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Name Year Location Notes Image Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival: 1969–present Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. Beaulieu Jazz Festival: 1956–61 Beaulieu, Hampshire, UK
Jazz Fest attracts thousands of visitors to New Orleans each year. [1] The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation Inc., as it is officially named, was established in 1970 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (NPO).
The Monterey Jazz Festival is an annual music festival that takes place in Monterey, California, United States. It debuted on October 3, 1958, championed by Dave Brubeck [2] and co-founded by jazz and popular music critic Ralph J. Gleason [3] and jazz disc jockey Jimmy Lyons. [2]
The Berkeley Jazz Festival is held once a year at the outdoors Hearst Greek Theatre on the University of California, Berkeley campus. The theatre overlooks the San Francisco Bay at Hearst & Gayley Road. The festival was started in 1967 by Darlene Chan. [1]
The Chicago Jazz Festival is an admission-free, four-day annual jazz festival in Chicago's Millennium Park.It is run by the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events and programmed with the assistance of Jazz Institute of Chicago during Labor Day weekend, integrating international and local artists playing many forms of jazz music.
Pages in category "Jazz festivals in the United States" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Hollywood Bowl Jazz Festival is an event held in the Hollywood Bowl that celebrates jazz and features both established and up-and-coming jazz musicians. Founded in 1959 by Hugh Hefner as the Playboy Jazz Festival , it was held in Chicago but did not recur until 1979, when the venue was moved to the Hollywood Bowl.
However, Bennett was the most expensive act in festival history. He was paid $100,000 for his 75-minute performance at Metropolitan Park, plus $10,000 for expenses. The festival in 2003 did not charge admission. It was a sunny weekend and nearly 60,000 people attended, but the festival's profits were half a million dollars short of its expenses.