Palatia jazz

File:Ahmad Jamal beim Palatia Jazz Festival in Bad Dürkheim am 21.7.2011.jpg at the 2011 Palatia Jazz Festival]]

Palatia jazz is a jazz festival in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It has been held annually in August since 1997.{{cite web|url=https://www.europejazz.net/profile/palatia-jazz-festival-0|title=Palatia jazz festival|publisher=Europejazz.net|accessdate=10 June 2019}} The concerts take place at castles, churches, monasteries and historic parks near Kaiserslautern, Heidelberg and Mannheim in the Palatinate of southwestern Germany.{{cite web|url=https://www.kaiserslauternamerican.com/palatia-jazz-festival-2009/|title=Palatia jazz|publisher=Kaiserslauternamerican.com|accessdate=10 June 2019}}

Palatia jazz has attracted musicians such as Manu Katché, David Sanborn, Incognito, Tab Two, Klaus Doldinger, Paul Kuhn Trio, Ahmad Jamal, Nils Landgren, Al Di Meola, Joo Kraus, DePhazz, Jazzkantine, Barbara Hendricks, Cornelius Claudio Kreusch, Till Brönner, Nigel Kennedy, Quadro Nuevo, Chick Corea, NoJazz, Joachim Kühn, Maria João, Tânia Maria, Branford Marsalis, Cassandra Wilson, Joshua Redman, Silje Nergaard, Peter Herbolzheimer, Albert Mangelsdorff, Mal Waldron, Joe Zawinul and Herbie Mann.