Scheduled to take place on three consecutive days, between 28 and 30 September, the ninth edition of the Cairo Jazz Festival will host numerous bands and workshops.

The festival will open with the performance by the Cairo Jazz Society from Egypt at the AUC's Ewart Hall, the main host of the festival.

The following events will also include other musicians in Egypt as well as bands from Denmark, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Hungary, Austria, Portugal, Panama, Japan. 

A few performances will be also held at the ROOM Art Space at the Cairo Jazz Club in Giza.

Two workshops about jazz will take place at the Faculty of Music Education (Zamalek) and the AUC Tahrir campus.

Check the programme below for more details.

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