About Bray Jazz Festival

Bray International Jazz Festival is one of the leading contemporary jazz festival taking place in Ireland, each year.

The festival was established in the millennium year, and has taken place each year since then on the May Bank Holiday weekend.

The festival has hosted performances by many of the leading figures in international jazz, together with Ireland’s best known players. International guests have included: Joe Lovano, Andrew Hill, Joey Baron, Dave Douglas, John Scofield, Bill Frisell, Tord Gustavsen, Eliane Elias, Bobo Stenson, Steve Coleman and Norma Winstone.

Bray Jazz receives funding support from The Arts Council of Ireland, from Wicklow County Council Arts Office, and it receives backing from local businesses, embassies and diplomatic missions and others. The festival hosts up to 4,000 festival concert goers, each year.

You can read more about the festival’s history on our Wikipedia page here.