This is a list of notable jazz festivals around the world.
Historic jazz festivals
Jazz festivals by country
The following is an incomplete list of notable jazz festivals, including both current and defunct festivals of note.
Africa
Angola
Cape Verde
- Kriol Jazz Festival in Praia, Cape Verde
Lesotho
Madagascar
Morocco
Nigeria
South Africa
Americas
Argentina
Aruba
- Caribbean Sea Jazz Festival
Barbados
Bolivia
Brazil
Canada
- Halifax Jazz Festival in Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Beaches International Jazz Festival in Toronto
- Burlington Jazz and Blues Festival in Burlington, Ontario
- Downtown Oakville Jazz Festival in Oakville, Ontario
- Festi Jazz International de Rimouski, Rimouski, Quebec
- Festival de Jazz & Blues de Saguenay in Quebec
- Guelph Jazz Festival in Guelph, Ontario
- Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival in Fredericton, New Brunswick
- Jazz Sudbury Festival in Greater Sudbury, Ontario
- Kaslo Jazz Festival in Kaslo, British Columbia
- Kensington Market Jazz Festival in Toronto
- L'OFF Festival de Jazz de Montréal in Montreal
- Montreal International Jazz Festival in Montreal
- Ottawa Jazz Festival in Ottawa
- Roots and Blues Jazz Festival in Salmon Arm, BC
- Sasktel Saskatchewan Jazz Fest in Saskatoon, Regina, and Prince Albert in Saskatchewan
- TD Edmonton International Jazz Festival in Edmonton, Alberta
- Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival in Toronto, Ontario
- Uptown Waterloo Jazz Festival in Waterloo, Ontario
- Vancouver International Jazz Festival in Vancouver
- Victoria International JazzFest in Victoria, British Columbia
- Winnipeg International Jazz Festival in Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Wreckhouse International Jazz and Blues Festival in St John's, Newfoundland
Chile
- Festival Internacional de Jazz Las Condes in Santiago
- Festival Internacional Jazz Patagonia in Frutillar
- Festival Internacional Providencia Jazz in Santiago
- Festival Internacional San Bernardo Jazz Fest in Santiago
Colombia
Cuba
- Havana Jazz Festival in Havana
Curaçao
- Curaçao North Sea Jazz Festival
Dominican Republic
- Dominican Republic Jazz Festival
Haiti
Jamaica
Mexico
Panama
Puerto Rico
Saint Lucia
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
United States
Alabama
Alaska
Arkansas
Arizona
- Tucson Jazz Festival in Tucson
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
- Atlanta Jazz Festival in Atlanta
- The Atlanta Jazz Party in Atlanta
- Labor Day Pop-Up Jazz Festival in Augusta
- Savannah Jazz Festival in Savannah
- Savannah Music Festival in Savannah
- Soiree: Jazz+Wine in Augusta
Idaho
Illinois
- Al Sears Jazz Festival in Macomb
- Chicago Jazz Festival in Chicago
- Elmhurst Jazz Festival in Elmhurst
- Englewood Jazz Festival in Chicago
- Hyde Park Jazz Festival in Chicago
- Knox-Rootabaga Jazz Festival in Galesburg
- South Shore Jazz Festival in Chicago
- Umbrella Music Festival in Chicago
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
- Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival in St. Louis
- Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival in Kansas City
- Scott Joplin International Ragtime Festival in Sedalia
Nebraska
Nevada
- Las Vegas City of Lights Jazz Festival in Las Vegas
- Reno Jazz Festival in Reno
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
- Duck Jazz Festival in Duck
- North Carolina Jazz Festival in Wilmington
- Pleasure Island Seafood, Blues & Jazz Festival in Kure Beach
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
- Benny Golson Jazz Festival in Ephraim
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
Wisconsin
Wyoming
- Kinser Jazz Festival in Casper
Uruguay
- Festival Internacional de Jazz de Punta del Este, Punta del Este
- Festival Jazz a la Calle (Jazz to the Streets), Mercedes
- Jazz Tour Montevideo, Montevideo
Venezuela
Asia
Azerbaijan
China
Cyprus
- International Kourion Festival
- World of Jazz Festival at Aphrodite Hills in Kouklia
Georgia
India
Indonesia
- Ambon Jazz Plus Festival in Ambon, Maluku
- ASEAN Jazz Festival in Batam
- Balikpapan Jazz Fiesta in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan
- Bandung World Jazz Festival in Bandung, West Java
- Indonesian Jass Festival in Jakarta
- Jakarta International Jazz Festival - Jak.Jazz in Jakarta
- Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival - Java Jazz in Jakarta
- Jazz Goes To Campus in Depok, West Java
- Jazz Gunung Mountain Jazz in Mount Bromo, East Java
- Jazz Market By The Sea Festival in Bali
- JazzSpeak Festival in Bandung, West Java
- Just Jazz Festival in Surabaya, East Java
- Kampoeng Jazz in Bandung, Jawa Barat
- Mahakam Jazz Fiesta Samarinda in Samarinda, East Kalimantan
- North Sumatra Jazz Festival in Medan, North Sumatra
- Ngayogjazz Festival in Jogjakarta
- Ramadhan Jazz Festival in Jakarta
- in Sikka, Flores
Israel
Japan
Malaysia
- KL International Jazz & Arts Festival
- Kota Kinabalu Jazz Festival
- World Youth Jazz Festival
- Penang Island Jazz Festival
- Borneo Jazz Festival held in Miri, Sarawak
- IPjazz Festival held in Bahru
Nepal
Philippines
Singapore
- The Singapore International Jazz Festival
South Korea
Taiwan
Thailand
United Arab Emirates
Europe
Austria
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Kosovo
- Dam Jazz Festival
- Prishtina Jazz Festival in Pristina
Latvia
Lithuania
Malta
Moldova
Netherlands
North Macedonia
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
- DÃ
¾jezz International Jazz Festival in Celje
- Jazz Camp Kranj in Kranj
- Jazz Cerkno in Cerkno
- Jazz Festival Ljubljana in Ljubljana
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Thailand
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
- Aberdeen Jazz Festival in Aberdeen in Scotland
- Aberjazz - Fishguard Jazz'n'Blues Festival in Pembrokeshire, Wales
- Appleby Jazz Festival
- Bath International Music Festival in Bath
- Birmingham International Jazz Festival in Birmingham
- Brecon Jazz Festival in Wales
- Bude Jazz Festival in Cornwall
- Callander Jazz and Blues Festival in Scotland
- Canary Wharf Jazz Festival in London
- Cheltenham Jazz Festival in Cheltenham
- Chippy Jazz and Music (CJAM) Festival in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
- City of Derry Jazz and Big Band Festival in Northern Ireland
- Ealing Jazz Festival in Ealing, London
- Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival
- Glasgow International Jazz Festival in Glasgow
- Glenn Miller Festival Of Swing, Jazz & Jive!! in Clapham, Bedfordshire
- Ipswich Jazz Festival in Ipswich, Suffolk
- Keswick Jazz Festival in Lake District
- Llandudno Jazz Festival in North Wales
- London Jazz Festival in London
- Love Supreme Jazz Festival in Glynde Place, East Sussex
- Manchester Jazz Festival in Manchester
- Margate Jazz Festival
- Marsden Jazz Festival, West Yorks.
- Nairn International Jazz Festival in Scotland
- Naturist Foundation Jazz Festival in Orpington, Kent
- The Rye International Jazz Festival in Rye, East Sussex
- Scarborough Jazz Festival
- Swansea International Jazz Festival
- TW12 Jazz Festival
- Whitley Bay International Jazz Festival in Whitley Bay, North Tyneside
Oceania
Australia
- Australian Jazz Convention, alternating cities in Australia
- Dingo Creek Jazz and Blues Festival, Traveston, Queensland
- Grampians Jazz Festival, Halls Gap, Victoria (defunct)
- Melbourne International Jazz Festival, Victoria
- Merimbula Jazz Festival, NSW
- Generations In Jazz, Mount Gambier, South Australia
- Perth International Jazz Festival
- Wagga Wagga Jazz Festival, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales (defunct)
- Wangaratta Festival of Jazz, Wangaratta, Victoria
- Devonport Jazz, Tasmania
- Marysville Jazz and Blues Weekend, Marysville, Victoria
New Zealand
Samoa
- Samoa 2010 International Jazz and Blues Festival, Samoa
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