Jazz & Wine of Peace

A festival that turns the border into a bridge

For almost thirty years, Jazz & Wine of Peace has transformed Cormòns and the Collio into one of Europe's autumn jazz capitals. Founded in 1998 and organised by Circolo Controtempo, the festival has made the concept of border — geographical, between Italy and Slovenia, but also internal — its distinctive feature: a place where opposites meet and jazz becomes a language of dialogue and peace.

Music, wine, and landscape

The formula is unique in the national panorama: major evening concerts take place in four theatres in the cross-border area — the Teatro Comunale in Cormòns, the Nuovo Teatro Comunale in Gradisca d'Isonzo, the Kulturni Dom in Gorizia, and the one in Nova Gorica, just across the border — while during the day, music spreads through about twenty wineries, historic residences, and villas in the Friulian Collio and Slovenian Brda. You can listen to jazz while sipping a glass of Friulano or Ribolla Gialla, amidst the rows of vines that shape the hills.

A new artistic direction

The artistic direction is entrusted to Enrico Bettinello, one of the most authoritative names in Italian jazz, who has given the festival an international and contemporary edge. Over the years, the stage has hosted absolute protagonists of the world scene: from William Parker to James Brandon Lewis, from Nubya Garcia to The Necks, up to Calibro 35 and a strong contingent of new European voices.

Cormòns, heart of the Collio

Promoted with the support of the Municipality of Cormòns and the local municipalities, Jazz & Wine of Peace is much more than a musical review: it is a cultural manifesto that tells the story of a borderland made of wine, landscape, and friendship between peoples. An unmissable event for those seeking quality music in a setting to be discovered with a glass in hand.