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• Penn State Jazz Festival - State College, PA - held every Spring.
• Pentastic Jazz Festival - British Columbia, Canada - annual three day September festival.
• Playboy Jazz Festival - LA, California -Check out the line-up of this great California festival (aka-Old Pasadena Jazz Festival - See JVC for Hollywood Bowl)
• Pori Jazz Festival - Pori, Finland - international festival held annually in July.
• Red-Sea Jazz Festival - Eliat, Israel - held each August, featuring concerts and late-night jam sessions, seminars, and other activities.
• Riverboat Jazzfestival - Silkeborg, Denmark - annual summer festival.
• Riverfront Jazz - London, UK - held every fall.
• Rochester International Jazz Festival - Rochester, NY
  Check out this years great line-up.
  
• Royal Canadian Big Band Music Festival - London, Ontario - in tribute to Guy Lombardo and the dance band era. Held annually in June/July.
• Russian River Jazz Festival - Guerneville, CA - held each September.
• Sacramento Jazz Jubilee - celebrating traditional jazz, blues, swing, barbershop, and more. Held annually in May.
• Saint John Jazz & Blues Festival - New Brunswick, Canada - annual mid-July event, with ticket and venue information.
• San Francisco Jazz Organization (SFJAZZ) - CA - non-profit corporation dedicated to preserving the traditions and encouraging the growth of jazz in the Bay Area. Also home of the San Francisco Jazz Festival.
• San Jose Jazz Festival - San Jose, CA - held annually in August.
• San Sebastian Jazz Festival - Spain - annual July event.
• Santa Barbara Jazz Festival - Santa Barbara, CA - spectators are treated to an array of jazz, blues and other worldwide music genres.
• Santorini Jazz Festival - Santorini, Greece - annual event.
  
• Saratoga Jazz Festival - Saratoga Springs, NY - annual summer event, held in June and/or July.
  SaskTel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival - Sakatoon, Saskatchewan - annual summer event held in June/July.
• Sedona Jazz on the Rocks - Sedona, AZ - annual outdoor festival.
• Seward Jazz Festival - Seward, AK - held annually in May.
• Sofia Jazz Festival - international jazz and blues event held annually in October.
• Southcoast Dixieland Jazz Festival - annual event featuring traditional, Dixieland, big band and more.
• St. Lucia Jazz Festival - This annual festival held is one of the top island festivals.
• Stanford Jazz Festival - includes notable national players and clinicians, as well as Bay Area players.
• Sweet & Hot Music Festival - four-day music festival featuring big band, swing, dixieland, and classic jazz of the 20's through 40's. Held annually every Labor Day Weekend.
• Syracuse Jazz Fest - Syracuse, NY - annual summer event.
• TAC Wangaratta Festival of Jazz and Blues - Victoria, Australia - four day annual event incorporating the National Jazz Awards.
• Tahoe Jazz - Includes scheduled artists and ticket information.
• Tampere Jazz Happening - Tampere, Finland - takes place in late October/early November every year.
• Telluride Jazz Celebration - three-day festival in August annually.
• Tennessee International Jazz Festival - annual statewide event.
• Toronto Downtown Jazz - annual June-July event. Offers history, articles, and radio show listings. Also provides information about the Toronto Downtown Jazz Society.
• UCLA JazzReggae Festival - Los Angeles, CA - two-day free jazz and reggae festival on the UCLA campus over Memorial Day Weekend.
• Umbria Jazz - Perugia, Italy - annual jazz festival held in July. Includes program of performers, message board, photos, and more.
• Vail Jazz Festival and Party - Vail, CO - annual Labor Day jazz party.
• Vallejo Shoreline Jazz, Art and Wine Festival - One of the biggest and most anticipated events in the North Bay, held in August.
• Vancouver DixieFest - annual Dixieland festival held in White Rock, British Columbia in the fall.
• Vienna Jazz Festival - Austria - held annually in the summer.
• Vilnius Jazz Festival - Lithuania - contemporary jazz festival.
• Vision Festival - annual event that features avant-garde jazz, dance, poetry, and visual art. Presented by Arts For Art, a non-profit artist run organization.
• Vitoria Jazz Festival - Vitoria, Spain. - held each July.
• WAVE's Hyatt Regency Newport Beach Jazz Festival - Formaly known as the WAVE Hyatt Newporter Jazz Festival, will be held in May
• West Coast Jazz Party - Irvine, CA - annual Labor Day weekend jazz festival.

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