JazzMi
The great jazz festival that brings world black music to Milan for two weeks
About JazzMi
Milan, capital of jazz
JazzMi is the main jazz festival of the Municipality of Milan (Lombardy) and one of the most important in Italy. Curated by the JAZZMI Association together with Ponderosa Music & Art and Triennale Milano Teatro, in collaboration with Blue Note Milano, it offers almost three weeks of music spread throughout the city every autumn. Its formula focuses on contamination: jazz in the broadest sense, open to soul, funk, world music, and electronics.
A city transformed into a stage
Concerts take place in a network of venues ranging from theaters to clubs, from institutional spaces to more alternative locations: Triennale Milano Teatro, Blue Note, Alcatraz, Santeria, BIKO, as well as the Teatro degli Arcimboldi and the Milan Conservatory. Alongside the major concerts, the festival offers a rich program of meetings, screenings, DJ sets, and free activities spread across the neighborhoods, making it an event capable of speaking to a wide and diverse audience.
An international lineup
Each edition brings together stars of world jazz and protagonists of the Italian scene, with a particular focus on new languages and emerging voices. JazzMi is now a highly anticipated event on Milan's cultural calendar, capable of bringing some of the greatest contemporary musicians to the city and promoting jazz as a living and constantly evolving music.
JazzMi — edition 2026
The 2026 edition of JazzMi, from October 22 to November 8, brings eighteen days of music to Milan. Curated by the JAZZMI Association with Ponderosa Music & Art and Triennale Milano Teatro, in collaboration with Blue Note, the festival confirms its formula of fusion between jazz, soul, funk, and world music, distributed across a network of theaters, clubs, and unconventional venues.
The calendar is anticipated by a preview on October 12 with Lake Street Dive at Alcatraz. Among the confirmed guests are international names and stars of the Italian scene.
Programme JazzMi 2026
Preview — October 12
- Lake Street Dive at Alcatraz.
Among the confirmed artists
- Bill Frisell in trio (with the new work In My Dreams)
- Gregory Porter
- Ibrahim Maalouf & The Trumpets of Michel-Ange
- Richard Bona, Nate Smith, China Moses
- Sergio Cammariere, Isaiah Collier, The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis, Amii Stewart, Corto.alto, Svaneborg Kardyb, Mica Millar, Judith Hill, Songhoy Blues, Louis Matute, and others
Main Venues
Triennale Milano Teatro, Blue Note, Alcatraz, Santeria, BIKO, Teatro degli Arcimboldi, Milan Conservatory. Tickets at www.jazzmi.it.
Highlights JazzMi 2026
Prices JazzMi 2026
Practical information — JazzMi
How to get there
Concerts are spread throughout Milan. The main venues are reachable by ATM metro: Triennale (M1/M2 Cadorna), Blue Note (M5 Isola), Alcatraz (M5 Monumentale), Santeria.
Tickets
Tickets for individual concerts are available on Ticketmaster and official channels. Many widespread activities are free.
Information
Full program at www.jazzmi.it; contact [email protected].
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Where does it take place — JazzMi
Triennale Milano Teatro, Blue Note, Alcatraz, Santeria, BIKO e altri