The Klaipėda Castle Jazz Festival (Lithuanian: Klaipėdos pilies džiazo festivalis) has been held annually during June or July in Klaipėda, Lithuania since 1994. It is staged near the ruined Klaipėda Castle.
Major international performers at past festivals have included Maynard Ferguson, Toots Thielemans, Billy Cobham Culture Mix, Mike Mainieri, Victor Bailey, Chico & the Gypsies, Soweto Kinch, Alex Wilson, and Nikki Yeoh, among others. It traditionally features an all-night jam session.
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- Performers. Klaipeda Jazz Festival - Official website.
- Karina Juodelyte-Moliboga (11 July 2007). Jazzing it up in Lithuania’s ‘New Orleans’. The Baltic Times.
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