MaiJazz
Encyclopedia
MaiJazz is the Stavanger International Jazz Festival, Stavanger's
oldest festival
,
taking place every May. Since the first MaiJazz in 1989, the festival has become one of Norway's
leading jazz festivals. The festival presents both international jazz artists and the best of national and local jazz.
Stavanger
Stavanger is a city and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway.Stavanger municipality has a population of 126,469. There are 197,852 people living in the Stavanger conurbation, making Stavanger the fourth largest city, but the third largest urban area, in Norway...
oldest festival
Festival
A festival or gala is an event, usually and ordinarily staged by a local community, which centers on and celebrates some unique aspect of that community and the Festival....
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taking place every May. Since the first MaiJazz in 1989, the festival has become one of Norway's
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
leading jazz festivals. The festival presents both international jazz artists and the best of national and local jazz.