Bray Jazz Festival

Bray Jazz Festival is an Irish jazz music festival that takes place in Bray, Ireland, on the May bank holiday weekend. The 24th festival took place in May 2025.[1]

Bray Jazz was established in 2000 with part-funding from Ireland's 'Millennium Fund'.[2] The festival has been described by The Irish Times as "the connoisseur's jazz festival", and as "one of the very best small jazz festival's in Europe" (All About Jazz).[2][3]

Bray Jazz Festival has featured performances by leading figures in contemporary international jazz, together with the leading players working in the jazz music scene in Ireland. The event is Ireland's leading contemporary jazz festival weekend, and the main jazz festival event happening within the Greater Dublin area.

Recent performers at Bray Jazz Festival have included Nubya Garcia [4] and Vijay Iyer (2025), Orchestra Baobab and Dave Douglas (2024), Gerald Clayton and Julia Hulsmann (2023) and Bill Frisell, Tord Gustavsen and Yazz Ahmed (2022).

References

  1. ^ "See photos as Bray Jazz Festival swings into town". Bray People. 2 May 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Thousands expected in town again for eighth staging of what has become one of Ireland's top jazz events". Bray People. Independent News & Media. 26 April 2007. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  3. ^ Carroll, Jim (12 April 2016). "Blogs - Jazz adventures in Bray". The Irish Times. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Nubya García Interview - The Irish Times". The Irish Times. 26 April 2025.
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