An annual, international, music festival that draws tens of thousands of visitors each year to beautiful Coachman Park in Clearwater. The Clearwater Jazz Holiday’s modern-day, diverse line-up also covers a wide array of musical styles: straight ahead and smooth jazz, swing, blues, jamband, folk, Americana, funk, and Zydeco and showcases a new generation of innovators and stars.

Clearwater Jazz Holiday programs are funded in part by grants from the State of Florida , Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts & Culture, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Pinellas County Commission through the Cultural Development Grants Program of the Cultural Affairs Department

The 4-day Jazz Holiday is administered by an all-volunteer staff, "The Jazz Force," which plans and executes the hundreds of services needed to accommodate more than 40,000 visitors during the third week in October.