La Spezia Jazz Festival

The Festival Internazionale del Jazz della Spezia has run every summer without interruption since 1969, making it Italy's longest-running jazz festival. Over the years its concerts have taken place across La Spezia, Lerici and Portovenere, within the UNESCO World Heritage setting of the Gulf of Poets and the Cinque Terre. The programme has drawn some of international jazz's biggest names to this stretch of the Ligurian coast between sea and cliffs.