Festival International de Jazz de Montréal

June 26 to July 5, 2025

30 events
“Summertime, and the livin’ is easy. . .” With more than 350 indoor and outdoor concerts and other festivities, the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal brings the city to life for 10 consecutive days and nights every year! This signature event consistently features a program that is both rich and varied. The biggest names share stages with the emerging next generation on the vibrant Place des Festivals.

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  • Jazz Music
    Samara Joy
    June 28, 2025
    1 performance
    Maison symphonique

    Samara Joy at the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal in summer 2025.

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  • Jazz Music • pop
    Jay-Jay Johanson
    June 28, 2025
    1 performance
    Théâtre Maisonneuve

    With Backstage, Jay-Jay has already released his 15th album, and his inspiration is constantly renewed. Here we find the fundamental elements of his musical universe: jazz, triphop, pop and even a touch of Easy Listening. 

  • Music · Rap
    Nas | Illmatic: Live: w/ Symphony Orchestra
    June 29, 2025
    1 performance
    Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier

    Timeless poet and rhyme-master Nas, delivered his first full-length album Illmatic in 1994. Nas went on to release 14 subsequent albums, 8 of which are multi-platinum and platinum including: Nastradamus, Stillmatic, God’s Son, and Street’s Disciple. 

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  • Jazz Music
    Dianne Reeves with Romero Lubambo
    June 29, 2025
    1 performance
    Théâtre Maisonneuve

    Five-time Grammy winner Dianne Reeves is one of the world’s pre-eminent jazz vocalist. As a result of her virtuosity, improvisational prowess and unique jazz and R&B stylings, Reeves received the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance for three consecutive recordings — a Grammy first in any vocal category. 

  • Jazz Music
    Mike Stern | Echoes and other songs
    June 29, 2025
    1 performance
    Théâtre Jean-Duceppe

    Mike Stern presents his show Echoes and Other Songs, Artistry/Mack Avenue, with special guest Dennis Chambers.

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An exciting annual destination event

After 40 years of standards and new discoveries, shows for the ages and a still-growing passion for jazz music, the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal remains the premier event of its kind on the planet. Every year, music- lovers experience and reconnect with classics performed by their idols and discover rising stars of the genre as well. 

A variety of styles and sounds take over downtown Montréal, with genres to appeal to every visiting music-lover. Aiming to promote music of all kinds, this event gets festival-goers moving and grooving in the incomparable atmosphere of summer in Montréal.

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