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Main Festival, Press Release
Download the 2022 event schedule here: 2022 Detroit Jazz Fest Event Schedule Discover more about the 2022 Artist with our artist showcase and bios. Updated Sept. 3 2022...
News
VIP Passes are now on sale. OPENING NIGHT PARTY PRESENTED BY KIA $200 Friday Night Only / Per Person Party Begins at 5pm (Includes a $100 donation to the Detroit Jazz Festival Foundation / Per Ticket) Kick off Labor Day Weekend at the Detroit Jazz Festival’s Opening Night Party Presented by Kia with...
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The Detroit Jazz Festival is proud to support and celebrate Juneteenth. More on the historical legacy and significance of Juneteenth can be found here: https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/historical-legacy-juneteenth
Jazz from the Cellar
JAZZ FROM THE CELLAR May 20 2022 TOM BARTELMAY Tom Bartelmay is a guitarist, composer and bandleader based in Detroit, Michigan. His influences included artists such as Gyorgy Ligeti, Thelonious Monk, the Brian Blade Fellowship, Butcher Brown and the Grateful Dead. Today Tom’s work focuses on strong lyrical elements recontextualized through a variety of rhythmic...
LIVE Event
X: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MALCOLM X – A CONVERSATION WITH COMPOSER ANTHONY DAVIS MAY 17 2022 Join Detroit Jazz Festival Foundation President and Artistic Director Chris Collins as he hosts an in-depth conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning Composer Anthony Davis on his distinctly American opera focused on the life of one of the...
Main Festival, Press Release
DETROIT – The Detroit Jazz Festival presented by Rocket Mortgage, the world’s largest (and best) free jazz festival in the world, tonight announced its lineup for Labor Day weekend during a livestream preview event that included a live performance from the 2022 Artist-in-Residence Chucho Valdés. The Festival is expected to be back live, in-person in...
Main Festival, Press Release
Acclaimed Cuban Pianist Chucho Valdés to serve as Artist-in-Residence at the 2022 Detroit Jazz Festival presented by Rocket Mortgage DETROIT – The Detroit Jazz Festival Foundation proudly presents Cuban pianist Chucho Valdés, the most influential figure in modern Afro-Cuban jazz, as its Artist-in-Residence for the 2022 Detroit Jazz Festival presented by Rocket Mortgage to be...
The Guardian News
Save the Date! 2022 Detroit Jazz Festival Preview Event Saturday, March 26 The 2022 Detroit Jazz Festival Preview Event has been scheduled for Saturday, March 26, taking place at the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center on Wayne State University’s campus. As more information becomes available, we will be sure to provide updates through Detroit...
Press Release
DETROIT – The Detroit Jazz Festival presented by Rocket Mortgage attracted a virtual global audience of more than two million viewers/listeners during Labor Day weekend, doubling the number of jazz fans who clicked on last year’s first-ever virtual jazz festival. The Festival also saw a nearly 40 percent increase in the number of countries with...
The Guardian News
Due to the ongoing construction improvements on Hart Plaza, and our goal to keep the Festival safe, live and free for everyone, the 42nd annual Detroit Jazz Festival presented by Rocket Mortgage has pivoted to a virtual live format that will be streamed and broadcast “live” for free this Labor Day weekend. Click here, to...
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