Born in the era of the big band swingers, bebop behemoths and the most soulful of singers, the annual Monterey Jazz Festival has been celebrating the genre's greatest performers since 1958. Legendary features include Billie Holliday, Dace Brubeck, Louis Armstrong, Sonny Rollins, Ornette Coleman and Duke Ellington. Now enjoying its 62nd anniversary, the longest-running touring festival in the world will be featuring a line-up studded with more talent than you can shake a stick at!

Jeff Tweedy is a dynamic singer-songwriter, musician and poet who has been a founding member of two of the biggest bands in alternative country rock, Uncle Tupelo and Wilco. Also a music artist in his own right, Tweedy released his debut album in 2014 and now for 2019 he's hitting the road in support of his upcoming album WARM.

Rock 'n' roll icon, guitarist, interactive progenitor, singer/songwriter and record producer Todd Rundgren comes to town in 2019. Years of experience and critical acclaim have by no means made Rundgren complacent and he continues to push the boundaries in inventive and surprising ways.

World-renowned virtuoso Zakir Hussain returns to the USA for a series of exciting live performances in 2019. A devotee of the tabula, the instrument he has helped bring to prominence both in the West and his native India, expect a resplendent evening transportive of Indian music from this international phenomenon.

Part of the sitar-playing Shankar dynasty, Anoushka follows in her father Ravi's footsteps with her unique take on the Indian instrument. With five Grammy nominations already under her belt, she first came to notable attention at the tender age of 20 with her first album, making her the first Indian female and youngest-ever Grammy nominee in the World Music category. This year sees her tour India with her Home album, and the States with her newest LP, Land of Gold.