Photo Credit: Emilien Itim
The Scene
Montreux Jazz Festival is held annually in early July on the shores of Lake Geneva in Switzerland. Second only to the Montreal Jazz Festival, Montreux Jazz Festival is one of the largest jazz gatherings in the world. Founded in 1967 and rooted in jazz, the festival today features artists from all musical styles.
2017 Artist Lineup
- ALA.NI
- ALBIN DE LA SIMONE
- ALDOUS HARDING
- ALT-J
- AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE
- ÂME
- ARTA JEKABSONE
- BENJAMIN BIOLAY
- BENJAMIN CLEMENTINE
- BETH DITTO
- BILL FRISELL
- BIRDY NAM NAM
- BONOBO
- BRASIL BOAT
- BRIAN WILSON PRESENTS PET SOUNDS
- BRYAN FERRY
- BUGGE WESSELTOFT
- CHARLIE CUNNINGHAM
- CHILLY GONZALES
- COMAH
- CREW PELIGROSOS
- DONNY MCCASLIN QUARTET
- DOUGLAS DARE
- DUA LIPA
- EMELI SANDÉ
- EMILY JANE WHITE
- ERYKAH BADU
- FILE UNDER ZAWINUL
- FLEET FOXES
- FOURPLAY
- GABRIEL GARZÓN-MONTANO
- GEORGE BENSON
- GRACE JONES
- GUCCI MANE
- HAMILTON LEITHAUSER
- HENRIK SCHWARZ
- HERBIE HANCOCK
- IBRAHIM MAALOUF
- JACOB KARLZON
- JACQUES
- JAMES HUNTER
- JOEY ALEXANDER TRIO
- JOHN NEWMAN
- JOHN SCOFIELD ÜBERJAM
- JON CLEARY
- JULIETTE ARMANET
- KASABIAN
- KAYTRANADA
- KENNY WOLLESEN
- KERY JAMES
- KEVIN MORBY
- LA FEMME
- LA TÈNE
- LIANNE LA HAVAS
- LIL UZI VERT
- LONDON GRAMMAR
- LUKAS GRAHAM
- MACY GRAY
- MAGGIE ROGERS
- MARE NOSTRUM
- MARIALY PACHECO
- MARIE BRUNE SWINGTET, ZUMBIDO
- MARISSA NADLER
- MAVIS STAPLES
- MAX RICHTER
- METRONOMY
- MICHAEL KIWANUKA
- MIKE STERN & RANDY BRECKER BAND
- MØ
- MORCHEEBA / SKYE & ROSS TRIO
- LAURYN HILL
- NICOLAS JAAR
- PASSENGER
- PET SHOP BOYS
- PETER BRODERICK
- PETER DOHERTY
- PHOENIX
- RAMSEY LEWIS QUINTET
- RHYE
- RØDHÅD
- ROMARE
- ROOSEVELT
- ROYAL BLOOD
- RY X
- SALSA & AFROBEAT BOAT
- SAMPHA
- SARAH MCKENZIE
- SEVERAL DEFINITIONS
- SHABAKA & THE ANCESTORS
- SLAVES
- SLIMKA, DI-MEH, MAKALA & PINK FLAMINGO
- SOLANGE
- SOLOMUN
- SOMI
- SOULWAX
- STEFAN RUSCONI
- TALE OF US
- TASH SULTANA
- THE 1975
- THE BLOODY BEETROOTS
- THE CINEMATIC ORCHESTRA
- THE KILLS
- THE LEMON TWIGS
- THE LUMINEERS
- THE ROOTS
- THE TAJ MAHAL & KEB’ MO’ BAND
- THEO CROKER
- THURSDAY
- THURSDAY
- TILL BRÖNNER SEPTET
- TOM JONES
- TONY SCHERR
- TRILOK GURTU QUARTET
- TROMBONE SHORTY & ORLEANS AVENUE
- USHER
- V COMME VIAN