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   North Sea Jazz Festival  
   Austria Jazz Fest Wien    Finnland Pori Jazz Festival    France Jazz à Vienne    Holland North Sea Jazz
 Festival		  
   2008: June 27 - July 13
 www.viennajazz.org		    2008: July 12 - 20
 www.porijazz.fi		    2008: June 30 - July 13
 www.jazzavienne.com		    2008: July 11 - 13
 northseajazz.com		  
                 
  Umbria Jazz   Molde International Jazz Festival   Festival de Jazz de Vitoria Gasteiz   Montreux Jazz Festival  
   Italy Umbria Jazz    Norway Molde International
 Jazz Festival		    Spain Festival de Jazz
 de Vitoria-Gasteiz		    Switzerland Montreux Jazz
 Festival		  
   2008: Perugia, July 11 - 20
 www.umbriajazz.com		    2008: July 14 - 19
 www.moldejazz.no		    2008: July 13 - 19
 www.jazzvitoria.com		    2008: July 4 - 19
 www.montreuxjazz.com		  
                 
  International Istanbul Jazz Festival   Festival International de Jazz de Montreal   Vancouver International Jazz Festival   Monterey Jazz Festival  
   Turkey International
 Istanbul Jazz Festival		    Canada Festival Internat.
 de Jazz de Montreal		    Canada Vancouver
 International Jazz Festival		    USA Monterey Jazz Festival  
   2008: July 2 - 13
 www.iksv.org		    2008: June 26 - July 6
 www.montrealjazzfest.com		    2008: June 20 - 29
 www.coastaljazz.ca		    2008: Sept 19 - 21
 www.montereyjazz
 festival.org		  
                 
  Ravinia Festival   London Jazz Festival          
   USA Ravinia Festival    UK London Jazz Festival          
   2008: June 19 - 22
 www.ravinia.org		    2008: Nov 16 - 25
 www.serious.org.uk 		         
                 
         
         
  IJFO activities   IJFO history  
     
  The IJFO is an umbrella organization to currently 14 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 - IAJE convention (varying locations)
March - ILMC (London)

Since 2001, the IJFO sponsors an international jazz award. This award is presented in partnership with the IAJE (International Associaton for Jazz Education) at their annual conferences and rewards upcoming talents in the genre of jazz.		   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.		  
         
  >top      
 
  © IJFO 2003. All rights reserved. office@ijfo.org