The likes of Stevie Wonder, B.B. King, James Brown, and even Ray Charles have all performed at Norway’s most famous jazz festival. Know as MoldeJazz, it draws in celebrities and jazz enthusiasts from all over the world. It has been the source of lively head-bobbing and relaxed finger-snapping for a week every July since its creation in 1961.
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