The Umbria Jazz Festival is one of the most important jazz festivals in the world and has been held annually since 1973, usually in the month of July, in Perugia, Italy. Furthermore, the Umbria Jazz Winter Festival takes place annually in late December to early January in the city of Orvieto. Umbria Jazz Festival Since […]

The Festival is promoted by a group of fans and is non-profit making. It started in 1990 with a small marquee and one smaller indoor venue with about 300 tickets, though we also had Humph Lyttelton’s band in the Mowlem theatre. We expanded slowly, since for the first thirteen years, we were an informal association […]

The first edition of the North Sea Jazz Festival took place in 1976 in the Nederlands Congresgebouw in The Hague. Some numbers in those early days: six venues, three hundred artists and about nine thousand visitors. NORTH SEA JAZZ FESTIVAL In this very first festival year internationally renowned jazz legends performed, such as Sarah Vaughan, […]

Aarhus or Århus is the second-largest city in Denmark and the country’s main port. It is located on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in the geographical centre of Denmark. The organisers - Musikhuset Aarhus and other local venues - wanted to establish an event with international stars and new talents in jazz. There […]

Christian Estrosi, Deputy Mayor of Nice and President of Nice Côte d’Azur, wanted to give back to the Nice Jazz Festival, first Jazz festival created in France in 1948, a true worldwide fame. Hence a high quality programming, the selection of an artistic director and of a new venue to better serve the shows and […]

At the first Festival there were twenty events, including a Saturday of Artists at Work in The Priory Gardens. Ticket prices ranged from £1.00 (including a free glass of wine) to £10.00 (including food) at the various events. The Saturday of Artists at Work led to the now well established Marlborough Open Studios which currently runs […]

Molde International Jazz Festival (MIJF) or Moldejazz (established 1961 in Molde) takes place annually in July, and is known as one of the oldest jazz festivals in Europe. It was initiated by the local Storyville Jazz Club. Since 1964 it has received government support, and the government Buddy Award was for several years awarded at […]