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,
Nice Jazz Festival Erykah Badu, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, Gregory Porter and the Jimi Brown Experience. The 2016 Festival, scheduled to begin on 16 July, was cancelled in the wake of the truck attack on 14 July 2016. Nice Jazz Festival The Nice Jazz Festival, held annually since 1948 in Nice, on the French Riviera, is "the first jazz festival of international significance." At the inaugural festival, Louis Armstrong and his All Stars were the headliners. Frommer's calls it "the biggest, flashiest, and most prestigious jazz festival in Europe." Over the years, many artists, such as Lionel Hampton, Dizzy Gillespie, Ray