How to Find a List of Jazz Festivals

If you are into jazz, you can use the Internet to find a list of jazz festivals. Depending on your travel flexibility, you can probably find an event to attend tomorrow.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Internet access
• Computer

1. Choose a search engine. When you have access to more than one search engine, try them all and compare the results.
2. Type “jazz festivals” in the search window. The best results from this method tend to be the entertainment pages of Web hosting services such as Yahoo! and AOL.
3. Take a look at jazz-focused online magazines. Many of these have free content, including a list of jazz festivals.
4. Try the sites for companies that make instruments and equipment associated with jazz. In addition listing the larger festivals, some of these companies host jazz events as a way to promote their products.

Tips & Warnings

• Try variations on the words to generate more refined results. Search engines can be quirky, and a single word in the search term can skew the results. For example, “jazz music festivals” may produce better results than “jazz festivals.”
• Web sites go bad, just like milk. Check, usually at the bottom of the home page, for when the site was last updated.