Marseille Jazz des cinq Continents

Since 2000, we developed the Festival with the ambition to offer Marseille an appointment with jazz artists from around the world in a wonderful place, Jardins du Palais Longchamp. The atmosphere there emerges conquered the heart of the audience.

With over 230 000 festival since 2000, Marseille Jazz des Cinq Continents can be proud of its career. The face of the festival has changed a lot. The Festival now covers 9 night in July, 19 concerts, 7 sites of events, exhibitions, conference, an free opening night,10 nights of jam session. Special attention is paid to the quality of sound diffusion system. The high-level of technique contributes to the success of the Festival. Big names from everywhere on the stage and always a door wide open for Marseille’s musicians. Artists are heart of the project. We are a not-for-profit organization, with 8 permanent employees, 100 crew people during the Festival and around 80 volunteers.