Jarasum International Jazz Festival

Jarasum International Jazz Festival
Genre Jazz festival
Dates October 3 ~ 5
Location(s) Jarasum, Gapyeong-gun, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
Years active 2004-present
Attendance over 200,000
Website
Official Website

The Jarasum International Jazz Festival began in 2004 with 30 teams of jazz artists from 12 countries. Well established as a significant international festival, every year, over 100,000 people visit this particularly popular festival and 95% of the attendees are actually previous visitors.[1] This 2014, the festival runs from October 3 (Friday) to October 5 (Sunday)at Jarasum (which means "terrapin island" in Korean) located in the center of the Korean peninsula.

Main line up for 2014 included Maceo Parker, Paquito D’Rivera and Trio Corrente, The Yellowjackets, Allan Holdsworth, Terje Rypdal & Ketil Bjørnstad, Joachim Kühn, Dominic Miller, Mathias Eick, Tord Gustavsen, Jan Lundgren, Gregoire Maret and Jazz Connection.[2]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "Jarasum International Jazz Festival", Official Site of Korea Tourism Organization.
  2. ↑ "Jarasum International Jazz Festival Artist", Official Site of Jarasum International Jazz Festival.

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