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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 12-14, 2010 Dance Flurry Festival, Saratoga Springs, NY

March 3-6, 2010 Vision Festival (New York, NY) March 19-28, 2010 Berks Jazz Fest (Reading, PA)

March 25, 27-28, 2010 HSBC Jazz Festival (New York, NY)

April 16-18, 2010 Cape May Jazz Festival (Cape May, NJ)

April 22-25, 2010 Jazzmouth: the Seacoast Poetry & Jazz Festival (Portsmouth, NH)

May 20-22, 2010 Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival (Kennedy Center, Washington, DC)

May 28-30, 20109 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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June 4-5, 2010 NJJS JAZZFest (Madison, NJ)

June 4-6, 2010  Capital Jazz Fest (Columbia, MD)

June 4-13, 2010 Discover Jazz Festival (Burlington, VT)

June 4-13, 2010 Three Rivers Arts Festival (Pittsburgh, PA)

* June 5-7, 2009 Art of Jazz Celebration (Toronto, ON)

June 5-6, 2010  Red Bank Jazz & Blues Festival (Red Bank, NJ)

* June 6-7, 2009 Milford Music Festival (Milford, PA)

June10-12, 2010 Central Pennsylvania Commerce Bank Jazz Festival (Harrisburg, PA)

June 11-19, 2010 Rochester Jazz Festival (Rochester, NY)

June 12-13, 2010 Undead Jazzfest, (New York, NY)

June 15-20, 2010 DuPont Clifford Brown Jazz Festival  (Wilmington, DE)

June 17-26, 2010, CareFusion Jazz Festival, (New York, NY)

June 18-20, 2010 West Oak Lane Jazz & Arts Festival (Philadelphia, PA)

June 19-20, 2010 Great Hudson River Revival (Croton, NY)

June 22-23, 2010 Windjammer Days (Boothbay Harbor, ME)

June 25-27, 2010 Hot Steamed Jazz Festival (Essex, CT)

June 25-27, 2010 Hampton Jazz Festival (Hampton, VA)

June 25-27, 2010 Syracuse Jazz Fest (Syracuse, NY)

June 25-July 4, 2010 Toronto Downtown Jazz (Toronto, ON)

June 25-July 6, 2010 Festival International de Jazz (Montreal, PQ)

June 26-27, 2010 Point Pleasant Beach Jazz & Blues Festival (Point Pleasant Beach, NJ)

June 26-27, 2010 Freihofer's Jazz Festival (Saratoga Springs, NY)

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

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June 26-July 4, 2010 Sunoco Welcome America (Philadelphia, PA)

July 9-11, 2010 Hoop City Jazz & Art Festival (Springfield, MA)

July 12-23, 2010 Jazz in July (Amherst, MA)

July 12, 2009 PA Jazz Society Jazzfest (Plainfield Township, PA)

July 12-August 1, 2010 Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival (N. Adams, MA)

July 16-17, 2010, Paulie's New Orleans Jazz & Blues Festival, (Worcester, MA)

July 16-18, 2010 Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz (Hartford, CT)

July 16-25, 2010 Beaches International Jazz Festival (Toronto, ON)

July 17-18, 2010 Lincoln Arts Festival (Boothbay Harbor, ME)

July 17, 2010 Paulie's New Orleans Jazz & Blues Festival (Worcester, MA)

July 17-18, 2010 Green River Festival (Greenfield, MA)

July 16-18, 2010 Finger Lakes Wine Festival (Watkins Glen, NY)

* July 17-19, 2009 Gold Coast Jazz Fest (Glen Cove, NY)

July 22-25, 2010 Oswego Harborfest (Oswego, NY)

July 23-24, 2010 Summer Jazz Celebration (Bellefonte, PA)

July 23-25, 2010 Burlington Jazz & Blues Festival (Burlington, ON)

July 29-31, 2010 Northeast Jazz & Wine Festival (Syracuse, NY)

July 30-31, 2010 Belleayre Music Festival (Highmount, NY)

July 30-August 1, 2010 Great Connecticut Jazz Festival (Meridan, CT)

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August 6-7, 2010 Belleayre Music Festival (Highmount, NY)

August 6-8, 2010 Caramoor Jazz Festival (Katonah, NY)

August 6-8, 2010 Litchfield Jazz Festival (Kent, CT)

August 6-8, 2010 Downtown Oakville Jazz Festival (Toronto, ON)

August 7-8, 2010 Erie Art Museum Blues & Jazz Festival (Erie, PA)

August 14, 2010 New Haven Jazz Festival (New Haven (CT)

August 13-15, 2010 Provincetown Jazz Festival (Provincetown, MA)

* August 14-16, 2009 Jazz in the Valley (West Park, NY)

August 21-22, 2010 Salem Jazz & Soul Festival (Salem, MA)

August 27-28, 2010 Lewiston Jazz Festival (Lewiston, NY)

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September 4, 2010 Wall Street Jazz Festival (Kingston, NY)

September 4, 2010 Long Branch Jazz & Blues Festival (Long Branch, NJ)

September 4-5, 2010 Tanglewood Jazz Festival (Lenox, MA)

September 8-12, 2010 Guelph Jazz Festival (Guelph, ON)

September 10-12, 2010 Southside Shuffle Blues & Jazz Festival (Toronto, ON)

September 11, 2010 Albany Riverfront Jazz Festival (Albany, NY)

* September 12-13, 2009 OSPAC Jazz Festival (West Orange, NJ) 

September 15-25, 2010 Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival (Boston, MA)

September 16-19, 2010 Jazz at Chautauqua (Chautauqua, NY) 

September 17, 2010 Bourbon Street Comes to Beach Ave (Cape May, NJ)

September 18-19, 2010 Jazz at the Lake (Lake George, NY)

September 23-25, 2010 Time Warner Jazz 'n Caz 06 (Cazenovia, NY)

October 1-3, 2010 Jazz at Newport (Newport, RI)

October 1-3, 2010 JazzFest Falmouth (Falmouth, MA)

October 8-21, 2010 Pittsfield CityJazz Festival (Pittsfield, MA)

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

October 13-17, 2010  Autumn Jazz (Rehoboth Beach, DE)

October 16, 2010 Olde Kings Jazz Fest (Swedesboro, NJ)

* October 18, 2009 Melrose Jazz Festival (Melrose, MA) 

November 2-7, 2010 Django Reinhardt NY Festival (Boston, MA)

November 2-7, 2010 Django Reinhardt NY Festival (New York, NY)

* November 6-8, 2009 Cape May Jazz Festival (Cape May, NJ)

 

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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