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 20 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. The orchestra's ninth CD came out at the end of 2003. 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 band plans to publish its 9th and 10th CD's for the occasion of its 20th birthday in 2005, performs in Germany and Switzerland and tours in the USA for three weeks in the fall.

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