Maiori Jazz & More

Great jazz on the Amalfi Coast

Maiori Jazz & More is the music festival that brings jazz every summer to the pier of the tourist port of Maiori, a town on the Amalfi Coast in the province of Salerno, Campania. The stage is the Teatro del Mare, an open-air amphitheater facing directly onto the water: about five hundred seats, the Lattari Mountains in the background, and the sound of the waves providing a natural backdrop to the concerts. It is a setting that needs no scenery and has become an integral part of the festival's identity over the years.

Promoted by the Municipality of Maiori, the event has carved out a recognized space among the region's jazz festivals thanks to a simple formula: a few concerts, all free with reservation, featuring artists of national and international renown. The result is often sold-out evenings, with an audience that mixes locals, vacationers from the Coast, and enthusiasts arriving from Salerno and the Naples area.

A lineup of jazz, soul, and singer-songwriter music

The festival's title says it all: jazz in the strict sense is joined by soul, blues, gospel, vocal swing, and singer-songwriter music, in a journey that does not limit itself to a single language. Alongside the great standards of the American Songbook, there is room for projects dedicated to Neapolitan song, Mediterranean influences, and reinterpretations of the Italian singer-songwriter repertoire.

Past editions have seen top-tier names take the stage at the Teatro del Mare, such as Fabrizio Bosso, Stefano Di Battista, Tullio De Piscopo, American trumpeter Jumaane Smith—a soloist alongside Michael Bublé for years—and Neapolitan singer Walter Ricci. The programming intentionally alternates between pure jazz musicians, soul voices, and more popular projects to bring together both die-hard enthusiasts and those enjoying a summer evening by the sea.

The Teatro del Mare

All concerts are held at the Teatro del Mare, set up on the pier of the tourist port of Maiori. Shows usually start at 9:30 PM, with some events scheduled earlier at sunset. The space is outdoors and has about 500 seats: hence the need to book, as availability often runs out within hours of reservations opening.

• Admission: Free, with reservation recommended via Eventbrite
• Time: Generally 9:30 PM
• Capacity: Approximately 500 seats
• Location: Tourist Port of Maiori, Teatro del Mare

Summer in Maiori: a festival within a wider program

Maiori Jazz & More is not an isolated event: it is part of the Municipality's summer program, which features over sixty appointments from late June to September every year. Alongside jazz, there is the Maiori Danza festival, with academic performances and the Grand Dance Gala, and Maiori Festival, dedicated to instrumental, chamber, and classical music, hosted in the Gardens of Palazzo Mezzacapo, the Hall of Frescoes, and in the surrounding hamlets, including Erchie.

In August, the calendar focuses on the Patronal Feast of Santa Maria a Mare, with the procession, the Madonna's race, and fireworks over the sea, as well as major pop concerts at the Tourist Port. Added to this is the De.Co. Chocolate Eggplant Festival, dedicated to the most iconic dessert of the Amalfi Coast: a combination that surprises those who discover it for the first time and is a consolidated tradition in Maiori.

Why visit

For those visiting the Amalfi Coast in July and August, Maiori Jazz & More is the perfect opportunity to combine an evening of quality music with an incomparable landscape. Maiori, with the longest beach on the Coast and a center gathered around Corso Reginna, also offers a convenient and less crowded base compared to Amalfi or Positano, well-connected by sea and land. The fact that the concerts are free makes the festival accessible even for those on a family vacation.