Jazz Festivals in Russia

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Jazz Festivals in Russia a brief guide
Branford Marsalis Quartet performing at the Usadba.Jazz Festival near Moscow, Russia, in June, 2009 (photo by Pavel Korbut) This temporary page is compiled for the benefit of those jazz artists and their agents who look for the opportunity to perform at the numerous jazz festivals in Russia. This is not a comprehensive guide. Meanwhile, you may find this page beneficial as well. Please note that Jazz.Ru portal (where you have just reached) is, ultimately, a Web representation of Russia's jazz magazine under the same name (Jazz.Ru,) which means that we are NOT connected with any jazz festival, jazz club, or venue; we are no booking agents, no promoters, no festival organizers, and cannot accept tour queries from artists or their agents ourselves. We share the information that we have; this is all that we can do. If you need to contact us, do so anyway! This page updates regularly, so please check back soon for more festivals (there is several dozens of them in Russia.) We are also intended to add jazz club contacts soon, at least for Moscow and St.Petersburg. Thank you!
Festival	Contacts & more info
Spring/summer season
Triumph of Jazz (Triumf Jazza) Moscow, early February (since 1999), the Moscow House of Music, 1.700 seats Past headliners: Ahmad Jamal, Toots Thielemans, Joe Lovano, Elvin Jones, Take 6, Lee Konitz, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Igor Butman Big Band etc.	organized by Butman Music Web site Contacts
Manor.Jazz (Usadba.Jazz) Formerly in Arkhangelskoe Manor, near Moscow, early June (since 2004) 2019: Kolomenskoye Manor in the southeastern part of Moscow: five outdoor stages, up to 20.000 listeners Past headliners: Yusef Lateef, Avishai Cohen, Billy Cobham, Nils Landgren Funk Unit, Marcus Miller, Branford Marsalis	organized by ArtMania Festival Web site Music director: Elena Moiseenko
Jazz May Penza, Russia (500 km east of Moscow), indoors/outdoors, up to 10.000 listeners Past headliners: Igor Butman, Dena DeRose, Dock in Absolute, Alina Rostotskaya, Emanuele Cisi,	organized by PenzaConcert Festival Web site
Sib Jazz Fest Novosibirsk, Siberia, May Jazz, avant, fusion, and the gorgeous Novosibirsk Big Band led by Vladimir Tolkachov Past headliners: Oliver Lake, Stanley Jordan, Kevin Mahogany, Mike Stern, Ann Hampton Calloway, Richard Galliano, John McLaughlin, Mike Stern, Craig Handy, Jean-Luc Ponty etc.	Organized by Novosibirsk Philharmonic Society
Veranda Blues Vologda, Russia (400 km northeast of Moscow), outdoors, every July since 2004 Past headliners: Igor Butman, Leonig & Friends, Sergei Manoukian, J.C. Smith, Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne, JD Walter etc.	Festival Web site
Autumn/winter season
Jazz at the Hermitage Garden Moscow, Hermitage Garden (outdoors, up to 5.000 listeners a day), 3rd weekend of August, since 1998 Local, European, Latin American, and U.S. acts Past headliners: Adam Makovicz, Randy Brecker, Lew Tabackin, Pago Libre, Larry Willis, Gary Bartz, Gary Smulyan, Alex Sipiagin, Igor Butman 2008 review in JazzTimes	organized by EverGreen Jazz and MosGorPark Producer: Mikhail "Don Miguel" Green
Arkhangelsk Jazz Days Arkhangelsk, Northern Russia (near White Sea), late October, since 1982 Jazz, new jazz, avant jazz, improv -- mostly Russian and Scandinavian acts, but also Americans, non-Scandinavian Europeans, Japanese improvisers, et al.	Organized by Arkhangelsk Jazz Production Center Producer: Tim Dorofeyev
Jazz Province 10-12 major cities in central Russia, starting in Kursk, also covering Voronezh, Oryol, Lipetsk, Tula and others. 20-30 artists from the U.S., Europe, Japan, South America and Russia set to tour in late October - early November and migrate through the festival cities, playing one or two nights in each city. Past headliners: Bill Evans, Mike Clark, Eric Marienthal, Ernie Watts, the New York Voices, Scott Henderson, Eric Alexander, Hakon Kornstad, et al.	organized by Kursk Philharmonic Society and ArtFolio Festival website Artistic director: Leonid Vintskevich Producer: Alexander Lukinov
Jazz Voices Moscow, early December (since 1995), House of Journalists (200 seats) Local, European, and American participants, mostly with local rhythm sections	organized by Jazz Art Club Director: Alex Eidelman