Jazz Festivals
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BORDERS FESTIVAL OF
JAZZ AND BLUES
Website
3 days of traditional jazz & blues in various venues in Hawick in the beautiful
setting of the Scottish Borders every September.
COPENHAGEN JAZZ FESTIVAL
Website
Annual festival in july. Features such artists as Chick Corea, Charles
Lloyd, Sonny Rollins, Herbie Hancock, Wynton Marsalis, Maceo Parker, Steve Coleman plus
Danish musicians. 500 concerts in the streets, historic places/squares and along the
canals of Copenhagen. New Orleans to fusion to experimental.
DEEPDALE JAZZ FESTIVAL
Website
Annual jazz & craft festival, held on August Bank Holiday Sunday each year.
Tel: 01485 210 404
DUNDEE JAZZ FESTIVAL
Website
Randy Brecker, Georgie Fame, Jazz Jamaica, Hue & Cry, Salsa Celtica,
Scottish National Jazz Orchestra. In the Dundee Repertory Theatre in May.
DÜSSELDORF JAZZ RALLY
Website
3 day festival in Düsseldorf, Germany. Indoor and open air concerts, jazz
brunches, "New York Club Underground" and "New Orleans Street Life".
Such artists as Joe Zawinul Syndicate, Charly Antolini, Hazy Osterwald, Christoph
Spendel, Hot Rhythm Boys, Sultans of Swing. All styles of jazz.
STARBUCKS EDINBURGH
INTERNATIONAL JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL
Website
Edinburgh's annual jazz festival in the summer. In bars, concert halls,
clubs, streets, parks and churches. Such artists as: Humphrey Lyttelton, Carol Kidd,
Martin taylor, Temperance Seven, Mary Grosz, Scott Hamilton, Roy Williams, Dick Hyman,
Acker Bilk, Joe Temperley have all played there.
GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL
JAZZ FESTIVAL
Website
History, events, booking, information, competition, free events, mailing list.
ISLAY JAZZ FESTIVAL
Website
Islay is the most southerly of the Hebridean islands on the west coast of Scotland
housing no less than seven distilleries! The festival takes place over a weekend in
September with mostly Scottish modern/mainstream musicians.
ISLE OF BUTE JAZZ FESTIVAL
Website ButeJazz.com
JACO PASTORIOUS JAZZ
FESTIVAL
Website
Spanish jazz festival in Barcelona. Links to Pastorius sites, full
programme details.
KESWICK JAZZ FESTIVAL
Website
The line up for this year's jazz festival in the Lake District, England.
KIRKCUDBRIGHT
JAZZ FESTIVAL
Website
LARGS JAZZ FESTIVAL
Website
The festival is held over the first weekend in June.
LEITH JAZZ FESTIVAL
Website
Edinburgh's weekend jazz festival set in the pubs and streets of Leith.
All events are free.
MONTREAL JAZZ FESTIVAL
Website
Annual event every July in Canada. Daily updates, news, comments.
NORTH SEA JAZZ FESTIVAL
Website
Annual jazz festival at The Hague, Holland in July. 23,000 visitors
attend each day, 1200 musicians, 15 stages.
PESCARA JAZZ FESTIVAL
Website
Italian jazz festival founded in 1969.
RED SEA JAZZ FESTIVAL
Website
Festival in Tel Eilat, on the beaches of the Red Sea. Started in 1987 as a 4 day festival.
Held annually in the last week of August. Artists who have appeared in the past are:
Brecker Brothers, Elvin Jones, Joshua Redman, Joe Zawinul, Gary Burton, Archie Shepp, Stan
Tracey, Freddie Hubbard, Tommy Smith, Phil Woods, Red Rodney.....
TAMPERE JAZZ HAPPENING
Website
Finnish festival of new music taking place in late October/early November every
year. The event concentrates on modern jazz and its related forms. Artists
such as Peter Brotzmann, Evan Parker, John Zorn and Ornette Coleman have appeared there.
Intimate atmosphere of small concerts and club evenings.
UMBRIA JAZZ FESTIVAL
Website
Italian jazz festival. Featured such artists as: Ornette Coleman, Lee
Konitz, Charlie Haden, Sonny Rollins, Carla Bley, Elvin Jones, Phil Woods, Brad
Mehldau.....
VIENNA JAZZFEST
Website
Site all about the Jazzfest in Vienna. Such artists as: Herbie Hancock, Brad
Mehldau, Al Jarreau, Wynton Marsalis, BB King and more.
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