Founded in 1998, International Jazz Festival in Bansko is the largest summer music forum in Bulgaria. Tremendous popularity that festival has gained among specialists and admirers around the world has made it one of the most important international cultural events in the Balkans. Concerts are free to the audience and the organization is sponsored. Traditionally, the program features styles and groups representing almost all strands of the genre. Evening concerts gather thousands of audiences in front of the open stage in town center Bansko - "Nikola Vaptsarov" Square.