Since 1977 in the heart of the City

Estival Jazz was the brainchild of Jacky Marti and Andreas Wyden in the late 1970s, picking up the legacy of the Lugano Jazz Circle, which in 1962 had launched the first international jazz festival in Switzerland, held for several seasons at Lugano's Teatro Apollo. After the first concerts in Trevano, in 1979 Marti and Wyden organized the first edition of Estival Jazz in Piazza della Riforma, expressing from the very beginning a philosophy maintained over the years: to bring concerts of great artistic quality to Lugano to be offered free to the public.

Since its beginnings, Estival Jazz has already hosted artists of international caliber in the picturesque setting of Piazza della Riforma, becoming a traditional event for the people of Lugano, the Ticino, and visitors from all over Europe. Over time, Estival Jazz has since expanded its artistic range, flanking its jazz offerings with other musical genres, from rock to funk to world music. Over the years, artists such as Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Keith Jarrett, Ray Charles, Bobby McFerrin, Herbie Hancock, BB King, Friedrich Gulda, Tito Puente, Chick Corea, The Manhattan Transfer, Take 6 have passed through Estival, Gato Barbieri, Maynard Ferguson, Cesaria Evora, Dee Dee Bridgewater Carla Bley, Barbara Hendricks, Wynton Marsalis, Cheb Mami, Noa, Oscar D'Leon, Jon Hendricks, Paco de Lucia, Van Morrison, Buddy Guy and Taj Mahal, Khaled.


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