Georgetown · Guyana · South America

The Guyana Jazz Festival^™

The premier musical event of the year. Three days of jazz, world-famous Guyanese food and craft from across Guyana — welcoming jazz lovers from around the world, every year.

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Welcome

Welcome to the Guyana Jazz Festival

The Guyana Jazz Festival™ is an annual production of the Guyana Jazz Festival Foundation Inc, a non-profit. On this site you will find information to help you plan your visit — and as more information becomes available, it will be added here.

Please enjoy your visit, and email us with any questions. Contact details are on our contact page.

A whole week of jazz

Sunday – Thursday

The warm-up week

Small, intimate concerts at resorts and venues in Georgetown, Linden and Corriverton.

Friday · Saturday · Sunday

The main festival

Three days of spectacular music in Georgetown, with the food court and craft artisans from across Guyana and abroad.

More than a concert

The music

Spectacular jazz at several venues, for jazz lovers from Guyana, the Caribbean and around the world.

The food

A festival food court with world-famous Guyanese dishes alongside international cuisine.

The craft

Artisans from all over Guyana and abroad, showing and selling their work and meeting festival-goers.

Come for the music

Stay for Guyana

Kaieteur Falls, untouched rainforest, savannahs and cola-coloured rivers. Pair the festival with an eco-tourism trip unlike any island holiday.

Plan your stay About Guyana

226 msheer drop at Kaieteur Falls

86%of the land is tropical rainforest

450+species of bird

10administrative regions

A festival with a purpose

Music with a purpose

The Guyana Jazz Festival is a non-profit production. It exists to support Guyana's orphanages, mental health care, and women and children who have suffered abuse.

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Food & craft vendors

Bring your stall

The festival welcomes food and craft vendors from across Guyana and abroad. Tell us about your food or your craft and we will be in touch.

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