Vancouver Wine and Jazz Festival

The Vancouver Wine and Jazz Festival{{Cite web |title=Vancouver Wine & Jazz Festival - Home |url=https://www.vancouverwinejazz.com/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Vancouver Wine & Jazz Festival |language=en}} is an annual music and fine wine festival that takes place every year at Esther Short Park in Vancouver, Washington. It has been held every year since 1998 (except 2020 & 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic). The festival brought in approximately 13,500 people in 2012, and between 12,000 and 15,000 in 2011.{{cite news|title=Wine & Jazz Festival drew 12,000-15,000|url=http://www.columbian.com/news/2011/aug/29/wine-jazz-festival-drew-12000-15000/|newspaper=The Columbian|date=August 29, 2011}}{{cite news|last=Vorenburg|first=Sue|title=Vancouver Wine and Jazz Festival draws about 13,500 attendees|url=http://www.columbian.com/news/2012/aug/28/vancouver-wine-and-jazz-festival-draws-about-13500/|newspaper=The Columbian|date=August 28, 2012}} The Wine and Jazz festival is part of the concert series of Bravo! Vancouver.{{cite web|title=Bravo! Concert Series Conductors|url=http://www.bravoconcerts.com/conductors.php|publisher=Bravo! Vancouver}} The 2012 festival featured artists such as Diane Schuur, Arturo Sandoval, Al Jarreau, Coco Montoya, The Christopher Brothers, and John Hammond, Jr.{{cite news|last=Bash|first=James|title=Wine & Jazz Festival lineup impresses|url=http://www.columbian.com/news/2011/aug/26/wine-jazz-festival-lineup-impresses-big-names-incl/|newspaper=The Columbian|date=August 26, 2011}}

Over the years, the festival has welcomed attendees from 25 states, Europe, China, Japan and Canada, with more than 150,000 people have attended since its inception.{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.vancouverwinejazz.com/about.html |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Vancouver Wine & Jazz Festival |language=en}}

The Vancouver Wine & Jazz Festival was honored with the '2023 Event of the Year' for Southwest Washington by the Washington Festivals and Events Association and was awarded a 2024 grant from the ArtsFund,{{Cite web |last=Walker |first=Elise |date=2024-05-21 |title=2024 Community Accelerator Grantee Announcement {{!}} ArtsFund |url=https://www.artsfund.org/2024-community-accelerator-grantee-announcement/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=ArtsFund {{!}} Donate to ArtsFund and help build a healthy, equitable, and creative Washington. |language=en-US}} part of the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation.

The festival was founded in 1998 by professional classical and jazz clarinetist, conductor, composer, and producer, Dr. Michael Kissinger.{{Cite web |title=Concerts - Michael Kissinger Music - Portland, Or |url=https://www.michaelkissingermusic.com/bio-michael-kissinger.html |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Michael Kissinger Music |language=en}}