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Jazz festivals are typically multi-day events. These are the ones that are within a day's drive (roughly) of the Capital District. They're listed in order of date. If you know of any we're missing, please let us know. Click on the name for full info. To find other festivals, go to our links page. Please note that on those items marked with a *, last year's date is shown; as soon as I can get current dates, I will post them.

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NOTE: Lincoln Center in New York City has jazz almost every night, and many of their presentations are over a several day period. And the Kennedy Center in Washington has many jazz events in addition to those shown below.

February 13-15, 2009, Dance Flurry Festival, Saratoga springs, NY

March 27-April 5, 2009 Berks Jazz Fest (Reading, PA)

* April 9-17, 2008 Williamstown Jazz Festival (Williamstown, MA)

* April 18-20, 2008 Cape May Jazz Festival (Cape May, NJ)

April 23-26, 2009 Jazzmouth: the Seacoast Poetry & Jazz Festival (Portsmouth, NH)

* May 9-11, 2008 Jazz & Blues BBQ (Killens Pond State Park, Felton, DE)

May 14-16, 2009 Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival (Kennedy Center, Washington, DC)

* May 23-25, 2008 Grand International Ragtime/Jasstime Spring Festival. Info: Wayne and Nancy Pauli, 3-180 Highland Crescent, Kitchener, ON Canada N2M 5K4, (519) 744-2665, wnpauli@rogers.com (Alexandria Bay, NY) 

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* May 30-31, 2008 Central Pennsylvania Commerce Bank Jazz Festival (Harrisburg, PA)

* May 30-June 1, 2008  Red Bank Jazz & Blues Festival (Red Bank, NJ)

June 5-14, 2009 Discover Jazz Festival (Burlington, VT)

* June 4-8, 2008 Art of Jazz Celebration (Toronto, ON)

* June 6-8, 2008  Capital Jazz Fest (Fairfax, VA)

* June 6-8, 2008 Milford Music Festival (Milford, PA)

* June 6-22, 2008 Three Rivers Arts Festival (Pittsburgh, PA)

* June 7-8, 2008 NJJS JAZZFest (Madison, NJ)

* June 10-15, 2008 Vision Festival (New York, NY)

June 12-10, 2009 Rochester Jazz Festival (Rochester, NY)

* June 15-22, 2008 DuPont Clifford Brown Jazz Festival  (Wilmington, DE)

* June 16-29, 2008 JVC Jazz Festival (New York, NY)

June 19-21, 2009 West Oak Lane Jazz & Arts Festival (Philadelphia, PA)

* June 21-22, 2008 Great Hudson River Revival (Croton, NY)

June 26-July 5, 2009 Toronto Downtown Jazz (Toronto, ON)

June 26-28, 2009 Hot Steamed Jazz Festival (Essex, CT)

* June 27-29, 2008 Hampton Jazz Festival (Hampton, VA)

* June 24-25, 2008 Windjammer Days (Boothbay Harbor, ME)

* June 27-28, 2008 M&T Jazz Fest (Syracuse, NY)

* June 27-29, 2008 Kingston Jazz Festival (Kingston, NY)

* June 28-29, 2008 Freihofer's Jazz Festival (Saratoga Springs, NY)

* June 28-July 6, 2008 Sunoco Welcome America (Philadelphia, PA)

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July 1-12, 2009 Festival International de Jazz (Montreal, PQ)

* July 7-18, 2008 Jazz in July (Amherst, MA)

July 14-August 2, 2009 Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival (New York, NY)

July 17-19, 2009 Finger Lakes Wine Festival (Watkins Glen, NY)

July 17-19, 2009 Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz (Hartford, CT)

* July 18-20, 2008 Burlington Jazz & Blues Festival (Burlington, ON)

July 17-26, 2009 Beaches International Jazz Festival (Toronto, ON)

* July 26, 2008 Summer Jazz Celebration (Bellefonte, PA)

* July 24-26, 2008 Jazz in the Square (Syracuse, NY)

July 23-26, 2009 Oswego Harborfest (Oswego, NY)

* July 25-27, 2008 Great Connecticut Jazz Festival (Moodus, CT)

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* August 1-3, 2008 Caramoor Jazz Festival (Katonah, NY)

* August 1-3, 2008 Litchfield Jazz Festival (Goshen, CT)

* August 2, 2008 Wall Street Jazz Festival (Kingston, NY)

* August 2-3, 2008 Belleayre Music Festival (Highmount, NY)

* August 2-3, 2008 Erie Art Museum Blues & Jazz Festival (Erie, PA)

* August 6-10, 2008 Downtown Oakville Jazz Festival (Toronto, ON)

* August 8-10, 2008 New Haven Jazz Festival (New Haven (CT)

* August 8-10, 2008 JVC Jazz Festival at Newport (Newport, RI)

* August 9, 2008 Sacket's Harbor Jazz Festival (Sacket's Harbor, NY)

* August 9-10, 2008 Belleayre Music Festival (Highmount, NY)

* August 9-10, 2008 Long Island Jazz Festival (Oyster Bay, Long Island, NY)

* August 10, 2008 Martha's Vineyard Festival (Oak Bluffs, MA)

August 14-16, 2009 Provincetown Jazz Festival (Provincetown, MA)

* August 22-24, 2008 Lewiston Jazz Festival (Lewiston, NY)

* August 29-31, 2008 Tanglewood Jazz Festival (Lenox, MA)

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September 9-13, 2009 Guelph Jazz Festival (Guelph, ON)

September 11-13, 2009 Southside Shuffle Blues & Jazz Festival (Toronto, ON)

* September 6, 2008 Albany Riverfront Jazz Festival (Albany, NY)

* September 6-7, 2008 OSPAC Jazz Festsival (West Orange, NJ) 

* September 11-13, 2008 Time Warner Jazz 'n Caz 06 (Cazenovia, NY)

September 19-20, 2009 Lake George Jazz Weekend (Lake George, NY)

* September 18-20, 2008 Jazz at Chautauqua (Chautauqua, NY) 

* September 25-27, 2008 Beantown Jazz Festival (Boston, MA)

October 10-12, 2008 Hartford International Jazz Festival (Hartford, CT)

October 10-19, 2008 Pittsfield CityJazz Festival (Pittsfield, MA)

October 11, 2008 Olde Kings Jazz Fest (Swedesboro, NJ)

October 15-19, 2008  Autumn Jazz (Rehoboth Beach, DE)

October 17-19, 2008 Grand International Ragtime/Jasstime Fall Festival. Info: Wayne and Nancy Pauli, 3-180 Highland Crescent, Kitchener, ON Canada N2M 5K4, (519) 744-2665, wnpauli@rogers.com (Alexandria Bay, NY)

November 4-9, 2008 Django Reinhardt NY Festival (New York, NY)

November 7-9, 2008 Cape May Jazz Festival (Cape May, NJ)

November 28-29, 2008 NSO Pops: D.C. and the Duke (Kennedy Center, Washington, DC)

Please note that on those items marked with a *, last year's date is shown; as soon as I can get current dates, I will post them.

If you know of any festivals I've missed, please let me know. Thanks

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