The New Orleans Jazz Festival – Tel Aviv – June 2026


This is the 8th year of the New Orleans Jazz Festival in Tel Aviv.

This year, the festival hosts a huge variety of musicians who create and play in different styles – from Ragtime, through Blues, Dixie and more.

This year Dozens of international jazz artists will participate in the festival – amazing performers who play in jazz festivals all over the world and specialize in New Orleans music. Lots of local performers will join the party, as well. All in all, there will be dozens of players, artists, and singers from all over the world -Canada, New York, Hungary, Spain & Paris!

The New Orleans Jazz Festival in Tel Aviv will take place on June 4th -5th -6th, in the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.

Why choose one when you can have three? Why go for three when you can have four or five?! Purchase a ticket bundle for several shows, and enjoy a special price!

Thursday, June 4th, 2026

17:30, Assia Hall

Festival Opening Show – Tribute to Louis Armstrong


Antoine Drye All Stars & Guests (NY/France)

19:00, Recanati Hall

The French Jazz of all Time


Mélanie Dahan & Lenny Sendersky All Stars (Paris)

20:00, Kaufman Hall

New Orleans of the 1920s


Hot Jazz Band (Budapest)

21:30, Assia Hall

Disco Train – Tribute to 1970s Disco


Disco Train Octet

21:30, Recanati Hall

Blues in the Night – Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey & Etta James


Dawn Tyler Watson & Ximo Tebar Band (Canada/ Spain)

Friday, June 5th, 2026

11:00, Assia Hall

Gospel Morning


Hillary Sargeant & The Fanga Gospel Choir

11:00, Recanati Hall

Tribute to the Great Jazz Pianists


James Austin Jr. Trio (USA)

13:30, Assia Hall

Dixieland Champions


Hot Jazz Band (Budapest)

14:00, Recanati Hall

The Divas of Paris and New York: From Edith Piaf to Billie Holiday


Mélanie Dahan & The Dean Tsur Octet (Paris/TLV)

16:00, Kaufman Hall

Blues for Matti Caspi


Avi Adrian All Stars

17:30, Recanati Hall

Tribute to Stevie Wonder


James Austin Jr. & Antoine Drye Quintet (USA)

18:00, Assia Hall

Ptashka & Ximo: Tribute to the Giants of Piano and Guitar


Leonid Ptashka & Ximo Tebar Trio

(Madrid/ TLV)

21:00, Assia Hall

The Great Women of Jazz – Billie, Ella, Sarah, Nina


Dawn Tyler Watson & Amikam Kimelman Sextet

(Canada/Spain)

21:00, Recanati Hall

The French Jazz of all Time


Mélanie Dahan & Lenny Sendersky All Stars

(Paris)

Saturday, June 6th, 2026

11:00, Recanati Hall

Clarinet Summit


Lenny Sendersky All Stars (Paris/Budapest/TLV)

11:30, Kaufman Hall

Gypsy Banjo Kings of Budapest


Hungarian Banjo Kings (Budapest)

13:00, Assia Hall

Swing on High Heels


High Heels Sextet

14:00, Recanati Hall

Trumpet Summit – in Tribute to Louis Armstrong


Lenny Sendersky All Stars (New York/ Budapest/TLV))

16:30, Assia Hall

The Great Night of Soul: Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Tina Turner


Dawn Tyler Watson & Ximo Tebar Band (Canada/ Spain)

17:00, Recanati Hall

Swing Stars of New York


Hot Jazz Band (Budapest)

19:00, Assis Hall

Three Ladies of Blues


Shvakya Bat Israel & Shay Zelman Sextet (Madrid/TLV)

21:00, Recanati Hall

The Grand Finale Celebration of the Festival


The festival artists on one stage!

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