IJFO - International Jazz Festivals Organisation  
INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVALS ORGANIZATION
 
Office office@ijfo.org  
Chairman of IJFO Fritz Thom/Jazz Fest Wien (Vienna)
fthom@ijfo.org
 
Coordinator of IJFO activities Annika Larsson/Umbria Jazz
annika.larsson@umbriajazz.com

IJFO activities . IJFO history
 
       
  Jazz Fest Wien   Pori Jazz Festival   Jazz a Vienne   Jazz à Juan  
   Austria Jazz Fest Wien    Finnland Pori Jazz Festival    France Jazz à Vienne    France Jazz à Juan  
   2010: May 30 - July 9
 www.viennajazz.org
   2010: July 17 - 25
 www.porijazz.fi
   2010: June 25 - July 9
 www.jazzavienne.com
   2010: July 14 - 25
 www.jazzajuan.fr
 
                 
  North Sea Jazz Festival   Umbria Jazz   Molde International Jazz Festival   Festival de Jazz de Vitoria Gasteiz  
   Holland North Sea Jazz
 Festival
   Italy Umbria Jazz    Norway Molde International
 Jazz Festival
   Spain Festival de Jazz
 de Vitoria-Gasteiz
 
   2010: July 9 - 11
 northseajazz.com
   2010: Perugia, July 9 - 18
 www.umbriajazz.com
   2010: July 19 - 24
 www.moldejazz.no
   2010: July 10 - 17
 www.jazzvitoria.com
 
                 
  Montreux Jazz Festival   International Istanbul Jazz Festival   Festival International de Jazz de Montreal   Vancouver International Jazz Festival  
   Switzerland Montreux Jazz
 Festival
   Turkey International
 Istanbul Jazz Festival
   Canada Festival Internat.
 de Jazz de Montreal
   Canada Vancouver
 International Jazz Festival
 
   2010: July 2 - 17
 www.montreuxjazz.com
   2010: July 1 - 15
 www.iksv.org
   2010: June 25 - July 6
 www.montrealjazzfest.com
   2010: June 25 - July 4
 www.coastaljazz.ca
 
                 
  Monterey Jazz Festival   Ravinia Festival   London Jazz Festival      
   USA Monterey Jazz Festival    USA Ravinia Festival    UK London Jazz Festival      
   2010: Sept 17 - 19
 www.montereyjazz
 festival.org
   2010: June 17 - 20
 www.ravinia.org
   2010: Nov 12 - 21
 www.serious.org.uk
     
                 
         
         
  IJFO activities   IJFO history  
     
 

The IJFO is an umbrella organization to currently 15 leading jazz festivals worldwide. The members do not compete territorially and are situated at times which allow for the touring of common projects.

Synergies are developed during four annual meetings: September - roundup (varying locations)
November - industry presentations (New York)
January - (varying locations)
March - ILMC (London)

  The history of IJFO goes back more than 20 years: Several European jazz festivals promoters (Paul Acket, Norbert Gamsohn, Jyrki Kangas, Claude Nobs and Fritz Thom) met in Paris in 1982 to discuss a tour with Miles Davis.
Three promoters emerged out of this Paris meeting as the core of what became the EJFO (European Jazz Festivals Organization): Paul Acket (North Sea), Jyrki Kangas (Pori) and Fritz Thom (Vienna).
In 1988, Paul Acket invited 7 European jazz festivals to meet in New York, among them were Molde, North Sea, Pori, Vienna (Austria) and Vitoria. This was the birth of the EJFO. Shortly after that, Umbria Jazz and Vienne (France) joined, followed a bit later by Istanbul and Montreux.
After Montreal joined the organization a few years ago, the time was finally right in 2002, after Monterey and Vancouver came on board, for the original European association to go international.
This was the birth of the IJFO - the International Jazz Festivals Organization.
 
         
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