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Jazz Fest Wien or Vienna Jazz Festival is a jazz festival in Vienna, held annually at the end of June and beginning of July since 1991. An international festival, in 2007 it was attended by some 60,000 spectators. It is now considered one of the world's top jazz festivals. [1]

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Overview

The festival is supported by the City of Vienna. Venues include the Museumsquartier, the Stadthalle Wien, the Wien Energie Fernwärme in Spittelau, designed by Hundertwasser, and the Vienna State Opera as the central venue, among others. [2] Some concerts are freely accessible, such as those at the Town Hall Square. Apart from jazz, soul, blues, [3] rock and pop musicians and a diversity of world and fusion musicians and many genres of jazz participate, usually about 50 artists annually. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ McNamee, Dardis (12 April 2011). Frommer's Austria. John Wiley & Sons. p. 54. ISBN   978-1-119-99451-0 . Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  2. 1 2 Porter, Darwin; Prince, Danforth (13 April 2009). Frommer's Austria. John Wiley & Sons. p. 42. ISBN   978-0-470-39897-5 . Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  3. ↑ Bedford, Neal; Eberle, Janine (1 April 2007). Vienna. Lonely Planet. p. 11. ISBN   978-1-74059-851-4 . Retrieved 1 June 2012.
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