Jazz Festival Questionnaire
Please help the Festival to develop and improve by filling in the questionnaire.  We want to assess both quality and popularity of festival, the effects of our marketing efforts as well as the economic impact the Festival has on the Island's economy. Download the Questionnaire Read More...
Welcome to Our New Site
The Isle of Bute Jazz Festival began in 1988 and has been staged annually on the first weekend of May ever since - thisyear's event will be the 21st. The first Festival was a small affair with only six bands, and the organisers held their breath to see if anyone would come to a small Scottish island with little tradition of jazz (although big dance bands certainly played regularly at Rothesay Pavilion in the 1950's and ... Read More...
Latest News
The 2009 FESTIVAL is scheduled for Thursday 30th April - Monday 4th MAY 2009 This year's event which will be expanded to include not only the popular traditional jazz line-up, but also a selection of other high quality music in related contemporary jazz, rhythm, blues and folk genres. The new name of the Festival will be ISLE OF BUTE JAZZ, RHYTHM & BLUES FESTIVAL Read More...