Bodrum Jazz Festival for the first time organized in 2017 as a Turkey’s first coastal are international jazz festival. The peninsula hosts many cultural jazz events in every year in September. The hidden drive of the festival is not only to promote jazz to foreign and local tourists but also support Bodrum Peninsula’s positive global attitude in art & culture scene. Bodrum Jazz Festival choose a theme each year’s edition likewise International Ankara Jazz Festival. Parks, marinas, hotels, historical places, squares, open air theaters become the venues of the festival for nine days. Bodrum Jazz Festival program welcome wide range of audiences. Local people, tourists, neighbors from Didim, Datça, Kos, Rhodes and the other Greek islands participate the concerts. Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture & Tourism, Muğla and Bodrum Municipalities, cultural offices, universities and private sector representatives show huge effort for the festival. As a Jazz Society of Turkey our aim is to expose jazz between cultures.