Tenth Anniversary Celebration of International Jazz Day
2021 marks the10th anniversary of International Jazz Day. Adopted by UNESCO’s General Conference in 2011, every year on 30 April, people around the world join forces to celebrate jazz as a universal tool for promoting peace, dialogue, diversity, and respect for human dignity.
International Jazz Day has had extraordinary successes over the past decade, becoming the world’s largest annual celebration of jazz. It is a global movement, engaging people annually, on every continent, through education programs, performances, community outreach and media coverage.