Vetrarjazz er ein árliga afturvendandi jazzfestivalur, sum verður hildin í Tórshavn í vikuskiftinum næst mánaðarskiftinum januar/februar. Eitt teldubrævaskifti millum jazztónleikarar í eftirjólatíðini 2008 endaði við tí úrskurði, at ein jazzfestivalur hevði hóskað væl um veturin, tá tað kennist sum tað enn er leingi at bíða eftir summarinum, sum er so ríkur í tónleiki. Vetrarjazz skuldi tiltakið eita, og endamálið var tá - og er enn - at kjarnin í einum tílíkum festivali eigur at vera tað lokala tónleikaumhvørvið. Vetrarjazz is an annual recurring jazz festival, which is held in Torshavn on the weekend following the end of January/February. An e-mail exchange between jazz musicians in the post-Christmas season of 2008 ended with the conclusion that a jazz festival would have been well suited in the winter when it feels like it is still a long time to wait for the summer, which is so rich in music. The event was to be called Vetrarjazz, and the purpose was then - and still is - that the core of such a festival should be the local music environment. Winter Jazz 2009 was the first edition, and since then Havnar Jazzfelag has organized a festival every year.
