The ASEAN Jazz Festival is entering its 5th year.

So far this annual event has been serving artists in many collaborative projects in the spirit of peace not only from the asean nations but also from other parts of the globe. This year once again the festival is presented by the ministry of tourism and creative economy republic of Indonesia, province of Kepulauan Riau, the city of Batam and has Dwiki Dharmawan as the festival director. For this year it's been planned big by involving many nations, served at the harbour bay, batam. Other than Indonesia as the host, the 5th asean jazz festival has invited artists from Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, United Arab Emirates, USA, England, Canada and France. Assorted jazz in full variety will be held including the combination with ethnics like the sundanese's wooden-shaken instrument angklung which was announced as unesco world intangible heritage, Melayu and also Minang (West Sumatra)