Montreux Casino Montreux Casino Montreux Casino (Casino Barrière de Montreux) is a casino Located in Montreux, Switzerland, on the Montreux Casino was built in 1881 and had modifications made to it in 1903. Throughout the twentieth century, the site played host to many great symphony orchestras and well-known conductors. By the late 1960s, jazz, blues and rock artists began to perform there. In 1967 the Casino became the venue for the Montreux Jazz Festival, which was the brainchild of music promoter Claude Nobs. The festival was held there annually and lasted for three days. The highlights of this era were Keith Jarrett,
Leopolis Jazz Fest Leopolis Jazz Fest Leopolis Jazz Fest (previously Alfa Jazz Fest) is an international jazz festival, annually held in June in Lviv (Ukraine) since 2011. The Guardian included Alfa Jazz Fest in the list of the best European festivals. The festival was established by Mikhail Fridman, a businessman, co-founder of LetterOne, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Alfa Group and a native of Lviv, in 2011. Until 2017 the main sponsor of the festival was Alfa Bank Ukraine, and therefore the festival was called Alfa Jazz Fest. In 2017, the festival was renamed to Leopolis Jazz Fest to indicate its venue