Montreux Jazz Festival partners with historic canal town in China

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Mathieu Jaton, CEO of the Montreux Jazz Festival, addresses an audience at a press conference in Haining City, east China's Zhejiang Province on April 30, 2026. /Montreux Jazz Festival

The Montreux Jazz Festival, a UNESCO Memory of the World-listed music event, has entered a long-term strategic partnership with Yanguan, a 2,200-year-old canal town in Haining City, east China's Zhejiang Province, organizers said at a press conference recently.

Yvan Franel, lead singer of Swiss band Stevans, performs at a press conference in Haining City, east China's Zhejiang Province on April 30, 2026. /Montreux Jazz Festival

To mark its 60th anniversary, the Swiss festival opened its first official poster exhibition in China: "60 Years, 60 Frames" in Yanguan. The fifth Montreux Jazz Festival China will take place in the town from October 30 to November 1.

A section of "60 Years, 60 Frames – Montreux Jazz Festival Poster Exhibition" is seen at a press conference in Haining City, east China's Zhejiang Province on April 30, 2026. /Montreux Jazz Festival

"Yanguan is a city at the heart of music," said Montreux Jazz Festival CEO Mathieu Jaton. "This is just the starting point."

Yanguan, known for the Qiantang River tidal bore, has been transformed into a "music town." It now houses China's first professional orchestra in a historic town and one of the world's largest wooden concert halls.

From May 1, over 140 performances will be staged across the town, featuring Swiss electronic pop duo Stevans and later Grammy-winning jazz legend Jeff Lorber on May 11.

The poster exhibition runs through August 31.

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