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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]
Montreux Jazz Festival, the same event that inspired that immortal song, launches its 58th edition on Friday 5 July, with a full schedule of performances to take place over the next two weeks.
It hosts the annual Montreux Jazz Festival. The convention center's main venues are the 4,000-capacity Auditorium Stravinski and the 2,000-capacity Miles Davis Hall. The facility opened in 1973 and received its current name in 2006. [1] The complex closed for renovation work in July 2023, and is expected to reopen in 2025. [2]
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. Auditorium Stravinski
Yes, Montreux was founded as a jazz festival back in 1967 and has, over the decades, played host to greats such as Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Nina Simone and Ella Fitzgerald.
Annual arts festival returns to Montreux, Switzerland, with a brand new stage and a typically eclectic lineup Montreux Jazz Festival unveils its incredible 2024 lineup, from RAYE to Duran Duran ...
Montreux Jazz Festival takes place this summer across two weeks and multiple venues, with The Independent as the event’s exclusive global media partner
The Festival International de Jazz de Montréal (English: Montreal International Jazz Festival) 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.