Borneo Jazz Festival
{{Short description|Jazz festival in Malaysia}}
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{{Use British English|date=February 2014}}
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| name = Borneo Jazz Festival
| native_name = Festival Jazz Borneo
| native_name_lang = Malay
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| status = Active
| genre = Music Festivals
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| frequency = Annually
| venue = ParkCity Everly Hotel (2006-2017)
Coco Cabana, Marina Bay (2018-present)
| location = Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia
| coordinates = {{Coord|4|24|10|N|113|59|36|E|display=title}}
| country = Malaysia
| years_active = 2006-present
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| organised = No Black Tie
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| website =http://jazzborneo.com/
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Borneo Jazz Festival is a 2-night festival of 4 performances in each night by local and international jazz musicians at Parkcity Everly hotel in Miri, Sarawak.{{cite web|title=Borneo Jazz Festival 2015|url=http://sarawaktourism.com/event/borneo-jazz-festival-2015/|publisher=Sarawak Tourism Board|access-date=15 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412170930/http://sarawaktourism.com/event/borneo-jazz-festival-2015/|archive-date=12 April 2015}}{{cite web|title=Borneo Jazz Programme 2015|url=http://jazzborneo.com/programme/show-time/|publisher=Sarawak Tourism Board|access-date=15 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215204434/http://jazzborneo.com/programme/show-time/|archive-date=15 February 2015}} The festival is one of the longest running Jazz festival in the region.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160415022312/http://sarawaktourism.com/event/borneo-jazz-festival/ BORNEO JAZZ FESTIVAL 2016], Sarawak Tourism Board. 15 April 2016. The 2019 edition of the festival will be held on 19 to 21 July. {{cite news|title=Borneo Jazz Festival all you need to know|access-date=7 June 2019|url=http://blog.malaysia-asia.my/2019/05/borneo-jazz-festival-2019-all-you-need.html|date=15 March 2019}}
History
Borneo Jazz Festival was started in 2006.{{cite web|title=Borneo Jazz Festival|url=http://www.tourism.gov.my/en/events/2014/5/borneo-jazz-festival|website=tourism.gov.my|publisher=Malaysian Tourism Promotion Board|access-date=15 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415020947/http://www.tourism.gov.my/en/events/2014/5/borneo-jazz-festival|archive-date=15 April 2015 }} The event is organised by the Sarawak Tourism Board, endorsed by Tourism Malaysia and is jointly supported by the Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Malaysia and Ministry of Tourism, Sarawak.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160415022827/http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2016/04/jazz-bands-head-for-borneo/ Jazz bands head for Borneo], TTR Weekly. 15 April 2016. The festival was formerly known as Miri International Jazz Festival before it was renamed to Borneo Jazz Festival in 2011.[http://www.businesscircle.com.my/jazz-ing-miri/ Jazz-ing it up in Miri], Business Circle. 15 April 2016.
The Borneo Jazz is wholly owned by Sarawak Tourism Board and organised by No Black Tie.{{cite news|title=Borneo Jazz Festival 2018|access-date=7 June 2019|url=https://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2018/04/borneo-jazz-2018/|date=15 March 2019}}
Programme
In 2018 the festival introduced Borneo Jazz Talent Search as part of their musical outreach programme. For 2019 edition, the festival’s music outreach will expand to include the Borneo Jazz DJ Search.{{cite news|title=Borneo Jazz Festival|access-date=7 June 2019|url=https://www.galactix.asia/borneo-jazz-festival-2019}}
Performers
Lineups of the festival since 2014 are:
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! Year !! Lineups !! Attendance !! Venue | |
| 2008
|2008 performers: - inventielke (Netherlands) - havana sax (Cuba) - diamond dave and the doodaddies (Australia) - | | | |
| 2014
| {{hidden|2014 performers|
| rowspan="4" |ParkCity Everly Hotel | |
| 2015 | {{hidden|2015 performers|
| align="center" |4,000[http://www.theborneopost.com/2016/05/14/borneo-jazz-fest-draws-international-crowd/ Borneo Jazz Fest draws international crowd], The Borneo Post. 14 May 2016. |
| 2016 | {{hidden|2016 performers|
| align=center|TBA |
| 2017 | {{hidden|2017 performers|
| align=center|TBA |
| 2018 | {{hidden|2018 performers|
| align="center"| TBA |rowspan="2"|Coco Cabana, Marina Bay, Miri{{cite news|title=Borneo Jazz 2018 to host more world-class performers|access-date=19 July 2018|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2018/04/29/borneo-jazz-2018-to-host-more-world-class-performers/|date=29 April 2018}} |
| 2019 | {{hidden|2019 performers|
| align="center"|TBA |