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,
Koktebel Jazz Festival Koktebel Jazz Festival The Koktebel Jazz Festival is a well-known jazz and world music festival in Ukraine. Until 2013 it used to take place annually in second week of September in Koktebel on the Black Sea coast. The 2014th edition was held in Zatoka and Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi (both in Odessa Oblast). Koktebel Jazz Festival (KJF) kicked off in 2003 as an attempt to revive Koktebel's status as the cultural center of the region, back at its days famous all over the country. Since 2006, the festival is held in the second half of September, during so-called "velvet" resort season. Despite its