Pori Jazz

Pori Jazz
A festival poster for the first Pori Jazz in 1966
GenreJazz, blues, soul, funk, hip hop, Afro-Cuban, world music, pop music
Datesmid-July
Location(s)Pori, Finland
Years active1966-present
Websiteporijazz.fi
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Betty Carter performing at Pori Jazz in 1978
Sting at Pori Jazz in 2006
Pori Jazz in 2012

Pori Jazz is a large international jazz festival, held annually during the month of July in the coastal city of Pori (a population of 82,809 in January 2010), Finland. It is one of the oldest and best known jazz festivals in Europe, having been arranged every year since 1966.[1]

  1. ^ "History of Pori Jazz". PoriJazz.fi. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2013.