Empoli Jazz Summer Festival

The seventeenth edition of the Empoli Jazz Festival brought four days of live music to the city, from July 21 to 24, 2025, preceded by a preview on July 15 featuring the international trio Perez-Patitucci-Cruz. On July 21, the Grande Orchestra Avion Travel performed in Piazza Farinata degli Uberti, while on July 22, the streets of the center were filled with the traveling music of the Fantomatik Orchestra and Magicaboola Brass Band. On July 23, the group Parbleu performed in the square; on July 24, the street bands Girlesque and Over Soul closed the festival by animating the historic center. The edition, organized by the Empoli Jazz Association with artistic direction by Filippo d'Urzo, confirmed the festival's international vocation, once again participating in the European Jazz Conference.