Music
Montreux Jazz Festival
A Swiss lakeside institution since 1967
At a glance
- Size
- Medium (10k–40k)
- Entry
- Free with ticketed areas
Music
- Jazz
Pictures
About
Montreux Jazz Festival was founded by Claude Nobs in 1967 and is held on the shores of Lake Geneva in early to mid July.
Despite the name, it covers jazz, blues, soul, rock, pop and rap, with ticketed concerts in the Auditorium Stravinski and the Lab and free stages along the lakeside. Its first home, the Montreux Casino, burned down during a Frank Zappa show in 1971, the fire that inspired Deep Purple's 'Smoke on the Water', and the festival's archive of concert recordings is listed by UNESCO.
News and reviews
FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS: Montreux Jazz Festival 2023 – Official Aftermovie4 November 2023
FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS: Rio Montreux Jazz Festival – Highlights Dia 230 October 2023
FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS: Rio Montreux Jazz Festival – Highlights Dia 329 October 2023
FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS: Montreux Jazz Festival 2022 – Official Aftermovie4 September 2023
FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS: Montreux Jazz Festival 2021 – Best of week 128 July 2021
FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS: Montreux Jazz Festival – Highlights11 October 2020
FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS: Anita Baker Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 2019 — Same Ole Love (365 Days a Year)31 May 2020
FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS: Best Of the 53rd Montreux Jazz Festival | Montreux Jazz Festival 201929 October 2019
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Camping and stays
- Day only (no camping)
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