The 1st International Heritage Jazz Festival featured four major Jazz bands playing on a purpose built stage at the Heritage Jazz Village. These included Tere Estrada and band from Mexico, The Alex Stuart Quintet from Canada, K3 featuring Ranjit Sengupta and a special jazz band performing all compositions of Anthony Gonsalves.
The evening of November 28, 2010 saw the International Heritage Jazz Awards Ceremony during which Anthony Gonsalves and other forgotten music heroes of Goa were honored. Anthony Gonsalves was awarded the Karmaveer Puraskar for Lifetime Achievement by the Confederation of NGOs of India (iCONGO). This was the first time that iCONGO took the award out of its home base New Delhi, keeping in mind the advanced age and frail health of Anthony Gonsalves.