Get ready for the 2017 Nice Jazz Festival!

The Nice Jazz Festival will take place this year July 17th to 21st with a rich program filled with variety and entertainment.

Nice Jazz Festival was born 1948 and it was the first jazz festival in the world. This year the festival celebrates the 67th anniversary. Since 1948, Nice Jazz Festival has continued hosting the best of the national and international music scenes with more than 60,000 coming to see the official festival and the “Off” fringe. Unfortunately, in 2016 the Festival was cancelled: following the terrorist attack on the Promenade des Anglais on the evening of July 14th 2016, the Prefecture of Alpes-Maritimes and Nice City Council took the decision to cancel the Nice Jazz Festival, which was due to commence on July 16th.

You can find the detailed program here and information about the tickets here.

The Festival is eco-friendly as it provides participants with reusable cups for a deposit of €1; additionally, the City of Nice will distribute pocket ashtrays to keep the site clean. Sixty recycling points will be available to visitors around the festival site and surrounding area.

The Jazz Off Festival is running July 17^th- 21^st as well. As in all major festivals, the In & the Off are intimately linked. The Jazz Off allows to propose a mesh of Jazz throughout the city and in all the disciplines. It is developed in six categories: Arts, Friends, Pitchoun, On Stage, Springboard and Conferences. The goal is to create novelty and this year with new and original animations between Jazz and Graphic Art with the Flying Frenchies Band and Alain de Fombelle offering unique performances. Thanks to Jazz Off, participants will be able to discover different programs with free access to jazz and culture. Detailed information here