live in Montreux 1973
• McCoy Tyner: Enlightenment (Milestone, 1973)
• Mike Oldfield: Live at Montreux 1981
• Miles Davis & Quincy Jones: Miles & Quincy Live at Montreux
• Modern Jazz Quartet: Together Again: Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival '82 (Pablo, 1982)
• Nile Rodgers & Chic: Live at Montreux 2004
• Peter Tosh: Live at Montreux 1979
• Ray Charles: Live at Montreux 1997
• Simply Red: Live At Montreux Jazz Festival (part of Stars Collectors Edition)
• Steve Earle: Live at Montreux 2005
• Stevie Ray Vaughan: Live at Montreux 1982 and 1985
• Sun Ra: Live at Montreux (Sun Ra album) (CD/2xCD/LP/2xLP)
• Talk Talk: Live at Montreux 1986
• The Dubliners: Live at Montreux (The Dubliners album)
• Tori Amos: Live at Montreux 1991/1992
• Van Morrison: Live at Montreux 1980/1974
• Yes: Live at Montreux 2003
• Various Artists: Montreux Summit Volumes 1&2 1977 – Two double album sets consisting of an all-star concert with various Columbia label artists including Bob James, Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon, Billy Cobham, George Duke, Benny Golson, Eric Gale, Hubert Laws, Maynard Ferguson and many others.

References[link]

Gary Moore & The Midnight Blues Band : Live at Montreux, 1990 (DVD)

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Montreux Jazz Festival

• Official website
• Official website Montreux Jazz Foundation 2
• Concert database of the Montreux Jazz Festival
• 45th Montreux Jubilee Jazz Festival

Coordinates: 46°26′20″N 6°54′16″E / 46.43889°N 6.90444°E / 46.43889; 6.90444

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

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Africa[link]

Algeria[link]

• DimaJazz

Morocco[link]

• Tanjazz

South Africa[link]

• Cape Town International Jazz Festival in Cape Town
• Cape Town Big Band Festival in Cape Town
• Grahamstown Jazz Festival in Grahamstown
• Joy of Jazz Festival - Jo'burg in Johannesburg

Tunisia[link]

• Jazz à Carthage by Tunisiana
• Tabarka Jazz Festival

Asia[link]

China[link]

• Jazz-E Festival, [1]
• Beijing Jazz Festival in Beijing
• Taichung Jazz Festival, Taichung, Taiwan, [2]

India[link]

• Jazz Yatra Festival in Mumbai
• Congo Square Jazz Festival in Calcutta
• Delhi Jazz Festival, in New Delhi, [3]

Indonesia[link]

• Jakarta International Jazz Festival - Jak.Jazz in Jakarta, [4]
• Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival - Java Jazz in Jakarta, [5]
• Jazz Goes To Campus in Jakarta,[6]
• ASEAN Jazz Festival in Batam, [7]
• Jazz Market By The Sea Festival in Bali, [8]
• Bandung World Jazz Festival in Bandung, West Java, [9]
• Ngayogjazz Festival in Jogjakarta, [10]
• Ambon Jazz Plus Festival in Ambon Maluku, [11]
• Just Jazz Festival in Surabaya, East Java, [12]
• Jazzcares Festival, in Bandung, West Java
• Malacca Strait Jazz Festival in Pekanbaru, Riau
• Jazz @ Fort Rotterdam Festival in Makassar, South Sulawesi
• Malang Jazz Traffic Festival in Malang, East Java
• North Sumatra Jazz Festival in Medan, North Sumatra
• Palembang Jazz Festival in Palembang, South Sumatra
• Jazz On The Beach Festival in Pangkal Pinang, Bangka
• Solo City Jazz Festival in Solo, Central Java
• Jazz Gunung (Mountain Jazz) in Bromo mountain, East Java, [[13]]

Japan[link]

• Mt. Fuji Jazz Festival in Yamanashi
• Live under the sky in Tokyo
• Newport Jazz Festival in Madarao

Republic of Korea[link]

• Ulsan Jazz Festival, in Ulsan
• Jarasum International Jazz Festival in Jarasum

Malaysia[link]

• Miri International Jazz Festival, [14]
• Genting International Jazz Festival
• Penang Jazz Festival, [15]
• Kota Kinabalu Jazz Festival, [16]

Nepal[link]

• Jazzmandu in Kathmandu

Philippines[link]

• Philippine International Jazz & Ethnic Arts Festival

Thailand[link]

• Bangkok Jazz Festival in Bangkok, [17]
• Hua Hin Jazz Festival in Hua Hin, [18]

Middle East[link]

Israel[link]

• Red Sea Jazz Festival in Eilat

United Arab Emirates[link]

• Dubai International Jazz Festival

Australia[link]

• Australian Jazz Convention, [19]
• Australian Jazz Festival, Canberra
• Bellingen Jazz Festival
• Bennetts Lane Jazz Festival, Melbourne
• Manly Jazz Festival, Sydney
• Merimbula Jazz Festival, New South Wales
• Moruya Jazz Festival, New South Wales
• Noosa Jazz Festival, QLD
• Umbria Melbourne Jazz Festival, Melbourne
• Wagga Wagga Jazz Festival, Wagga Wagga
• Wangaratta Festival of Jazz, Victoria
• York Jazz Festival, York, Western Australia

Pacific Islands[link]

• Samoa 2010 International Jazz and Blues Festival, Samoa, [20]

Europe[link]

Austria[link]

• Jazzfestival Saalfelden in Saalfelden, [21]
• Salzburger Jazz-Herbst in Salzburg, [22]
• Jazzfest Wien in Vienna

Azerbaijan[link]

• Baku International Jazz Festival in Baku, [23]

Belgium[link]

• Blue Note Festival in Ghent
• Jazz Brugge in Bruges
• Gaume Jazz Festival in Rossignol
• Brussels Jazz Marathon in Brussels
• Nam In Jazz in Namur
• Jazz à Liège in Liège
• Spring Blues Festival in Ecaussinnes
• Django A Liberchies in Liberchies
• Golden River City Jazz Festival in Kortrijk
• Parkjazz in Kortrijk
• Festival de Jazz/Blues de Gouvy in Gouvy
• Mons en Jazz in Mons
• Jazz Hoeilaart in Hoeilaart
• Jazz Middelheim in Antwerp
• LLN Open Jazz Festival in Louvain-la-Neuve

Bosnia and Herzegovina[link]

• Sarajevo Jazz Festival in Sarajevo

Cyprus[link]

• Internation Kourion Festival,[24]
• World of Music Jazz Festival at Aphrodite Hills in Kouklia,[25]

Denmark[link]

• Copenhagen Jazz Festival in Copenhagen
• Riverboat Jazz Festival in Silkeborg
• Aarhus International Jazz Festival in Aarhus
• Tversted Jazzy Days Jazz Festival in Tversted

Estonia[link]

• Tallinn International Festival Jazzkaar in Tallinn

Finland[link]

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

France[link]

• 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
• CareFusion 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
• 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
• Charlie Jazz Festival in Vitrolles, Provence
• Jazz à Vienne in Vienne
• Reims Jazz Festival in Reims
• Jazz en tête in Clermont-Ferrand
• Fest Jazz in Châteauneuf-du-Faou

Germany[link]

• Internationales Dixieland Festival in Dresden, [26]
• Moers Festival in Moers, [27]
• Jazz Baltica in Salzau, [28]
• JazzFest Berlin in Berlin, [29]
• JAZZMEILE Festival in Thuringia, [30]
• Jazzopen in Stuttgart, [31]

Iceland[link]

• Reykjavík Jazz Festival in Reykjavík

Ireland[link]

• Bray Jazz Festival in Bray, County Wicklow
• Cork Jazz Festival in Cork City, County Cork
• Cloughtoberfest in Cloughjordan, North Tipperary
• Galway Jazz Festival in Galway, County Galway
• Harvest Time Blues in Monaghan, County Monaghan

Italy[link]

• Umbria Jazz in Perugia
• Rome Jazz Festival in Rome

Latvia[link]

• Saulkrasti Jazz Festival in Saulkrasti

Lithuania[link]

• Vilnius Jazz in Vilnius
• Vilnius Mama Jazz Festival in Vilnius
• Kaunas Jazz in Kaunas

Republic of Macedonia[link]

• Skopje Jazz Festival in Skopje, [32]

Malta[link]

• Malta Jazz Festival in Valletta, [33]

Moldova[link]

• Ethno Jazz Festival in Chișinău, [34]

The Netherlands[link]

• North Sea Jazz Festival formerly in The Hague, now in Rotterdam
• The Hague Jazz in The Hague
• Jazz in Duketown in 's-Hertogenbosch
• Amersfoort Jazz in Amersfoort
• Rhine Town Jazz Festival in Wageningen
• Breda Jazz Festival in Breda
• Wereld Jazz Dagen in Dordrecht
• International Jazzfestival Enschede in Enschede

Norway[link]

• Moldejazz in Molde
• Kongsberg Jazzfestival in Kongsberg
• Nattjazz in Bergen
• Sildajazz in Haugesund
• Haugesunds jazz festival in Haugesund

Poland[link]

• Jazz Jamboree in Warsaw
• Komeda Jazz Festival in Słupsk
• Warsaw Summer Jazz Days in Warsaw
• Jazz nad Odrą in Wrocław
• Krakowska Jesień Jazzowa in Kraków
• Gorzów Jazz Celebration in Gorzów Wielkopolski
• Easy Jazz Festival in Żory
• Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa in Bielsko-Biała
• Jazz w Ruinach in Gliwice
• Jazz w Muzeum in Ostrów Wielkopolski
• Jazz w Lesie in Sulęczyno
• Jazz Spring Częstochowa in Częstochowa
• Bydgoszcz Jazz Festival in Bydgoszcz

Portugal[link]

• Festival de Jazz e Blues in Seia
• Jazz em Agosto in Lisboa, [35],

Romania[link]

• Bucharest Masters of Jazz Festival in Bucharest, [36]
• EUROPAfest in Bucharest
• Gărâna Jazz Festival in Brebu Nou, Caraș-Severin County, [37]
• Jazzy Spring Festival Bucharest in Bucharest
• Jazz and More in Sibiu, [38]
• Sibiu Jazz Festival in Sibiu, [39]
• Festivalul Internaţional "Richard Oschanitzky" in Iaşi
• Timişoara Jazz Festival in Timişoara, [40]
• Transilvania Jazz Festival in Cluj-Napoca, [41]
• Samfest Jazz in Satu Mare, [42]

Russia[link]

• Usadba.Jazz in Moscow, [43]
• Jazz in Hermitage Garden in Moscow
• Jazz Province in Kursk and Moscow, [44]
• MuzEnergo in Dubna, [45]
• Jazz near the Old Fortress in Novokuznetsk
• Triumph of Jazz in Moscow
• NuVogue in Moscow
• Don Chento Jazz in Kaliningrad

Serbia[link]

• Novi Sad Jazz Festival in Novi Sad
• Nisville Jazz Festival in Niš
• Pristina Jazz Festival in Pristina

Slovakia[link]

• Bratislava Jazz Days
• OpenJazzFest

Slovenia[link]

• Jazz Festival Ljubljana in Ljubljana, [46]
• Jazz Cerkno in Cerkno, [47]
• Jazz Camp Kranj in Kranj, [48]
• Džjezz International Jazz Festival in Celje, [49]

Spain[link]

• Festival de Jazz de Terrassa
• Festival de Jazz de Barcelona
• Festival de Jazz de Vitoria in Vitoria-Gasteiz
• Festival de Jazz de San Sebastian in Donostia-San Sebastian
• Festival de Jazz de Valencia
• Festival de Jazz de Madrid
• Tarragona International Dixieland Festival in Tarragona

Sweden[link]

• Stockholm Jazz Festival in Stockholm
• Umeå Jazz Festival in Umeå
• Tradjazz Festival in Sölvesborg, [50]

Switzerland[link]

• Ascona Jazz Festival in Ascona
• Lugano Jazz Festival in Lugano
• Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux
• Cully Jazz Festival in Cully

Turkey[link]

• Afyon Jazz Festival in Afyon
• Akbank Caz Festivali in İstanbul, [51]
• Amatör Caz Müzisyenleri Festivali in Eskişehir, [52]
• Ankara Jazz Festival in Ankara
• Efes Pilsen Blues Festival in Ankara, İstanbul, Adana, İzmir, Bucharest Romania
• Eskişehir Jazz Festival in Eskişehir
• Istanbul International Jazz Festival in İstanbul, [53]
• İzmir European Jazz Festival in İzmir, [54]
• ODTÜ Jazz Days in Ankara

United Kingdom[link]

• Isle of Wight International Jazz Festival in Ventnor
• Glenn Miller Festival Of Swing, Jazz & Jive!! in Clapham, Bedfordshire, [55]
• Scarborough Jazz Festival, [56]
• Glasgow International Jazz Festival in Glasgow
• Ealing Jazz Festival in Ealing, London
• Cheltenham Jazz Festival in Cheltenham
• Brecon Jazz Festival in Wales
• Bath International Music Festival in Bath
• London Jazz Festival in London
• Nairn International Jazz Festival in Scotland
• Whitley Bay International Jazz Festival in Newcastle upon Tyne, [57]
• Keswick Jazz Festival in Lake District
• Bude Jazz Festival in Cornwall
• Callander Jazz and Blues Festival in Scotland
• City Of Derry Jazz And Big Band Festival in Northern Ireland
• Manchester Jazz Festival in Manchester
• Aberdeen Jazz Festival in Aberdeen in Scotland, [58]
• Naturist Foundation Jazz Festival in Orpington, London, [59]

Ukraine[link]

• Koktebel Jazz Festival in Koktebel, Crimea, [60]
• Alfa Jazz Fest in Lviv, [61]
• Jazz in Kiev Festival in Kiev, [62]
• Live in Blue Bay Jazz Festival in Crimea, [63]

North America[link]

Canada[link]

• Atlantic Jazz Festival in Halifax, Nova Scotia
• 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 Sudbury Festival, in Greater Sudbury, Ontario
• Jazz Winnipeg Festival in Winnipeg, Manitoba
• Montreal International Jazz Festival in Montreal, Quebec
• Ottawa Jazz Festival, in Ottawa, Ontario
• Sasktel Saskatchewan Jazz Fest in Saskatoon, Regina, Prince Albert in Saskatchewan
• Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival in Toronto, Ontario
• Vancouver International Jazz Festival in Vancouver, British Columbia
• Uptown Waterloo Jazz Festival in Waterloo, Ontario
• Wreckhouse International Jazz and Blues Festival in St John's, Newfoundland

Caribbean[link]

• Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival
• Barbados Jazz Festival
• Curaçao North Sea Jazz Festival, [64]
• Havana Jazz Festival in Havana, [65]
• Ocho Rios Jazz Festival, [66]
• Saint Lucia Jazz Festival
• Puerto Rico Heineken Jazz Fest
• Aruba Caribbean Sea Jazz Festival, [67]
• Caribbean Sea Jazz Festival, [68]
• Dominican Republic Jazz Festival, [69]
• Jazz Artists On The Greens Trinidad, [70]

United States[link]

Alabama

• Taste of 4th Avenue Jazz Festival in Birmingham, Alabama
• AJHoF Annual Student Jazz Festival in Birmingham, Alabama
• W. C. Handy Music Festival in Florence, Alabama

Alaska

• Sitka Jazz Festival, in Sitka, Alaska, [71]
• UAF Jazz Fest, in Fairbanks, Alaska

Arkansas

• Fort Smith Jazz Festival, in Fort Smith, Arkansas, [72]

California

• Banjo Jubilee Jazz Festival in San Jose, California, [73]
• Berkeley Jazz Festival in Berkeley, California
• Concord Jazz Festival in Concord, California
• Davis Jazz Festival in Davis, California, [74]
• Folsom Jazz Festival in Folsom, California
• Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in San Francisco, California
• Healdsburg Jazz Festival.org in Healdsburg, [75]
• Hyatt Regency Newport Beach Jazz Festival in Newport Beach, California, [76]
• Monterey Jazz Festival in Monterey, California
• Playboy Jazz Festival in Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California
• Sacramento Banjo-Rama Jazz Festival in Sacramento, California,[77]
• Sacramento Jazz Jubilee in Sacramento, California, [78]
• San Diego Thanksgiving Dixieland Jazz Festival in San Diego, California, [79]
• San Francisco Blues Festival, [80]
• San Francisco Jazz Festival in San Francisco, California
• San Jose Jazz Festival in San Jose, California
• Stanford Jazz Festival in Palo Alto, California
• West Coast Jazz Party, [81]
• Newport Beach Jazz Party, [82]
• Yosemite International Jazz Festival in Coarsegold, California

Colorado

• Telluride Jazz Festival in Telluride, Colorado, [83]
• Evergreen Jazz Festival in Evergreen, Colorado, [84]
• Jazz Aspen Snowmass in Aspen, Colorado, [85]

Connecticut

• Hartford International Jazz Festival in Hartford, Connecticut
• Litchfield Jazz Festival in Goshen, Connecticut
• New Haven Jazz Festival in New Haven, Connecticut

Florida

• Jacksonville Jazz Festival in Jacksonville, Florida, [86]
• Jazz on the Green in Fort Myers, Florida, [87]
• Tampa Bay Blues Fest, [88]
• Clearwater Jazz Holiday, [89]

Georgia

• Atlanta Jazz Festival in Atlanta, Georgia, [90]
• Savannah Jazz Festival in Savannah, Georgia, [91]
• Savannah Music Festival in Savannah, Georgia, [92]
• The Atlanta Jazz Party in Atlanta, Georgia, [93]

Idaho

• Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival in Moscow, Idaho
• Sun Valley Swing'n'Dixie Jazz Jamboree in Sun Valley, Idaho, [94]

Illinois

• Chicago Jazz Festival in Chicago, Illinois
• Knox-Rootabaga Jazz Festival in Galesburg, Illinois, [95]

Indiana

• Indy Jazz Fest, in Indianapolis, Indiana
• Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival in Notre Dame, Indiana

Iowa

• Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival in Davenport, Iowa
• Iowa City Jazz Festival in Iowa City, Iowa, [96]

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
• Capital Jazz Festival in Columbia, Maryland

Massachusetts

• Berklee Jazz Festival in Boston, Massachusetts
• Tanglewood Jazz Festival in Tanglewood, Massachusetts
• Provincetown Jazz Festival in Provincetown, Massachusetts

Michigan

• Detroit International Jazz Festival in Detroit, Michigan
• Michigan Jazz Festival in Livonia, Michigan

Minnesota

• Minnesota Sur Seine in Twin Cities of Minneapolis, Minnesota and Saint Paul, Minnesota, [97]
• Twin Cities Hot Summer Jazz Festival in Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, [98]
• Grand Marais Jazz Festival in Cook County-North Shore of Lake Superior, Minnesota, [99]

Missouri

• Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival in Kansas City, Missouri
• Scott Joplin International Ragtime Festival in Sedalia, Missouri, [100]
• Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival in St. Louis, Missouri, [101]

Nebraska

• Omaha Blues, Jazz, & Gospel Festival in Omaha, Nebraska

Nevada

• Las Vegas City of Lights Jazz Festival, [102]
• Reno Jazz Festival in Reno, Nevada

New Jersey

• Red Bank Jazz & Blues Festival in Red Bank, New Jersey
• Asbury Park Jazz Festival in Asbury Park, New Jersey

New York

• Albany Riverfront Jazz Festival in Albany, New York, [103]
• Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition and Festival at Lincoln Center in New York City
• Freihofer's Jazz Festival in Saratoga Springs, New York, [104]
• Queen City Jazz Festival in Buffalo, New York [105]
• Rochester International Jazz Festival in Rochester, New York
• JVC Jazz Festival-New York in New York City
• Jazz in July Festival at 92nd Street Y in New York City
• Blue Note Jazz Festival in New York City, [106]
• The Warwick Valley Jazz Festival in Warwick, [107]
• Jazz at Chautauqua in Chautauqua, [108]
• Warwick Valley Jazz Festival in Hudson Valley, [109]

Pennsylvania

• Berks Jazz Fest in Reading, PA

Rhode Island

• Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, Rhode Island

South Dakota

• Sioux Falls Jazz and Blues Festival in Sioux Falls, [110]

Tennessee

• Franklin Jazz Festival in Franklin, Tennessee, [111]
• Watertown Jazz Festival in Watertown, Tennessee, [112]

Texas

• Denton Arts and Jazz Festival in Denton, Texas
• Jazz By The Boulevard in Fort Worth, Texas
• Beaumont Jazz & Blues Fest in Beaumont, Texas
• Trinity Jazz Festival and Jazz Mass in Houston, Texas

Utah

• Park City Jazz Festival in Park City, Utah

Vermont

• Burlington Discover Jazz Festival in Burlington, Vermont, [113]

Washington

• Earshot Jazz Festival in Seattle, Washington
• Centrum (also known as Jazz Port Townsend)

Wisconsin

• Great River Jazz Fest in La Crosse, WI, [114]
• Jazz on the Vine in Elkhart Lake, WI, [115]
• Kettle Moraine Jazz Festival in West Bend, WI, [116]

Virginia

• Hampton Jazz Festival in Hampton, Virginia, [117]

South America[link]

Brazil[link]

• Circuito Do Jazz, Sampa Jazz, Olinda Jazz in São Paulo, Olinda
• Búzios Jazz & Blues in Búzios
• Rio Das Ostras Jazz & Blues in Rio Das Ostras
• Festival Pró-Jazz in Juiz de Fora