The Red Sea Jazz Festival was established in 1987 with the aim of further stimulating the already vibrant local jazz scene whilst giving an opportunity to visitors and participants alike to enjoy the Red Sea resort of Eilat.  Orchestrating a brilliant composition of international and Israeli artists, the Red Sea Jazz Festival is highly regarded around the world today.  Featuring outstanding original Israeli jazz alongside first-class virtuoso guest jazz artists from around the globe, each evening includes concerts followed by the traditional jam session.  The Red Sea Jazz Festival is held in the last weeks of August and in February every year.

In his role as curator and artistic director of the festival, Dubi Lenz has an uncanny ability to identify jazz's most intriguing names, before they are widely recognized. The three-day festival will feature an eclectic mix of shows, selected once again by Lenz with meticulous precision.

The festival will feature performances by artists from Poland, Brazil, Azerbaijan, Spain, Italy, the United States, Argentina, and Israel, among others. In addition to original productions and new album launches, the festival will feature premiere performances alongside hosting and several surprising connections. 

The Chano Domínguez & Flavio Boltro Quartet together with Eli Degibri salute Michel Petrucciani | Jazzmeia Horn makes her Israeli debut | Motion Trio elevating the accordion to new horizons| Shlomi Shaban celebrates his new album together with the Talmudi brothers | Efrat Gosh in a new jazz production | the Avram Fefer Quartet | Arkadi Duchin in his new performance ‘Behind The Words’ | Munir Hussain & Elas All-Female Ensemble | the Yotam Silberstein Trio launches a new album and hosts Itai Kriss | the Assaf Hakimi Sextet | the Isfar Sarabski Quartet | the Joca Perpignan & Asaf Yuria Quintet, Hosting Rona Kenan in a tribute to the Getz/Gilberto's Iconic Bossa Album  |  the Queenta Ensemble in a tribute to Shoshana Damari, the queen of the Hebrew voice  |  the Tal Mashiach Quartet |  the Gabriel Palatchi Sextet, and more.​