SYDNEY 2019
In October of 2017, UNESCO announced that Sydney, Australia would serve as the Global Host City for International Jazz Day 2019. READ MORE
JUST ANNOUNCED
UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay is pleased to announce that the International Jazz Day Global Host City for 2020 will be Cape Town, South Africa, marking the first time the celebration is hosted by an African city. READ MORE
Featured Organizer
Shon Campbell, an aid worker with the United Nations Development Programme in Yangon, organized Myanmar’s first International Jazz Day celebration in 2013, putting together a small concert in a matter of days. Since then, she has grown the event, which in 2017 reached an audience of 1,100 people, to include international jazz musicians and renowned jazz educators for a full day of music, workshops, and entertainment. In 2014, Campbell expressed a hope that International Jazz Day in Myanmar might "give others a window into the talents of some of Myanmar's musicians, and especially…allow more of them to work full time on their music." Thanks to her incredible work, both of these goals have grown closer to fulfillment.Read More
2019 Events
- The Illicit Grooves Radio Show International Jazz day Special Starpoint Radio, Bournemouth (United Kingdom)
- Día Internacional del JazzAlicante Teatro Principal de Alicante, Alicante (Spain)
- Peoria GMB Spring Celebration Jazz Day Peoria County Courthouse Plaza, Peoria (United States)
- JUST JAZZ WITH OSAPETTOY RCCG FREEDOM'S ARK EPE., Lagos (Nigeria)
- International Jazz Day AZ presents Mario Abney ASU Kerr Center, Scottsdale (United States)
- Jazz4Justice Alexandria Torpedo Factory, Alexandria (United States)
- GALAAD MOUTOZ SWING ORCHESTRA Cazaudehore, SAINT GERMAIN EN LAYE (France)
- YAOUNDE JAZZ FESTIVAL Cameroon Cultural Center, Mvvog-bi (Cameroon)
- Hernando Jazz Society celebrates International Jazz Day with Live Concert at Library Hernando County Public Library - Spring Hill Branch, Spring Hill (United States)
- International Jazz Day 2019 Adelaide Town Hall, Adelaide (Australia)
