The 4th edition of the Jerusalem Jazz Festival will be held on February 12, 13 and 14 in the Israel Museum rooms.
Under the artistic direction of the very famous trumpeter Avishai Cohen, the festival covers the different jazz genres by offering, moreover, artists talks, workshops, student showcases, and night sessions in the Yellow Submarine.

The next edition of the Kathmandu Jazz Festival will be held in the Nepali Capital City from next November 1 to 6. The festival was born in 2002 to bring quality jazz music to Nepal and, by making high level musicians play before the local audience…

The next edition of the Baku Jazz Festival will be held in the Azeri capital city from October 14 to 28. The programme includes workshops, film displays, photography exhibitions and artistic activities, activities reserved to kids…

The 14th edition of the JZ Festival will be held, as usual, in Shanghai, China, on next September 23 and 24.
The appointment, which has become the most important event in mainland…

JazzEspresso is very glad to announce “Swinging in September”, the concert of the jazz quartet featuring Eliza Wong on vocals, Chris Lui and Shigeki Ishiharo on guitars, and Nicola Lancerotti on double bass…

The seventeenth edition of the Tokyo Jazz Festival will be held in the Japanese capital city from August 31 to September 2, 2018. The event will be held in 3 venues in the district of Shibuya, the NHK Hall (main venue), the Cerulean Tower…

The city of Eilat, located in the southernmost part of Israel, will host from August 26 to 28 the next edition of the Red Sea Jazz Festival. The New Port Arena, with its four stages and the Red Note Club, will host the shows by…

The next edition of the Ubud Jazz Festival will be held on August 10 and 11, 2018 in Arma Ubud, Bali Island, Indonesia. Local and international artists will perform such as Ade Irawan, Benny Green, Judith Nijland and many more…

The 18th edition of the Yokohama Asahi Jazz Festival will take place in Yokohama City’s Kodomo-No-Kuni Park on next July 29. The line-up features, among the participating artists, the Banana Needle Trio, the trumpetist Terumasa Hino…

The next edition of the Black Sea Jazz Festival will be held in Tbilisi, Georgia, from July 19 to 22. The event, born in 1978 in the former USSR brings since then quality music by great artists in the Caucasian country. This year’s edition line-up…

The next edition of the prestigious Seoul Jazz Festival will be held in Seoul’s Olympic Park on May 19 and 20, featuring many local and international artists such as the Brandford Marsalis Quartet, Lauryn Hill, Maceo Parker, LEE HI, Roy Kim…

The Borneo Jazz Festival is an international event having a two days duration, and taking place in Miri Town, in the Northern Sarawak province, in Malaysian Borneo. The 2018 edition will be the 13th, and it will include traditional, Latin, Caribbean, Afro and funk jazz musicians’ performances, as well as jam sessions and spaces dedicated to young musicians.

The Second Taipei Gypsy Festival will be held from March 15 to 18, 2018 in the Taiwanese Capital City. The event is organized by Altamira Guitars Taiwan > Altamira Guitars Taiwan/巍聲國際藝術文化 https://www.facebook.com/AltamiraGuitarsTaiwan…

The 14th edition of the Jakarta International BNI Java Jazz Festival, the largest festival in the southern emisphere, will be held in JIEXPO Kemayoran Jakarta on March 2, 3 and 4, 2018.
During the past editions, almost 500 artists performed in more than 170 concerts. The 2018 edition programme is to be confirmed.

Local and international jazz and blues, but also fusion and pop music will be performed at the 2018 Dubai Jazz Festival, that will be held from February 21 to 23, 2018 in Dubai Media City Amphitheatre…

The Myozen-Ji temple in Minato ku, Tokyo, Japan, built in the mid 18th century, will be the location of the Dharma Jazz Fest. Local and international artists are scheduled to perform on February 10 and 11; the presence has already been…

The Montreux Jazz Festival moves again to Japan and will be held in Tokyo’s Yebisu Garden Hall from November 3 to 5. The program schedules many international and Japanese artists, such as Big Yuki, Matthew Herbert’s Brexit Big Band, Tatsuo Sunaga, Phaorah Sanders Quartet, Jin Nakahara and many more.

The Jarasum International Jazz Festival, one of the most important festivals in Asia, will be back from 20 to 22 October. For its 14th edition, it will feature, on 15 different stages, many artists such as Lee Ritenour, Avishai Cohen, Mike Stern, Fabrizio Bosso, as well as focuses, masterclasses and educational activities.

The Baku International Jazz Festival will be held from October 20 to 28. Among the featuring artists, Bendik Hofseth, Omri Mor Trio, Matthias Spillman, Bobo Stenson Trio, Sekou Kouyate, Michiel Bortstlap Trio and many others.

The 13th edition of the Shanghai JZ Festival will be held in Shanghai Expo Park on October 14 and 15. Dedicated this year to the “Celebration”, the festival, which has become the most important jazz event in mainland China, schedules this year more than 40 local and international artists on 7 stages. Among the confirmed artists Kool & The Gang, Andy Summers and The Blues Falcons, Chris Dave and the Drumhedz, Jeff Lorber Fusion, Nils Landgren Funk Unit, Toby Mak, Theo Croker, Li Xiaochuan, Sinne Eeg, Coco Zhao, Tina May, Tia Ray and Le Zhang.

The 2017 edition of the Taichung Jazz Festival will be held in the Taiwanese city from October 7 to 15. The program foresees the performance by artists from all over the world, who will play on different stages and venues around the city. Among the artists that will join the festival, we find Mission Formosa, Teriver Cheung Quartet feat. Billy Drummond,…

The Blue Note Jazz Festival in Japan will be held on September 23 and 24 in Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse. Among the featuring artists, Lianne La Havas, Donald Fagen & The Nightflyers, Kamasi Washington, the Moonchild, Hiromi duet with the Colombian artist Edmar Castañeda on harp, Gregory Porter and many others.

The Taipei City Government has invited famous national and international jazz bands to perform in Taipei City from September 9 to October 31, 2017, in order to introduce to the local public the best artistic activities and to make the audience understand jazz as a musical genre.

The 16th edition of Tokyo Jazz Festival, one of the most prestigious Asian festivals, will be held from September 1 to 3. Among the musicians participating, Chick Corea, Steve Gadd, Lee Ritenour, Pat Martino, Dave Grusin, Dave Weckl, Al Di Meola, Sadao Watanabe, Lee Konitz, Peter Erskine, Gonzalo Rubalcaba.

Django Tokyo Festival will be held on August 26 and 27. It’s probably the only and the biggest gipsy jazz festival in Asia, and it will be hosted on the rooftop at 3331 Art Chiyoda, a renovated arts and events space. Musicians & gigs line up: Adrien Moignard, Toshihiro Nakanishi (中西俊博), Yoshifumi Yamamoto (山本佳史), Cabbage & Burdock, Oriental Shuffle, and many more. At the end of the event there will be a big jam session that the audience can join too.

The Ubud Village Jazz Festival will be held in Arma Ubud, Bali, Indonesia, on August 11 and 12. The programme foresees concerts, new talents and music students concerts, conferences, workshops and a food festival.

The Black Sea Jazz Festival will be held from July 27 to 30 in Batumi (Agiaria, Georgia). Among the featuring artists Cory Henry and the Funk Apostles, Jamiroquai, De La Soul and Joss Stone.

The 2017 edition of Sapporo City Jazz will be held in the Japanese city from July 14 to 27. There will be shows and jam sessions in Sapporo Odori Park and other locations around the city. Among the artists participating, Keiko Lee and special guest Shiho, Mizuho, Solid Sound Jazz Orchestra, Eddie Palmieri Salsa Orchestra, Bluey from Incognito.

The Seul Jazz Festival will take place in the Asian City on May 27 and 28.
Among the many artists scheduled, Dianne Reeves, Pat Martino Trio, Lianne Le Havas, Cecil Mc Lorin Salvant, Arturo O’Farrill, Epik High, Nell, Avishai Cohen, Zico, John Park, Yu Jun Sangs Jnjoy20 Band, and many more.

The 12th edition of the Borneo Jazz Festival is scheduled on May 12 and 13 in Miri, in the northern part of Sarawak, eastern Malaysia. The artists listed are, among many others, Osaka Monoaurail, Michael Veerapen, Idang Rasjidi, CJB and Nisa Addina.