Schaffhausen Jazz Festival

Date
May 6 - 9, 2026

The Schaffhausen Jazz Festival brings together national jazz greats, young talents and experimental musicians and creates space for encounters, emotions and musical surprises. Spread throughout Schaffhausen's old town, the festival celebrates jazz in all its facets: sometimes quiet and poetic, sometimes powerful and rousing.

A drummer, two electric guitarists and a saxophonist stand on a stage in purple spotlights.

Program

Every year in May, various bands perform on festival stages in the old town of Schaffhausen for four days.

Festival kicks off in Stein am Rhein

The Schaffhausen Jazz Festival begins where history and music meet: in the picturesque setting of Stein am Rhein. This is where the first notes are heard.

A man sits at a grand piano and plays on a stage. In the background you can see an illuminated sign with the words "Schaffhauser Jazz Festiaval".

Travel comfortably by bus and train to the Schaffhausen Jazz Festival.