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Festivals
A year-round calendar of the world's major jazz festivals, organized by month and region.
January
6 festivalsAfrica
32nd Saint Louis Jazz Festival Saint-Louis, Senegal (late January / early February)
Asia
38th Red Sea Jazz Festival – Winter Edition Eilat, Israel (January)
Europe
31st Umbria Jazz Winter Orvieto, Italy (late December–early January)
North America
21st NYC Winter Jazzfest New York City, USA (January)
40th Jazz Plaza Festival Havana, Cuba (late January)
South America
Punta del Este International Jazz Festival Punta del Este, Uruguay (January)
February
3 festivalsAfrica
Asia
11th Goa International Jazz Live Festival Goa, India
Europe
Tbilisi Jazz Festival Tbilisi, Georgia
North America
9th GroundUP Music Festival Miami Beach, Florida, USA
March
5 festivalsAfrica
22nd Cape Town International Jazz Festival Cape Town, South Africa
Asia
21st Jakarta International BNI Java Jazz Festival Jakarta, Indonesia
Europe
52nd Vossa Jazz Voss, Norway
North America
45th Sarasota Jazz Festival Sarasota, Florida, USA
17th Big Ears Festival Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
April
5 festivalsAsia
21st Seoul Jazz Festival Seoul, South Korea (late May/early June; despite the name it is often no longer held in April)
Europe
17th Jazzfest Bonn Bonn, Germany (April–May)
31st Cheltenham Jazz Festival Cheltenham, England, UK
37th Jazzkaar Tallinn, Estonia
North America
55th New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
May
5 festivalsEurope
North America
DC JazzFest Washington, D.C., USA
Oceania
10th Brisbane International Jazz Festival Brisbane, Australia
June
9 festivalsEurope
32nd İstanbul Jazz Festival İstanbul, Türkiye
41st JazzAscona Ascona, Switzerland
17th Mladí Ladí Jazz Prague, Czech Republic
North America
46th Festival International de Jazz de Montréal Montréal, Canada
40th TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival Vancouver, Canada
23rd Rochester International Jazz Festival Rochester, New York, USA
45th Ottawa Jazz Festival Ottawa, Canada
Oceania
28th Melbourne International Jazz Festival Melbourne, Australia
South America
22nd Rio das Ostras Jazz & Blues Festival Rio das Ostras, Brazil
July
13 festivalsAsia
39th Red Sea Jazz Festival – Summer Edition Eilat, Israel (July)
Europe
60th Montreux Jazz Festival Montreux, Switzerland (3–18 July)
51st NN North Sea Jazz Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands (10–12 July)
78th Nice Jazz Fest Nice, France (23–26 July)
45th Jazz à Vienne Vienne, France (late June–early July)
61st San Sebastián Jazz Festival (Jazzaldia) San Sebastián, Spain (late July)
53rd Umbria Jazz Perugia, Italy (early July)
66th Molde International Jazz Festival Molde, Norway
47th Copenhagen Jazz Festival Copenhagen, Denmark
13th Love Supreme Jazz Festival Glynde, East Sussex, England, UK
25th Gent Jazz Ghent, Belgium
46th Django Reinhardt Festival Samois-sur-Seine, France
48th Jazz in Marciac Marciac, France (late July–mid August)
August
7 festivalsAsia
22nd Tokyo Jazz Festival Tokyo, Japan
Europe
59th Pori Jazz Pori, Finland
37th Oslo Jazz Festival Oslo, Norway
45th Saalfelden Jazz Festival Saalfelden, Austria
40th InNtöne Jazz Festival Diersbach, Austria
North America
72nd Newport Jazz Festival Newport, Rhode Island, USA
30th Litchfield Jazz Festival Connecticut, USA
September
7 festivalsAfrica
26th Standard Bank Joy of Jazz Johannesburg, South Africa
Europe
38th Sildajazz Haugesund, Norway
North America
47th Chicago Jazz Festival Chicago, Illinois, USA
69th Monterey Jazz Festival Monterey, California, USA
46th Detroit Jazz Festival Detroit, Michigan, USA
DC JazzFest Washington, D.C., USA (early September)
South America
20th Buenos Aires International Jazz Festival Buenos Aires, Argentina
October
6 festivalsAsia
22nd Jarasum Jazz Festival Gapyeong, South Korea (early October)
Europe
28th Enjoy Jazz – Festival for Jazz and More Mannheim, Heidelberg & Ludwigshafen, Germany (October–November)
47th Leverkusener Jazztage Leverkusen, Germany (October–November)
45th Skopje Jazz Festival Skopje, North Macedonia
North America
42nd Savannah Jazz Festival Savannah, Georgia, USA
South America
Festival Internacional de Jazz de Montevideo Montevideo, Uruguay
November
8 festivalsEurope
34th EFG London Jazz Festival London, England, UK (13–22 November)
63rd Jazzfest Berlin Berlin, Germany (29 October–1 November)
58th Voll-Damm Barcelona International Jazz Festival Barcelona, Spain
20th JAZZMI Milan, Italy
42nd Belgrade Jazz Festival Belgrade, Serbia
North America
43rd San Francisco Jazz Festival San Francisco, California, USA
Oceania
36th Wangaratta Festival of Jazz & Blues Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia
South America
11th Lima Jazz Festival Lima, Peru
December
2 festivalsAsia
22nd Penang Island Jazz Festival Penang, Malaysia
24th Jazzmandu Kathmandu, Nepal
South America
No major recurring international jazz festival consistently held in December.