Addis Jazz Festival

A jazz-branded event situated within Addis Ababa's broader Ethio-jazz musical culture, the mid-twentieth-century fusion of Ethiopian scales with American jazz most associated with Mulatu Astatke. As with similarly named Addis Ababa jazz events, independently verifiable detail on this specific festival's founding, venue and regular programme is limited in available public sources.

Addis Ababa's jazz scene traces back to the mid-twentieth century fusion of Ethiopian pentatonic music with American jazz and Latin rhythm that became internationally known as Ethio-jazz, most closely associated with vibraphonist Mulatu Astatke, and the city's clubs and cultural venues have periodically hosted festival-branded events to showcase both that heritage and newer local and touring jazz performers.