Charlie Jazz Festival

The 27th edition between jazz and world music

The 27th edition of the Charlie Jazz Festival was held from July 3 to 6, 2025, at the Domaine de Fontblanche. The festival offered a rich program blending jazz, world music, and improvised music over four days.

Among the highlights, Saturday, July 5, featured the Richard Bona Quintet, led by the virtuoso Cameroonian bassist and singer, La Marmaille, and the duo Eve Risser & Naïny Diabaté, a meeting between prepared piano and balafon. Sunday, July 6, closed the festival with the legendary organist Rhoda Scott, the Sardar Orkestra, and the Airelle Besson Trio, the prodigy trumpeter of French jazz.

The autumn Rendez-Vous de Charlie completed the season on November 7 and 8, 2025, at the Théâtre de Fontblanche, with Avishai Cohen and Yaron Herman Quartet on Friday, followed by Sélèné and Gonzalo Rubalcaba & Hamilton De Holanda on Saturday.

2025 Program

Saturday, July 5

• Richard Bona Quintet
• La Marmaille
• Eve Risser & Naïny Diabaté

Sunday, July 6

• Rhoda Scott
• Sardar Orkestra
• Airelle Besson Trio

Rendez-Vous de Charlie (Autumn)

• November 7: Avishai Cohen / Yaron Herman Quartet
• November 8: Sélèné / Gonzalo Rubalcaba & Hamilton De Holanda

• Richard Bona Quintet headlining
• Rhoda Scott, legend of the Hammond organ
• Airelle Besson Trio, prodigy trumpeter of French jazz
• Eve Risser & Naïny Diabaté: prepared piano and balafon
• Rendez-Vous de Charlie with Avishai Cohen and Gonzalo Rubalcaba