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The Copenhagen Jazz Festival
A Danish Outdoor Event for All Jazz Fans

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Copenhagen Jazz Festival

Outdoor festival/event in Copenhagen, Denmark

© Harriet P. 2007
The Copenhagen Jazz Festival is an annual event held in Denmark's capital Copenhagen. This 10-day event focusses on the Jazz like no other jazz festival. The number of concerts and performances have reached 850 in recent years. Every year in the first half of July, Copenhagen expects more than a quarter of a million visitors at this major annual event, no matter what the weather in Denmark may be like.

The Copenhagen Jazz Festival was founded in 1979 and takes place every summer for ten days, in early to mid July.

Most of the concerts and performances are free, only a select few require admission (Copenhagen Jazz Festival program & tickets here).

The Copenhagen Jazz Festival makes sure that Copenhagen will be full of jazz music and there is no set location to visit: You will find performances in the smallest cafes, in the city parks, along streets, in clubs and event centers.

Musicians who have performed at the Copenhagen Jazz Festival include Sonny Rollins, Oscar Peterson, Ray Charles, Michel Petrucciani, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Keith Jarrett, Dizzy Gillespie, John Scofield and many, many more...

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