Finnish Jazz Federation, together with Music Finland, Sibelius Academy and Europe Jazz Network organizes a Finnish showcase festival and an international export event in Helsinki on September 18 – 20, 2014. Jazz Finland festival includes a wide repertoire of live concerts open to public, a seminar and network events for international jazz professionals.

Jazz Finland also hosts the European Jazz Conference for over two hundred participants who represent the core of European jazz professionals and provide a unique possibility to open doors for Finnish talent to go international. As a part of the festival programme, also young Nordic musicianship is being presented in a form of the Young Nordic Jazz Comets showcase. YNJC features upcoming jazz bands from all the Nordic countries. Jazz Finland festival is the biggest showcase event ever organized to promote Finnish jazz.