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.
2012 Artist Lineup
- 69 CHAMBERS
- ADRIANA CALCANHOTTO
- AFROCUBISM
- ALABAMA SHAKES
- ALANIS MORISSETTE
- ALEXEY BOTVINOV
- ALFREDO RODRIGUEZ
- ALISON MOYET
- AMY MACDONALD
- ANASTACIA
- ANDREAS VARADY
- ANITA BAKER
- ANTONIO SÃNCHEZ
- BASTIAN BAKER
- BEBE WINANS
- BILLY BOY ARNOLD
- BILLY BRANCH
- BOB DYLAN
- BOBBY MCFERRIN
- BOBBY WOMACK
- BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB
- BUDDY GUY
- BURHAN OCAL
- CARLOS JOHNSON
- CERRONe
- Chateau de Chillon
- CHIARA IZZI
- CHICAGO BLUES: A LIVING HISTORY
- CHICK COREA
- CHRIS CORNELL
- CIDADE NEGRA
- DJ FELIX DA HOUSECAT
- DJ SCARLETT ETIENNE
- DR. JOHN & THE LOWER 911
- ED SHEERAN
- EMELI SANDÉ
- ERYKAH BADU
- FOURPLAY
- GARLAND JEFFREYS
- GEORGE GRUNTZ: DIG MY TRANE
- GILBERTO GIL’S VIRAMUNDO
- GROOVE ARMADA
- HERBERT GRÖNEMEYER
- HERBIE HANCOCK
- HUGH LAURIE
- IIRO RANTALA
- JAMIE N COMMONS
- JANE BIRKIN
- JANELLE MONÃE
- JESSIE J
- JETHRO TULL’S IAN ANDERSON
- JOE BONAMASSA ACOUSTIC PROJECT
- JORGE BEN JOR
- JULIETTE GRÉCO
- KASSAV’
- KATIE MELUA
- KIMBRA
- KING CHARLES
- LABRINTH
- LANA DEL REY
- LESZEK MOZDZER
- LILABUNGALOW
- LITTLE FEAT
- LUIZ MELODIA
- M.I.A.
- MARK RONSON
- MARTHA WASH
- MARTINA TOPLEY BIRD
- MELODY GARDOT
- MICHAEL WOLLNY
- NADA SURF
- NICK WATERHOUSE
- NIGHTWISH
- NIKKI YANOFSKY
- NILE RODGERS
- NOEL GALLAGHER’S HIGH FLYING BIRDS
- PACO DE LUCIA & BAND
- PAT METHENY UNITY BAND
- PHILIPP FANKHAUSER
- PIOTR ORZECHOWSKI
- PITBULL
- QUINN SULLIVAN
- RUFUS WAINWRIGHT AND HIS BAND
- RUMER
- SARAH MARIE YOUNG
- SÉRGIO MENDES & BRASIL 2012
- SPECTRUM ROAD
- TAJ MAHAL TRIO
- TAVARES
- TAYLOR DAYNE
- THE TING TINGS
- TONY BENNETT
- TRICKY
- TROMBONE SHORTY & ORLEANS AVENUE
- ULTRA NATÉ
- VAN MORRISON
- WOODKID
- YARON HERMAN