Venues and Locations Where Art Farmer Performed

This is by no means a comprehensive listing. These are venues where Art Farmer was the leader of the ensemble. If you heard Art Farmer performing at a venue not listed here, please use the contact form to tell us about it.

The first six clubs are listed separately because they were frequent stops on Art’s itinerary:

Half Note – New York City

Jazzland – Vienna, Austria

Jazz Showcase, The – Chicago, Illinois

Pizza Express – London, United Kingdom

Sweet Basil – New York City

Village Vanguard – New York City


Alice Tully Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center – New York City

American Embassy – Vienna, Austria

Amerika Haus – Vienna, Austria

Anson Ford Amphitheater – Los Angeles, CA

Apollo, The – New York City

Athenaeum – La Jolla, California

B.P. Club – Zagreb, Croatia

Baker’s Keyboard Lounge – Detroit, Michigan

Band on the Wall – Manchester, United Kingdom

BBC-TV Jazz 625 Show – London, United Kingdom

Berlin Jazzfest – Berlin, Germany

Birdhouse – Chicago, Illinois

Birdland (original club) – New York City

Blue Note – Fukuoka, Japan

Blue Note – New York City

Blues Alley – Washington, District of Columbia

Boomers – New York City

Brass Group Jazz Club – Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Budokan, Tokyo – Japan

Café Central – Madrid, Spain

Capitol Theater – Concord, New Hampshire

Carnegie Hall – New York City

Caruso’s and L’Auditori – Barcelona, Spain

Casa Loma Club – Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Centralteatret – Oslo, Norway

Centro Giovanile – Bassano del Grappa, Italy

Chateauvallon Jazz Festival – Chateauvallon, France

Chicago Jazz Festival, Grant Park – Chicago, Illinois

Cirkus – Stockholm, Sweden

Cirkusbygningen – Copenhagen, Denmark

Clef Club, The – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Congresgebouw – The Hague, The Netherlands

Copenhagen JazzHouse – Copenhagen, Denmark

Cuyahoga Community College (JazzFest ’89) – Cleveland, Ohio

Dakota Bar & Grill – St. Paul, Minnesota

De Doelen Concert Hall (Newport Jazz Festival) – Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Dom Sindikata Hall – Belgrade, Serbia

Domicile, The – Munich, Germany

Dummy George’s Lounge– Detroit, Michigan

Dragonetti Auditorium, Morris County College – Randolph, New Jersey

Drum Festival – Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Dugs Night Club – Berlin, Germany

Elario’s Restaurant – La Jolla, California

Englewood Theater (Bergen Performing Arts Center) – Englewood, New Jersey

Falkenberg Festival – Falkenberg, Sweden

Famous Ballroom (Left Bank Jazz Society) – Baltimore, Maryland

Fat Tuesdays – New York City

Festival de Wiltz – Wiltz, Luxembourg

Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, Théâtre St-Denis – Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Festival Hall – Osaka, Japan

Fine Arts Center – Buffalo, New York

Foster’s House of Jazz – Detroit, Michigan

Free Jazz Festival – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Gazell Club – Stockholm, Sweden

George Chisholm Jazz Club – Manchester, United Kingdom

Golden Circle – Stockholm, Sweden

Gotanda Kan-iHoken Hall – Tokyo, Japan

Grand Opera House – Wilmington, Delaware

Grande Parade du Jazz – Nice, France

Grosses Festspielhaus – Salzburg, Austria

Grosse Konzertscheune, JazzBaltica – Salzau, Germany

Gulliver’s – West Paterson and Lincoln Park, New Jersey

Haig, The – Hollywood, California

Hancher Auditorium – Iowa City, Iowa

Harris Piano Jazz Bar – Krakow, Poland

Heidelberger Jazztage – Heidelberg, Germany

Imperial Hotel – Aberdeen, Scotland

International Jazz Festival – Ljubljana, Yugoslavia (Slovenia)

International Jazz Workshop – Tubingen, Germany

Jacksonville Jazz Festival – Jacksonville, Florida

Jamboree Jazz Cava/Club – Barcelona, Spain

Jazz Alley – Seattle, Washington

Jazz Bakery – Los Angeles, California

Jazz Buehne Berlin – Berlin, Germany

Jazz Port Townsend, Fort Worden – Port Townsend, Washington

Jazzclub Allotria – Munich, Germany

Jazzclub Fasching – Stockholm, Sweden

Jazz Gala # 1 – Wiesbaden, Germany

Jazz Society of Portland – Portland, Oregon

Jazzclub Dekave – Lauwe, Belgium

Jazzclub Fasching – Stockholm, Sweden

Jazzport, South Street Seaport – New York City

Jyväskylä Summer Jazz – Jyväskylä, Finland

Keystone Korner – San Francisco, California

Kimball’s East – Emeryville, California

Kölner Philharmonie (Cologne Philharmonic Hall) – Cologne, Germany

Kreismusikschule – Erding, Germany

Krizanke Outdoor Theater – Lubljana, Yugoslavia

Kuumbwa Jazz Center – Santa Cruz, California

Le Petit Opportun – Paris, France

Liederhalle – Stuttgart, Germany

Loeb Student Center, New York University – New York City

Luitpoldhalle – Rosenheim, Germany

Madison Civic Center – Madison, Wisconsin

Madison Club (Left Bank Jazz Society) – Baltimore, Maryland

Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Marciac Jazz Festival – Marciac, France

Mellon Jazz Festival – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Memorial Field House, University of Puget Sound – Tacoma, Washington

Minor Key, The – Detroit, Michigan

Molde Jazz Festival – Molde, Norway

Montmartre Jazzhus – Copenhagen, Denmark

Montreux Jazz Festival, Casino de Montreux – Montreux, Switzerland

Museum of Modern Art – New York City

Music Inn (Music Barn) – Lenox, Massachusetts

Musikschule – Deutschlandsberg, Austria

Musikvereinssaal – Vienna, Austria

New Morning – Paris, France

Newport Jazz Festival – Newport, Rhode Island

Nick Vollebrecht’s Café – Laren, The Netherlands

North Sea Jazz Festival – The Hague, The Netherlands

Norwich Arts Centre – Norwich, United Kingdom

Orchestra Hall – Chicago, Illinois

Old Eden Saloon – Berlin, Germany

Pantycelin Hotel – Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom

Parco Le Naiadi – Pescara, Italy

Piec Art Acoustic Jazz Club – Krakow, Poland

Playboy Jazz Festival, Hollywood Bowl – Hollywood, California

Pohjankartanon Sali – Oulu, Finland

Polideportivo de Mendiorroza – Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

Polish International Jazz Festival Sala Kongresowa – Warsaw, Poland

Pori Jazz Festival – Pori, Finland

Portland Jazz Society – Portland, Oregon

Provostry St. Gerold – Vorarlberg, Austria

Quartier Latin – Berlin, Germany

Ralph Gleason’s Jazz Casual Show – San Francisco, California

Randall’s Island Jazz Festival – New York City

Ravinia Pavilion – Chicago, IL

Ronnie Scott’s – London, United kingdom

Royal Festival Hall – London, England

Saint Peter’s Lutheran Church (The Jazz Church) – New York City

Sängerhalle – Stuttgart, Germany

Sankei Hall – Osaka, Japan

Schaumburg Center for the Arts – Schaumburg, Illinois

Schimmel Center, Pace University – New York City

Scullers – Boston, Massachusetts

Senator, The – Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Shea Center for Performing Arts, William Paterson University –  Wayne, New Jersey

Sheraton Hotel – Brussels, Belgium

Shrine Auditorium – Los Angeles, California

Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Baird Auditorium – Washington, District of Columbia

Smothers Theater, Pepperdine University – Malibu, California

Southern Theater – Columbus, Ohio

Stanford Jazz Workshop (Dinkelspiel Auditorium) – Stanford, California

Stadthalle – Leonburg, Germany

Storyville Club, Copley Square Hotel – Boston, Massachusetts

Struggles – Edgewater, New Jersey

Subway – Cologne, Germany

Teatro Miela – Trieste, Italy

Tekniska Läroverket – Trollhättan, Sweden

Terrace Ballroom, Newark Symphony Hall – Newark, New Jersey

Theatercafé – Den Bosch, Netherlands

Theatre Antique – Vienne, France

Tivoli Hall – Ljubljana, Yugoslavia (Slovenia)

Tonhalle – Düsseldorf, West Germany

Tonight Show, NBC Studios – New York City

Tora-nomon Hall – Tokyo, Japan

Town Hall – New York City

Trumpets – Montclair, New Jersey

Tubingen Second International Jazz Festival – Tübingen, Germany

Turun Koserttitalo – Turku, Finland

University of Louisville – Louisville, Kentucky

Valparaiso University Jazz Festival – Valparaiso, Indiana

Vienna Konzerthaus – Vienna, Austria

Villa Imperiale – Genoa, Italy

Village Jazz Lounge, Walt Disney World – Orlando, Florida

Volksbühne – Berlin, East Germany

Volkstheater – Vienna, Austria

Watts Community Center – Los Angeles, California

Whiting Auditorium – Flint, Michigan

Yokohama Stadium – Yokohama, Japan

Yoshi’s – Oakland, California

Yubin-Chokin Hall – Tokyo, Japan

Zagreb Jazz Fair – Zagreb, Croatia

Zurich International Jazz Festival – Zurich, Switzerland