The winner is selected by a wide range of experts, including music critics, prominent culture persons, public and government officials, journalists and entrepreneurs from different countries.

[7] For guests and residents of Lviv, two stages worked in the city center with free access - on Rynok Square and in the courtyard of the Potocki Palace.

The concerts were held with the participation of leading European groups and bands from Austria, Italy, Spain, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Germany, Poland, Turkey, France, Sweden and Switzerland.

The festival was held in compliance with all quarantine measures: the number of guests in the parterre and picnic areas was significantly reduced; to control the number of people, the entrance to the picnic areas was carried out with tickets with a symbolic price; all festival guests who bought tickets, as well as musicians, the organizing committee and contractors underwent mandatory testing for coronavirus.

[8] This year, there were three picnic zones for the guests of the festival, where concerts of the main stage dedicated to Eddie Rosner were broadcast on the large screens.

[14][15] The performance of well-known Canadian singer and pianist Diana Krall, who came to Ukraine for the first time, became a sensation for the festival guests.

On the stage, she was accompanied by star musicians, including Joe Lovano, one of the leading saxophonists of our time, a unique guitarist Marc Ribot, who plays music ranging from free jazz to rock music, Robert Hurst, one of the leading jazz contrabassists, a holder of 7 Grammy awards, and a renowned drummer Karriem Riggins.

[16] The performance of one of the most globally famous vocal improvisers, due to which voice turned into a musical instrument, Bobby McFerrin with his program Gimme5 (circlesongs) was unusual and exciting.

The guests traditionally watched a very intense program: a souvenirs fair, entertainments for children with an interactive zone, workshops and a carousel, food courts, as well as concerts of street music festival winners.

[20] On June 28, on the Constitution Day of Ukraine, TNMK, Skhid-Side and Dennis Adu’s Big Band with an exclusive Jazzy DeLuxe show performed at the Rynok Square Stage.

[21] Traditionally, Leopolis Jazz Fest became a venue for master classes for musicians and listeners in Lviv National Music Academy named after Mykola Lysenko.

Special guests of the Leopolis Jazz Fest 2018 included legendary avant-garde jazz saxophonist and flautist Charles Lloyd & The Marvels, featuring Bill Frisell, Reuben Rogers, Eric Harland and Greg Leisz; Jamie Cullum, an outstanding British vocalist, pianist and composer, and Ronnie Scotts Jazz Award winner; R+R=NOW (Reflect + Respond = Now), a project by three-time Grammy Award winner Robert Glasper; leading fusion and jazz guitar player, as well as Grammy Award winner Lee Ritenour and Dave Grusin, an American composer, arranger, producer, pianist and orchestra leader, as well as a ten-time Grammy Award winner, feat.

A special exclusive programme was introduced to visitors of the Leopolis Jazz Fest by Swedish contrabass and bass player, cellist, composer and arranger Lars Danielsson, alongside the Academic Symphony Orchestra INSO-Lviv.

[26] Over the past few years, organising concerts by popular Ukrainian musicians on Constitution Day in Ukraine has become a festival tradition.

[29] The necessary infrastructure was provided for people with disabilities at the festival: separate platforms near the stages, ramps, special rubber and metal covers and accessible toilets.

Traditionally, the festival offered three freely accessible picnic areas where visitors could watch all the concerts on the main stage on large LED screens.

[31] Among the headliners of Leopolis Jazz Fest 2017: Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band; Buika; Yellowjackets; China Moses; Gregory Porter; Chucho Valdes; trio Mare Nostrum: Paolo Fresu, Richard Galliano, Jan Lundgren; Herbie Hancock; Chick Corea Elektric Band.

Headliners of Alfa Jazz Fest 2016: Pat Metheny with Antonio Sanchez, Linda Oh & Gwilym Simcock, Branford Marsalis Quartet with special guest Kurt Elling, Arturo Sandoval 10 time Grammy Award winner, Dianne Reeves with Peter Martin, Romero Lubambo, Reginald Veal, Terreon Gully, Esperanza Spalding presents: Emily's D+Evolution.

More than 100 musicians from 10 countries (Germany, Austria, the USA, Japan, Sweden, Cuba, France, Poland and Ukraine) performed in Lviv during five festival days.

[37] The last days' concerts of the festival was canceled due to the announced all-Ukrainian mourning for the perished Ukrainian militaries in the east of the country.