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Festival Internacional de Jazz Escaldes-Engordany
Andorra's second town, joined to the capital along the Valira riverfront, built around the hot springs that give it its name and home to the Caldea thermal complex, the Carmen Thyssen museum and a long-running summer jazz festival.
Organized by Comu d'Escaldes-Engordany, which publishes the official dates and program.
Dates & details verified against: Official event site ↗
Why here
The Festival Internacional de Jazz d'Escaldes-Engordany is the oldest reason to be in Andorra in July, a jazz festival the parish has run since 1985, when it opened with a Ray Charles concert. After a long pause it came back in 2022 and has grown fast; the 2026 edition drew 6,400 people over a week. Ticketed evening concerts by international names fill the Prat del Roure hall, while free open-air sets and late-night jam sessions spill onto Coprinceps square in the heart of the spa town. Chucho Valdes, Joshua Redman and Paquito D'Rivera have played the recent bills. It is small, walkable and unusually big-name for a country this size, and easy to fold into a summer trip to the Pyrenees.
Best months
The festival runs for about a week in early July. Evening concerts at the Prat del Roure are ticketed and the headline nights sell out, so book ahead; the street concerts and jam sessions on Coprinceps square are free and open. Escaldes is warm and busy in July, and everything sits within a short walk in the town centre.
Getting there & around
Escaldes-Engordany runs straight into Andorra la Vella and is served by local bus; the country has no train or airport, so arrival is by car or coach from Barcelona or Toulouse, about three hours. Concert tickets are sold through the parish council's festival site, and the venues, hotels, spa and restaurants are all within walking distance in the town centre.
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Festival Internacional de Jazz Escaldes-Engordany
OrganizerThe Festival Internacional de Jazz d'Escaldes-Engordany is run by the parish council of Escaldes-Engordany and dates to 1985, when it opened with a Ray Charles concert, making it one of the oldest jazz festivals in the Pyrenees. Revived in 2022 after a long pause, its 2026 edition drew 6,400 people over a week of concerts at the Prat del Roure hall and free open-air shows on Coprinceps square, mixing major international names with late-night jam sessions.