Dølajazz is a Norwegian jazz festival held at Lillehammer in October each year.
The festival will perform an annual commission, which is now christened Homecoming.
[2] Past commissions include: Other composers of commissioned works: Frode Thingnæs, Øivind Pedersen, Helge Hurum, John Surman, Torgrim Sollid/Morten Lassem In 2011 Carol and Thor Kvande was the hosts of Homecoming.
Since 2001, the project «Jazz Incubator» has been steady, in cooperation with Høgskolen i Lillehammer and various music conservatories in Scandinavia, with the aim to introduce Nordic jazz talents and to provide training in cultural production.
In recent years, it established a European jazz incubator.