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Bishkek Jazz Festival in Bishkek
Running annually since 2006, the Bishkek International Jazz Festival, known as Jazz_Bishkek_Spring, has hosted 194 groups from 22 countries across twenty editions and joined the global International Jazz Day program in 2018. Held each April in the capital's concert halls, it mixes international acts with Kyrgyz-jazz fusion and workshops pairing visiting musicians with local students.
The Bishkek International Jazz Festival, branded as Jazz_Bishkek_Spring, has run annually since 2006 and become a fixture of Central Asia's cultural calendar, with organizers reporting that twenty editions brought together 194 musical groups from 22 countries over the years, including the United States, Germany, Turkey, Israel, Japan, and neighboring Central Asian states.