2013 JZ Festival was hosted in two cities that year. The first festival was held in Shanghai on September 20-21st during mid-Autumn festival, before being hosted in Beijing for the first time. This extension of the festival to Beijing allowed for more music lovers to experience international performances of the highest level. The 2013 JZ Festival consisted of two stages; The Green Note Stage and the Master Hall. Performers on the Green Note Stage included Robert Glasper Experiment, Mos Def, The Brand New Heavies, Lisa Ono, Yoga Lin, Li Quan, Tia Ray, Chang Shi Lei, Icy Cao, Omar Sosa and many others. Performers in the Master Hall were Ibrahim Maalouf, Helen Sung, Jack Dejohnette, John Scofield and Patti Austin, who gave a perfect interpretation of the ever changing nature of jazz for the Chinese audience.