The Montreux Jazz Festival
Founded by Claude Nobs in 1967, over the years the Montreux Jazz Festival has become an unmissable event for music fans in Switzerland and around the world. Its stages have been graced by all of music’s greats, from Miles Davis to Ray Charles and from David Bowie to Massive Attack. Whereas Jazz constitutes the Festival’s historic core, other styles of music were quickly integrated into the Festival, bound together by a common thread of mutual curiosity and enthusiasm. Having made its reputation with its ambitious programming choices, the Montreux Jazz Festival offers musicians an ideal platform and an intimate setting for the duration of its two weeks.

The Montreux Jazz Festival is a member of: Top Events of Switzerland, Swiss Music Promoters Association, De Concert!, Yourope The European Festival Association, International Jazz Festivals Organisation,Member of European Talent Exchange Program.

The AFMJ
Created in 1978, the Amis du Festival de Jazz de Montreux (Friends of the Montreux Jazz Festival) association aims to provide support for the organizers in terms of local politics and the regional economy and provides financial support for educational activities, as well as all musical events related to the Festival.

Beyond the annual fees which permit the financing of certain projects, the members of the AFMJ are also ambassadors for the Festival, transmitting their passion and enthusiasm for the event whilst sharing their advice, contacts, know-how and, of course, their time!

For any questions related to the AFMJ : v.rychner@mjf.ch