Nišville Jazz Festival Information

The International Nisville jazz festival is the largest and most-visited jazz festival in Southeastern Europe. The festival is the offical cultural event of the City of Niš and also "the festival of national value", according to the rankings by Serbian Ministry of Culture. Since the first edition of the festival in 1995, Nisville has been promoting the multiculturism as the inevitable characteristic of the contemporary jazz music. The festival's concept is based on presenting the 'traditional' jazz forms together with their fusion with the world music tradition, with the emphasis on the music from the Balkans. The main program of the festival is held at two connected stages in the Fortress of Niš, while there are also many free stages in the Fortress and in the city ... During the festival days, more than 150,000 visitors are enjoying the musical peformances, movies and theatre, art exhibitions and book promotions. Besides that, Nisville festival organizes free jazz performances in many cities and towns around Serbia: Dimitrovgrad, Paraćin, Beograd, Novi Sad, Subotica, Aleksinac, Prokuplje, Vranje, Pirot, Leskovac, Zaječar, Aranđelovac...