International Jazz Day

2026 Global Celebrations

Italy

City: Lecce

Organizer(s): Conservatorio Statale di Musica "Tito Schipa" di Lecce

1926-2026 | I CENTENARI COLTRANE • DAVIS • CERRI; Big Band del Conservatorio Tito Schipa di Lecce; Special Guest of Honor: RICK MARGITZA; Direttore Stefano Luigi Mangia

In-Person

04/30

20:30

The “Tito Schipa” Conservatory marks International Jazz Day 2026 with a prestigious Gala Concert at Lecce’s Teatro Apollo. Titled “1926-2026 | THE CENTENNIALS,” the event honors the legacies of ...

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City: Torino

Organizer(s): Alessio Cazzola

Alessio Cazzola Jazz Concert

In-Person

04/30

21:00

Jazz music and warm drum sounds. With Alessio Cazzola, an Italian musician and composer with international experience. From Lima in Perù.

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City: Potenza

Organizer(s): Jazz Club Potenza Associazione culturale

Danilo Rea, Dario Deidda & Giovanni Scascimacchia Trio

In-Person

04/28

21:00

In occasione dell’International Jazz Day 2026, il Jazz Club di Potenza ospita una serata di straordinario valore artistico, celebrando il linguaggio universale del jazz. Protagonisti del concert...

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City: Isernia

Organizer(s): Disisradio web Radio

Disisradio International Jazz Day 2026

In-Person

Online

04/30

08:30

intera giornata di programmazione radiofonica sul tema del jazz quale musica evocativa di unione tra i popoli, uguaglianza e simbolo di alterazione dei vari modi di intendere la vita attraverso ...

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City: Verona

Organizer(s): CREA srl Impresa Sociale

Eddie Henderson feat. Piero Odorici Group “Miles Legacy”

In-Person

04/30

20:30

On International Jazz Day, Teatro Ristori hosts a special tribute to Miles Davis with Eddie Henderson, the legendary trumpeter and flugelhorn player who helped shape modern jazz. Born in New Yor...

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City: Bergamo

Organizer(s): Fondazione Teatro Donizetti di Bergamo

ELEONORA STRINO Trio

In-Person

04/30

18:30

Eleonora Strino chitarra Giulio Corini contrabbasso Zeno De Rossi batteria Bergamo Jazz celebra, come è ormai consuetudine, la Giornata Internazionale del Jazz con un concerto...

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City: Treviso

Organizer(s): Treviso Suona Jazz Festival

GeGè Telesforo – Jazz Radio

In-Person

04/30

20:45

GeGè Telesforo, voce e percussioni Francesco Fratini, tromba Lorenzo Simoni, sassofono contralto Vittorio Solimene, pianoforte Giulio Scianatico, contrabbasso Valer...

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City: Gavazzana

Organizer(s): Gavazzana Blues

Gipsy Friends – Django e dintorni

In-Person

04/30

19:30

GIPSY FRIENDS Michele Menardi Noguera, flauto Federico Briasco, chitarra Giulio Granero, chitarra Titolo spettacolo: “Django e dintorni” Il gruppo musicale Gipsy...

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City: Napoli

Organizer(s): Licve Tones Napoli Party ETS

IACOPO TEOLIS TRIO feat.MATEO JAECKEL

In-Person

04/30

21:00

Il Live Tones come da più anni partecipa, anche per il 2026, all International Jazz Day con il patrocinio UNESCO presentando giovedì 30 Aprile alle ore 21:45 Iacopo Teolis trio feat. Mateo...

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City: Alba

Organizer(s): Dragonfly Music Studio

International Jazz Day – Alba: Jelly Roll plays Morton Quintet + street band and jazz bands by Ipogeo Records

In-Person

04/30

15:30

From 3:30 PM jazz bands, singers and an amazing street band will perform in the centre cityof Alba, in Piedmont, Italy. Our daily journey into the International Jazz Day will finish with a supre...

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City: Vigevano

Organizer(s): Diapason Consortium

International Jazz Day: Accade anche qui

In-Person

04/30

18:00

A tribute concert to Jazz Music in Vigevano, a beautiful town close to Milan both geographically and historically. Here, during the Renaissance, the Sforza Court moved from Milan; moreover, impo...

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City: Monterosi

Organizer(s): MUJIC - Monterosi per Urbani Jazz Informazione e Cultura - APS

International Max-Jazz Day

In-Person

04/30

20:30

A day dedicated to Massimo Urbani with multiemdia projections and live music

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City: Cerignola

Organizer(s): Sud Music

Jazz in piazza

In-Person

04/30

Festival jazz

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City: Barletta

Organizer(s): Saint Patrick Jazz Club

Kings of Swing

In-Person

04/30

22:00

Kings of Swing Concerto organizzato da Francesco Petruzzelli titolare del famoso Jazz Club Saint Patrick in Puglia a Barletta. Andrea Zecchillo al Clarinetto, Domenico Balducci Piano...

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City: Verona

Organizer(s): Tattoli Giuseppe

LO SWING DI VERONA – THE VERONA SWING BIG BAND

In-Person

04/30

21:00

THE SWING BIG BAND DI VERONA, THE JAZZSET ORCHESTRA, WILL PLAY WITH ALL THE MUSICIANS OF THE WORLD TO CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY, 20 ELEMENTS WHO WILL PERFORM WITH A SPARKLING REPERTOIRE F...

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City: Palermo

Organizer(s): Radio Studio 104

Radio Studio 104 and Radiotopclass, a 24-hour marathon

Online

04/30

12:00

UNESCO established April 30 as International Jazz Day in 2011 to celebrate jazz as a tool for peace, dialogue, inclusion, and international cooperation. Led by UNESCO and Herbie Hancock, the Day...

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City: Napoli

Organizer(s): www.radiotopclass.eu

RadioTopClass and RadioStudio 104, 24-hour marathon for International Jazz Day 2026

Online

04/30

00:01

UNESCO established International Jazz Day on April 30 in 2011 to highlight jazz and its diplomatic power in bringing people together worldwide. Led by the UNESCO Director-General and Herbie Hanc...

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City: Bergamo

Organizer(s): Liceo Musicale “Suardo”

The Big Band Theory celebrate the International Jazz Day

In-Person

04/30

16:30

"The Big Band Theory" is a jazz group of Liceo Musicale "Suardo" of Bergamo, since 2013 by Giovanni Abbiati (founder and teacher). Every year we celebrate the International Jazz Day with lessons...

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