Tashkent Jazz Festival 2026

International Jazz Festival in Tashkent returns from 28 April to 12 May 2026, bringing a packed programme of international and local jazz artists to Uzbekistan’s capital.

The festival will take place in the open-air space at the Palace of International Forums Uzbekistan, and admission is free.

Celebrating jazz as a genre shaped by cultural exchange and creative freedom, the festival will feature acclaimed performers from across the world alongside artists from Uzbekistan.

Highlights across the programme include Stanley Clarke, Leonid Agutin & Therr Maitz, Incognito, Kurt Elling Quartet, Tigran Hamasyan and GoGo Penguin.

Across two weeks, audiences can expect a varied line-up spanning contemporary jazz, fusion, vocal performances, orchestral collaborations and big band sets.

Schedule

• 28 April – 19:30 – Stanley Clarke
• 29 April – 19:30 – Myles Sanko
• 30 April – 19:30 – Fonograf
• 1 May – 19:30 – Leonid Agutin & Therr Maitz
• 2 May – 19:00 – East Band & SKYBAND (Music School named after V.A. Uspensky)
• 2 May – 19:30 – Anush Band
• 3 May – 19:30 – Gunhild Carling
• 4 May – 19:30 – Incognito
• 5 May – 19:00 – Jazapella (Embassy of Romania)
• 5 May – 20:00 – Kurt Elling Quartet
• 6 May – 19:30 – Tigran Hamasyan
• 7 May – 19:30 – GoGo Penguin
• 8 May – 19:00 – Jazzkent
• 8 May – 19:30 – Sound Travel Jazz Quartet
• 9 May – 19:30 – Sylvain Gontard (Yamaha Artist) & National Symphony Orchestra of Uzbekistan
  Conductor: Alibek Kabdurakhmanov
• 10 May – 19:30 – Ayo Trio (Embassy of Israel)
• 11 May – 19:00 – Big Band of the National Institute of Variety Arts named after Batyr Zakirov
  Conductors: Muminjon Olimov, Igor Budyukov
• 12 May – 19:30 – Jazzirama & Leading Uzbek Soloists

Entry is free throughout the festival.