PDX Jazz Festival

For more than a decade, the city of Portland has transformed into Jazzlandia with the arrival of the annual PDX Jazz Festival every February. Co-founded in 2003 by Travel Portland as a cultural tourism initiative in celebration of Black History Month, the 2017 Biamp PDX Jazz Festival promises to be energizing, magnetic, serious, and fun. With upwards of 100 performances over the course of 11 days, the festival is expansive and exploratory while also recognizing the icons that came before us. Jazz will be spoken here, in the city of Jazzlandia – Where Jazz Lives.