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The Festival international de Jazz de Montréal is an annual jazz festival held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Montreal Jazz Fest holds the 2004 Guinness World Record as the world's largest jazz festival. [1] Every year it features roughly 3,000 artists from 30-odd countries, more than 650 concerts (including 450 free outdoor performances), and welcomes over 2 million visitors (12.5% of whom ...
The following is an incomplete list of notable jazz festivals, including both current and defunct festivals of note.
The 2019 edition of the festival saw Elton John offer a historic show at Saussaz Stadium before 15,000 people. This is the festival's first-ever stadium concert.
The Montreux Jazz Festival (formerly Festival de Jazz Montreux and Festival International de Jazz Montreux) is a music festival in Switzerland, held annually in early July in Montreux on the Lake Geneva shoreline. It is the second-largest annual jazz festival in the world after Canada's Montreal International Jazz Festival. [1] Initiator and head organizer Claude Nobs brought an array of ...
Europe: Live Recordings 2022. (2023) The Smile (Live at Montreux Jazz Festival, July 2022) is the first live album by the English rock band the Smile, released on 14 December 2022 by XL Recordings. [1] It comprises performances of songs from their first album, A Light for Attracting Attention (2022), recorded at Montreux Jazz Festival on 12 ...
He was the 2006 winner of the Miles Davis Prize, awarded by the Montreal International Jazz Festival for "jazz artists who have made significant artistic and innovative contributions to the genre". [115]
This is a list of blues festivals in Canada. These festivals—which celebrate Canadian blues music, and often times roots music as well—range from small, community-based festivals that feature mostly local performers, to major corporate-sponsored festivals that draw nationally and internationally-prominent blues musicians. Some of the larger festivals in Canada include the Ottawa Bluesfest ...
March 13 – Juno Awards of 2023; April 2 – 18th Canadian Folk Music Awards; June 30 – The 36th annual Saskatchewan Jazz Festival kicked off in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. [1] July 6 – Prism Prize; September 16 – 2023 Canadian Country Music Awards; September 19 – 2023 Polaris Music Prize; November 5 – 45th Félix Awards