The Matosinhos Jazz Festival takes place during July, at the Bandstand of Parque Basílio Teles, in Matosinhos. The Festival was attended by names such as Mário Laginha Trio, Elas e o Jazz, Songbird (by Luís Figueiredo and João Hasselberg), Lokomotiv, Coreto Porta-Jazz and Jazzamboka,Salvador Sobral, Ricardo Toscano, Joe Armon Jones, Bruno Pernadas, Susana Santos Silva and Inês Pimenta. .

Throughout the editions, an exhibition takes place throughout the month with recreations of iconic jazz covers made by artists, illustrators, designers and photographers, such as AKACorleone, Nash Does Work, Oficina Arara, by the duo Francisco Queimadela and Mariana Caló, Braulio Amado, Kruella D'Enfer, Catarina Glam and Pedro MKK