List of jazz festivals

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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Morocco

* Tanjazz

Asia

Malaysia

*Miri International Jazz Festival, Malaysia [http://www.mirijazzfestival.com/] , the premier annual jazz festival in Malaysia
*Genting International Jazz Festival, Malaysia
*Penang Jazz Festival, in Malaysia [http://www.penangjazz.com/]

Other Asian countries

*Beijing Jazz Festival, China
*Bangkok Jazz Festival, in Thailand, [http://www.bangkokjazzfestival.com/]
*Hua Hin Jazz Festival, in Thailand, [http://www.huahinafterdark.com/hua-hin-jazz-festival.htm]
*Jazz Yatra Festival, in Mumbai, India
*Jakarta International Jazz Festival - JakJazz, in Jakarta, Indonesia, [http://www.jakjazz.com/]
*Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival - Java Jazz, in Jakarta, Indonesia, [http://www.javajazzfestival.com/2008/]
*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
*Red Sea Jazz Festival, Eilat, Israel
*Dubai International Jazz Festival, United Arab Emirates
*Katmandu Jazz Festival, Nepal

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

Azerbaijan

*Baku International Jazz Festival in Baku( [http://festival.jazz.az] )

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 [http://www.jazzinmarciac.com]
*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 [http://www.jazzentete.com]

Germany

*Moers Festival in Moers

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

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 ( [http://www.maltajazzfest.com] )

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

Norway

*Moldejazz in Molde ( [http://www.moldejazz.no] )
*Kongsberg Jazz Festival in Kongsberg ( [http://www.kongsberg-jazzfestival.no] )
*Nattjazz in Bergen ( [http://www.nattjazz.no] )
*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

Portugal

*Festival de Jazz e Blues, Seia

Romania

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

erbia

*Novi Sad Jazz Festival, Novi Sad

pain

*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 ( [http://www.iksv.org] )
*İzmir European Jazz Festival, İzmir
*ODTU Jazz Days in Ankara

UK

*Isle of Wight International Jazz Festival, Ventnor
* [http://www.twinwoodevents.com/festival-info.htm Glenn Miller Festival Of Swing, Jazz & Jive!!] , Clapham, Bedfordshire
*Scarborough Jazz Festival ( [http://www.scarboroughspa.co.uk/festivals/jazz_festivals.asp] )

*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 [http://www.whitleybayjazzfest.org]
*Keswick Jazz Festival, Lake District
*Bude Jazz Festival, Cornwall

Ukraine

*Koktebel Jazz Festival in Koktebel, Crimea ( [http://jazz.koktebel.info] )

North America

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

Caribbean

*Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival
*Barbados Jazz Festival
*Havana Jazz Festival, Havana
* [http://www.ochoriosjazz.com/ Ocho Rios Jazz Festival]
*Saint Lucia Jazz Festival
*Puerto Rico Heineken Jazz Fest
*Caribbean Sea Jazz Festival, Aruba
* [http://www.caribbeanseajazz.com/ Caribbean Sea Jazz Festival]

United States

Alabama
*Taste of 4th 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 [http://www.sitkajazzfestival.com (sitkajazzfestival.com)]
*UAF Jazz Fest, in Fairbanks, Alaska

ArubaCaribbean Sea Jazz Festival

California
*Berkeley Jazz Festival, Berkeley, California
*Concord Jazz Festival, Concord, California
* [http://natsoulas.com/html/jazzweb/index.html Davis Jazz Festival: Beyond the Beat Generation] , Davis, California
* [http://www.healdsburgjazzfestival.org/ Healdsburg Jazz Festival]
*Monterey Jazz Festival in Monterey, California
*Playboy Jazz Festival, Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California
* [http://www.sacjazz.com/ Sacramento Jazz Jubilee] , Sacramento, California
*San Francisco Blues Festival [http://www.sfblues.com (http://www.sfblues.com)]
*San Francisco Jazz Festival, San Francisco, California
*San Jose Jazz Festival, San Jose, California
*Stanford Jazz Festival, Palo Alto, California
* [http://www.westcoastjazzparty.com/ West Coast Jazz Party]
* [http://www.newportbeachjazzparty.com/ Newport Beach Jazz Party]

Connecticut
*Hartford International Jazz Festival, Hartford, Connecticut
*Litchfield Jazz Festival, Goshen, Connecticut
*New Haven Jazz Festival, New Haven, Connecticut

Florida
* [http://www.coj.net/Departments/Recreation+and+Community+Services/Special+Events/Jazz+Festival/Default.htm Jacksonville Jazz Festival] , Jacksonville, Florida
*Jazz on the Green, Fort Myers, Florida [http://www.jazzonthegreen.com (jazzonthegreen.com)]

Georgia
*Atlanta Jazz Festival, Atlanta, Georgia
* [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/entity.php?id=8306 Savannah Jazz Festival] , Savannah, Georgia
* [http://www.savannahmusicfestival.org/ Savannah Music Festival] , Savannah, Georgia

Idaho
*Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, Moscow, Idaho
*Sun Valley Swing'n'Dixie Jazz Jamboree, Sun Valley, Idaho [http://www.sunvalleyjazz.com (sunvalleyjazz.com)]

Illinois
*Chicago Jazz Festival, Chicago, Illinois

Indiana
*Indy Jazz Fest, in Indianapolis, 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
*Provincetown Jazz Festival, Provincetown, Massachusetts

Michigan
*Ford Detroit International Jazz Festival, Detroit, Michigan

Minnesota
*Minnesota Sur Seine in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis, Minnesota and Saint Paul, Minnesota [http://www.surseine.com (surseine.com)]
*Twin Cities Hot Summer Jazz Festival, in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota [http://www.hotsummerjazz.com (hotsummerjazz.com)]
*Grand Marais Jazz Festival, in the Cook County-North Shore of Lake Superior, Minnesota [http://www.grandmaraisjazzfest.com (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 [http://www.albanyevents.org/other_events/index.cfm (albanyevents.org)]
*Freihofer's Jazz Festival [http://www.spac.org/spac-festivals/spac-festivals.asp?varID=14] in Saratoga Springs, New York
*Rochester International Jazz Festival, in Rochester, New York

Rhode Island
*Newport Jazz Festival, in Newport, Rhode Island

Tennessee
* [http://www.franklinjazzfestival.com/ Franklin Jazz Festival] , Franklin, Tennessee
* [http://www.watertownjazz.com/ 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 [http://www.discoverjazz.com] in Burlington, Vermont

Washington
*Earshot Jazz Festival, Seattle, Washington [http://www.earshot.org/fest/index.html (earshot.org)]
*Centrum (also known as Jazz Port Townsend)

Wisconsin
* [http://www.lacrossejazz.com/jazzfest.html Great River Jazz Fest] , La Crosse, WI

Virginia
*Hampton Jazz Festival [http://www.hampton.va.us/coliseum/jazz/index.html?varID=15] , Hampton, Virginia

outh 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