Van Morrison and James Taylor perform on July 18 at the Auditorium Stravinski, as part of the Montreux Jazz Festival, which takes place from July 3 to 18, 2026 on the shores of Lake Geneva. The festival celebrates its 60th edition and returns to the Auditorium Stravinski after a two-year renovation.

Van Morrison is an Irish singer-songwriter who plays a variety of genres including rock, blues, jazz, and gospel. Following the release of "Brown Eyed Girl" in 1967, Morrison climbed to number 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100 charts, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993 and the Songwriter's Hall of Fame in 2015.

Van Morrison and James Taylor close out the Montreux Jazz Festival on July 18. The festival, which presented exclusively jazz in 1976, today offers a diverse selection of pop, rock, R&B, electronic music, hip-hop, and more.