The Festival International de Jazz de Montréal has announced its full lineup for 2026. The 46th annual presentation of the esteemed music festival will host more than 350 concerts (more than two-thirds of which are free) from June 25 to July 4, spotlighting both time-honored acts and rising stars in jazz and range of related styles. This year’s bill is led by headliners like Lionel Richie and Earth, Wind & Fire, St. Vincent, Max Richter, Diana Krall, WILLOW, Smino and Patrick Watson.
“The programming for the 46th FIJM is a testament to the great jazz family tree, which has flourished for more than 100 years,” said Maurin Auxéméry, the festival’s director of programming. “Across its many branches, we celebrate the genre’s pivotal moments and living legacy, while introducing the artists shaping its future. Montréal remains a vital hub for jazz, and this is an event you won’t want to miss.”
Beyond the top-billings, some of the most exciting programming confirmed for this year’s Monréal Jazz Fest include the rapidly rising Saguenay, Quebec-based avant-rock duo Angine de Poitrine, Bela Fleck’s trio with Edmar Castañeda and Antonio Sánchez, Taj Mahal and the Phantom Blues Band, legendary psych-funk ensemble Cymande, folksinger and activist Billy Bragg, an unprecedented duo of Christian McBride and Julian Lage, enduring alt-rock singer-songwriter Father John Misty, Montréal’s own indie-folk mainstays The Barr Brothers, Americana sister act Larkin Poe, Adrian Quesada’s Trio Asesino, celebrated producer and DJ the Alchemist and London-based Afrobeat outfit KOKOROKO. The festival will also present special 100th birthday tributes to Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Tony Bennet, as well as a 20th anniversary celebration of Donuts and a salute to the late J Dilla led by DJ Jazzy Jeff.
Other standouts within the sprawling Montréal Jazz Fest lineup include the Charles Lloyd Quartet, Tortoise, DOMi & JD Beck, Goat, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Marcus Miller, Ibrahim Maalouf, Alfa Mist, Sullivan Fortner, Mei Semones, Marcus Gilmore, Chief Adjuah, Victor Wooten and the Wooten Brothers, Annahstasia, Immanuel Wilkins, Kalia Vandever, McKinley Dixon, Kassa Overall, Isaiah Collier, Kid Koala, Tanya Tagaq, Nubiyan Twist, Hiromi’s Sonicwonder, Craig Tabourn, The Bad Plus and Annie & The Caldwells, among many more.
Find more information on the 2026 Festival International de Jazz de Montréal at montrealjazzfest.com.
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