Ranked by Guinness World Records as the world's largest jazz festival, The Montréal International Jazz Festival has been synonymous with a passion for music for the past three decades. For 11 days every year, the French-speaking metropolis of North America becomes the venue where fans of all types of jazz-related music rub shoulders with aficionados of jazz in its purest form. The Festival hosts some 3,000 musicians from over 30 countries, 650 concerts (including more than 370 free events) and 2.5 million visitors!