The Bohém Ragtime Jazzband, host band of the Festival has appeared at most major European jazz festivals and in the best jazz clubs during the 19 years of its existence. They frequently play in Hungary, too, doing concerts, festivals and, building the jazz audience of the future, even informative concert series in schools. They have toured in the USA and Canada twice but their music can often be heard on American jazz radio programs. Their music is frequently played by British, German, Finnish, Rumanian, Croatian and Hungarian radio stations as well. They have given television concerts in Hungary, Romania and Germany. Tamás Ittzés, leader of the band has played solo piano at American festivals and has made two solo albums there. He won the International Scott Joplin Ragtime Writing Contest with his Sedalia Rag in 2001. The orchestra's ninth CD came out at the end of 2003. In 2004, besides its domestic concerts, the band appears in Holland (at the world-renowned Breda Jazz Festival), Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland, Austria, Germany and Sweden.

Members of the band: LEBANOV József - tp, MÁTRAI Zoltán - cl,ts, KORB Attila - tb, p, voc, ITTZÉS Tamás - p, vl, voc, ld, LÁZÁR Miklós - vl, voc, MÁTRAI György - bj, g, TÖRÖK József - tu, b, FALUSI Alfréd - dr