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Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival in Kansas City [citation needed] Scott Joplin International Ragtime Festival in Sedalia [72] Nebraska. Omaha Blues, Jazz, & Gospel Festival in Omaha. Nevada. Las Vegas City of Lights Jazz Festival in Las Vegas [73] Reno Jazz Festival in Reno [citation needed] New Jersey.
Website. montrealjazzfest.com. 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 ...
At first, the festival attendances were small. But as the years passed, word spread helped by coverage on the BET J television network, and it is now a well-established fixture on the Jazz festival calendar. In 2011 the Saint Lucia Jazz Festival celebrated its 20th anniversary, a rare achievement, as several other Jazz festivals established in ...
Years active. 1970–2019, 2022–. Founders. George Wein. Website. nojazzfest.com. The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (commonly called Jazz Fest or Jazzfest) is an annual celebration of local music and culture held at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana. Jazz Fest attracts thousands of visitors to New Orleans each year ...
The Cape Town International Jazz Festival is an annual music festival held in Cape Town, South Africa. The first one was held in 2000 [1] to 2005 [2] and is recognized as the fourth largest jazz festival in the world [3] and the largest jazz festival on the African continent. [4] The festival was called the "Cape Town North Sea Jazz Festival ...
Newport Jazz Festival. McCoy Tyner and Ravi Coltrane perform at the Newport Jazz Festival on August 13, 2005. The Newport Jazz Festival is an annual American multi-day jazz music festival held every summer in Newport, Rhode Island. Elaine Lorillard established the festival in 1954, and she and husband Louis Lorillard financed it for many years.
Location (s) Berkeley, California, U.S. Years active. 1967–present. 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]
Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival. The Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival is an annual jazz festival, the largest west of the Mississippi River, that takes place in April on the campus of the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho. In 2007, the festival was awarded the National Medal of Arts, the nation’s most prestigious arts award. [1]