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Chicago Jazz Festival. 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 ...
Years active. 1970–2019, 2022–. Founded by. 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 ...
Five Points Jazz Festival is a free, all-day event held annually in Denver’s historic Five Points neighborhood. From its humble first year which featured one stage and only three bands, the festival has grown into an all-day event with almost 50 bands, 10 stages and performance spaces and 100,000 visitors.
The Syracuse Jazz Festival is an annual free admission outdoor summer music festival staged in Syracuse, New York. It was founded by jazz presenter Frank Malfitano and ran from 1982 to 2017. [1] Syracuse Jazz Fest Crowd looking at the Stage. This festival is still active and starts on June 21 in 2023.
The festival was founded by Monique and Sylvia Gardenberg, two sisters from Rio de Janeiro new on the Brazilian music scene. They secured sponsorship from Pan Am and the tobacco company Souza Cruz , a subsidiary of British-American Tobaccos, who made " Free " cigarettes, naming the festival Free Jazz Festival.
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.
DC Jazz Festival. Denton Arts and Jazz Festival. Detroit International Jazz Festival. Disney Jazz Celebration. DjangoFest.
The Annual Charlie Parker Celebration is an annual festival held in Kansas City, Missouri, since 2014, celebrating legendary jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker. It is held for 10 days in August and celebrates all aspects of Parker from live jazz music shows and boot camps, to tours of his haunts in the city, to exhibits at the American Jazz Museum.