The International Jazz Festival of Havana,  is sponsored by famed Cuban jazz artist Chucho Valdes and ICM, or the Cuban Institute of Music, will be held in numerous locations throughout the Cuban capital in mid-January.  Due to the COVID-19 crises the current event plans have been temporarily postponed.

The festival has grown into an important international event in the jazz world. This event highlights Cuban traditions of Western and Afro-Cuban musical forms featuring Cuban jazz greats of the art-form.  Cuban culture is a blend of European and African traditions. It is, as the Cubans will say, an ajiaco; a stew where everyone contributes and is always being reinvented.  This program includes a series of cultural experiences within and  outside Havana City; including an excursion to the tobacco farms in the western province of Pinar del Río.  This event is perfect for small groups of family and friends.