Montreux Jazz Festival

Montreux Jazz Festival
Official logo by Jean Tinguely (poster 1982) reinterpreted by Giovanni Riva for the 50th anniversary of the festival in 2016
GenreJazz, rock, pop
DatesFirst fortnight of July
Location(s)Montreux Convention Centre
Grand-Rue 95
1820 Montreux
Switzerland
Years active1967–present
Websitemontreuxjazzfestival.com
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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]

Initiator and head organizer Claude Nobs brought an array of artists to Montreux.[2] Mathieu Jaton has organised the festival since Nobs' death in 2013.

  1. ^ Mutter, Zoe (6 July 2015). "Meyer Sound LEOPARD takes to the Montreux jazz stages". AV Magazine. Metropolis Business Media. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Claude Nobs". Montreux Jazz Festival. Archived from the original on 2 November 2010. Retrieved 16 May 2017.