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Copenhagen Jazz Festival in Copenhagen
Copenhagen Jazz Festival has run every July since 1979, filling ten days with performances that spill from formal concert halls into side-street clubs and bars across the city. Locals and visitors move between shows by bicycle or on foot, and the mix of major international names with strong Danish and Nordic jazz talent has made it one of Europe's largest jazz gatherings.
Since 1979, Copenhagen has folded jazz into its summer identity so thoroughly that ten days each July turn the city into what feels like a place lightly scored by brass and cymbal, music leaking from concert halls into side-street bars, clubs and open squares rather than staying contained to a single venue.