The montreux jazz festival is a very popular music festival of Switzerland held during early July every year in Montreux on the shores of Lake Geneva. The festival used to be traditionally held at the old Montreux Casino till it burned down in December 1971. The festival was held in other auditoriums in Montreux, until it could return to the rebuilt new Casino in 1975.
The newport jazz festival is a music festival held every August in Newport in Rhode Island in USA. The newport Jazz Festival moved to New York in 1972 and thereafter became a two site festival in 1981 when it started holding the festival both at Newport and in New York.
The st. lucia jazz festival takes place annually on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia. The festival brings together both internationally known musicians as well as local musicians. This Jazz Festival is an exception in that it not only features jazz music but also Calypso.
The new orleans jazz & heritage festival, more familiarly known as new orleans jazz fest, is an annual celebration of the music reflecting the culture of New Orleans. The term "Jazz Fest" includes the many shows at various nightclubs scheduled during the Festival.
The Tamworth country music festival is an annual music festival held in New South Wales, Australia to celebrate Australian country music. The festival lasts for two weeks during late January and during this peroid the city of Tamworth is agog with visitors from all parts of the world. And 'jazz' is itself very musical in pronounciation.
