Every year, the JFO receives invitations to perform at various Czech and foreign festivals, while also heading out for tours in Europe, Asia and America. Its most successful performances aboard include a string of concerts in Germany in 2017, an open-air concert in Munich with opera superstars Anna Netrebko and Jonas Kaufmann in 2015, as well as a tour of the USA in 2009. In 2006, the JFO became the second Czech symphony orchestra to ever play concerts in Australia.
Besides concerts, the JFO also organizes educational and leisure activities for the general public though Filharmonie Plus (leisure activities for active seniors), a youth orchestra and various workshops.
The JFO’s home base is Ostrava’s House of Culture. For several years, the JFO has also been presenting itself at the Gong multifunctional auditorium as part of the Gong concert series.
Domovskou síní je pro JFO společenský sál Domu kultury města Ostravy a již několik let se v rámci koncertního cyklu Gong prezentuje také v multifunkční aule Gong v Dolních Vítkovicích.