2019 in jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 2019.
Events
January
10 – The 18th All Ears festival starts in Oslo.11 – The 5th annual Tucson Jazz Festival starts in Tucson, Arizona.24 – The 38th annual Djangofestival starts on Cosmopolite in Oslo, Norway.31- * The 8th Bodø Jazz Open Vinterjazz starts in Bodø, Norway.
- * The 21st Polarjazz Festival starts in Longyearbyen, Svalbard.
February
14 – The 14th Ice Music Festival starts in Geilo, Norway.26 – English saxophonist Trevor Watts celebrates his 80th birthday.28 – American saxophonist Charles Gayle celebrates his 80th birthday.March
1 – The 15th Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival starts in Jakarta, Indonesia.6 – The 50th Turku Jazz Festival starts in Åbo, Finland.16 – American violinist Jerry Goodman celebrates his 70th birthday.22 – The Blue House Youth Jazz Festival starts in Stockholm, Sweden.29 – The 20th Cape Town International Jazz Festival starts in Cape Town, South Africa.April
12 – The 46th Vossajazz starts in Vossavangen, Norway.24 – The 32nd April Jazz Espoo starts.26 – The 8th Torino Jazz Festival starts in Turin.30 – The International Jazz Day.May
3 – The Balejazz starts in Balestrand.6 – The 30th MaiJazz starts in Stavanger, Norway.8 – The 15th AnJazz, the Hamar Jazz Festival starts at Hamar, Norway.16 – The 18th Festival Jazz à Saint-Germain-des-Prés starts in Paris, France.24 – The 47th Nattjazz starts in Bergen, Norway.June
12 – The Bergenfest starts in Bergen.13 – The Norwegian Wood music festival starts in Oslo.26 – The Leopolis Jazz Fest opens in Lviv, Ukraine.27 – The Festival International de Jazz de Montréal opens in Montréal, Canada.28- * The 39th Jazz à Vienne starts in Vienne, France.
- * The 53rd Montreux Jazz Festival starts in Montreux, Switzerland.
July
3 – The Kongsberg Jazzfestival opens at Kongsberg consert.4 – The 23rd Skånevik Bluesfestival starts in Skånevik, Norway.5- * The Baltic Jazz Festival starts in Dalsbruk.
- * The Love Supreme Jazz Festival starts in Lewes, East Sussex.
- * The 41st Copenhagen Jazz Festival starts in Copenhagen, Denmark.11 – The 18th Stavernfestivalen starts in Stavern.12
- * The 44th North Sea Jazz Festival starts in The Hague, Netherlands.
- * The 54th Pori Jazz Festival starts in Pori, Finland.
- * The 46th Umbria Jazz Festival starts in Perugia, Italy.13 – The 31st Aarhus Jazz Festival starts in Aarhus, Denmark.15 – The Moldejazz starts in Molde.16
- * The 72nd Nice Jazz Festival starts in Nice, France.
- * The 43rd Jazz de Vitoria starts in Gasteiz, Spain.24 – The 24th Canal Street Festival starts in Arendal.
August
2- * The 63rd Newport Jazz Festival starts in Newport, Rhode Island.
- * The Nišville International Jazz Festival starts in Niš, Serbia.6 – The 20th Øyafestivalen starts in Oslo, Norway.8 – The 33rd Sildajazz starts in Haugesund, Norway.
- 9 – The 35th Brecon Jazz Festival starts in Brecon, Wales.11 – The 34th Oslo Jazzfestival starts in Oslo, Norway.