The 12th International Jerusalem Jazz Festival, created by the Israel Festival, is creatively connected to the artistic space in which it takes place - the Israel Museum.
The festival spans three days: on its first day, June 9th, a festive opening evening will take place. The audience will gather around the "Love Stage," where 3 original productions specially made for the festival will be performed – on a single stage, one after the other. On the second and third evenings, we will embark daily on a five-hour powerful musical and artistic journey, featuring more than 20 shows in a single evening, with a recommendation to surrender to wandering and the discoveries along the way.
Across the garden, 5 different and unique stages are scattered: large stages and intimate stages, seated performances, standing performances, and performances where you can sprawl out on a hammock with your eyes closed. Outside the stages, additional compounds of music and art, movement, rest, and culinary experiences are hidden.
The festival was curated with thought and passion, promising you, dear audience, an extraordinary musical and artistic experience with the most prominent and surprising artists and sounds across a broad spectrum of what we define as "Jazz" – music that contains freedom, improvisation, and passion. Music that thrills the imagination and moves the heart.
Into this definition pours a whole world of good ♡
Selected Artists-Jazz Festival 2026
Among this year's notable artists are:
- Avishai Cohen and Nitai Hershkovits: A summit meeting of two of the most successful and acclaimed Israeli jazz musicians in the world.
- David Broza (in a tribute show to Tzruya Lahav): An opportunity to hear one of Israel's most prominent artists in a personal and moving performance.
- Yemen Blues: An acclaimed ensemble combining traditional Yemenite music with funk, blues, and jazz grooves.
- Riff Cohen ("Hole in the Heart"): A unique and captivating creator combining pop, French influences, and world music.
- Red Axes Extended (Miles Davis on the Rocks): One of the country's leading electronic duos in an intriguing tribute show to the jazz legend.
- Shye Ben Tzur and the Rajasthan Express: A fascinating fusion of traditional Indian music, Hebrew poetry, and energetic rhythms.
- Rona Kenan (with the Assaf Talmudi Trio): An intriguing collaboration between one of Israel's standout singer-songwriters and a high-quality jazz trio.
- Miki Gavrielov (with Şatellites and Tom Meira Armony): An opportunity to hear an Israeli music legend in a production combining Turkish psychedelia.
- The National Big Band: The festival's opening act, delivering a powerful, classic jazz experience of a full orchestra.
- SHALOSH: An Israeli jazz trio highly successful across the globe, known for blending the energies of rock and electronic music into modern jazz.
- And more!
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