Jazz Campus en Clunisois
One of France's oldest jazz festivals, pairing a week of concerts with a jazz summer school.
- Music
- Cluny
- 1 h 07 from Beaune
€240one way from Beaune with a private driver
Book a driverAt a glance
- Nearby
- Cluny Abbey
- Entry
- Paid or by invitation
- Organised by
- Jazz Campus en Clunisois
Getting there
Private driver from Beaune: 1 h 07 by road (87 km), €240 one way for the whole car.
Coming by train or plane? Transfers from stations and airports →
About the event
Jazz Campus en Clunisois combines a festival of adventurous jazz with a summer school for young and amateur musicians. Around fifteen concerts take place in Cluny's historic places, including the abbey, the theatre, the abbey park and the Écuries Saint-Hugues.
What to expect
Evenings bring inventive contemporary jazz and improvised music, while by day the summer school runs orchestra classes, collective improvisation, vocal workshops and a brass band, whose students often surface in the town.
History
Created in 1977, the festival calls itself modest but tenacious, and counts among the two or three oldest in France. The 2026 edition was the 49th, and the organisers have announced that 2027 will celebrate the festival's fiftieth anniversary. It is run by the Jazz Campus en Clunisois association, formed around its founder and artistic director, Didier Levallet, and about thirty volunteers keep the festival village and its bar, the box office and the musicians' transfers going.
Good to know
Tips for the day
Tickets are sold online; the full price was 18 euros in 2026, and members of the association, with membership from 10 euros, could buy a festival pass for 100 euros (50 euros for students) covering every concert except the Saturday 22 August show at 9 pm. Tickets are also sold at the Cluny tourist office, 6 rue Mercière, open daily from 9.30 am to 6.30 pm, and at the door while seats last, though many concerts sell out. The nearest stations are Mâcon-Loché TGV and Mâcon-Ville, and a greenway links Mâcon to Cluny for cyclists (27 km). Cluny is roughly an hour and a quarter from Beaune, and late finishes in August make a return with a driver the sensible choice.
Around here
What to combine with Jazz Campus en Clunisois on the same day, nearest first.
- Wine festival
Les Vin’dredis de la Halle
Friday evenings through the summer, from late MayGevrey-Chambertin - Culture
Lumières à Beaune
Every evening from late June to late September, and from the Vente des Vins weekend in November to early JanuaryBeaune
Viré-Clessé
14 km awayPouilly-Fuissé
18 km awaySaint-Véran
21 km away
Questions
The 2027 dates of Jazz Campus en Clunisois have not been announced yet. Usual timing: About a week in the second half of August; the 2026 festival ran from 15 to 22 August.. The organiser publishes them on jazzcampus.fr.
Did you know? Founded in 1977, the festival marks its fiftieth anniversary in 2027.
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A private driver for the day
No parking to find, no one left as the designated driver: everyone enjoys a glass.