Montreux Jazz Festival 2017

Over 50 years the Montreux Jazz Festival has become a singular rendezvous in the world of music. For this edition, the Festival intends to tell its story and affirm its values and specificities in order to better project itself into the future. From its creation in 1967 by Claude Nobs, the Festival rapidly earned a reputation for fantastic concerts, unbelievable artistic collaborations, rare moments, improbable anecdotes, audacity, ambitious projects, and impulsive decisions.

The Festival has welcomed legendary artists into its idyllic embrace. Some, like Prince and Deep Purple, contributed to penning the legend of Montreux through their songs, while others, like David Bowie, Nina Simone, and Freddie Mercury came and lived in the region, or recorded albums here. The Festival has mixed all musical genres and discovered and nurtured talented young artists, carving out a permanent mark on the world map and in the hearts of the public. The Festival continues today to bring to life the unreasonable dreams of its founder.

Lineup
Max Richter / Nicolas Jaar / Theo Croker / File Under Zawinul / JACQUES / Alt-J / Soulwax / Phoenix / Sarah McKenzie / Ramsey Lewis Quintet / Maggie Rogers / Lukas Graham / Herbie Hancock / Jon Cleary / Fred Wesley & the New JB's / Romare / Superpoze / Bonobo / Trio Combo Brasil / Janaina Mello / Banda Remelexo Bahiano / DJ Livia / Batucada / Beth Ditto / Pet Shop Boys / Ambrose Akinmusire / Mare Nostrum / Dua Lipa / MØ / Lianne La Havas / Emeli Sandé / Gabriel Garzón-Montano / Morcheeba / Hamilton Leithauser / Kevin Morby / Fleet Foxes / Trombone Shorty / Orleans Avenue / Usher / The Roots / Marialy Pacheco / Joo Kraus / Duets / Woman to Woman / Pink Flamingo / Lil Uzi Vert / Gucci Mane / Bugge Wesseltoft / Henrik Schwarz / New Orleans Jazz Train / Lauryn Hill / Trilok Gurtu Quartet / Bill Frisell / Tony Scherr / Kenny Wollesen / Tash Sultana / Peter Doherty / LP / Tobias Preisig / Stefan Rusconi / Macy Gray / Tom Jones / Kurt Rosenwinkel's Caipi / John Scofield Überjam / Youngr / Roosevelt / The 1975 / John Newman / Grace Jones / Esteban Castro / Wolfgang Muthspiel Quintet / Fourplay / Several Definitions / Âme / Rødhåd / Solomun / Tale of Us / Bryan Ferry / Brian Wilson  / Somi / Lee Ritenour / Dave Grusin / Casey / Youssoupha / Crew Peligrosos / Kery James / Emily Jane White / Rhye / The Kills / Kasabian / Olli Hirvonen New Helsinki / Mike Stern & Randy Brecker Band / Paradis / Metronomy / La Femme / Juliette Armanet / Albin de la Simone / Sampha / Solange / Erykah Badu / Davy Knowles / The Lemon Twigs / Slaves / Royal Blood / Peter Broderick / Douglas Dare / Kaytranada / The Cinematic Orchestra / London Grammar / Arta Jekabsone / Shabaka & The Ancestors / Till Brönner Septet / Yello / Aldous Harding / RY X / George Benson / Ibrahim Maalouf / James Hunter / Mavis Staples / Tinariwen / Michael Kiwanuka / Marissa Nadler / Federico Albanese / Passenger / The Lumineers / Joey Alexander Trio / Jacob Karlzon / Donny McCaslin Quartet /  Comah / Birdy Nam Nam / The Bloody Beetroots / Youssou N'Dour / Noa Duo / Charlie Cunningham / Benjamin Biolay / Benjamin Clementine / Stade / Rodolphe Burger