August 30, 2024
2024 Jazz Festival Opening Night
NOTICE: Due to the impending severe weather conditions projected to impact Hart Plaza during tonight’s scheduled performances and acting out of an abundance of caution and the safety of our patrons and artists, we have decided to present both concerts, Translinear Light The Music of Alice Coltrane, and Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band as livestreamed only performances from the Gretchen C. Valade Center.
These presentations will be livestreamed for free on our website www.detroitjazzfest.org without a live audience. All outdoor events are postponed for this evening only. We’ll see everyone here tomorrow at the Detroit Jazz Festival.
CARHARTT AMPHITHEATER STAGE – Hart Plaza:
Live Streamed for free on our website
TBD Dr. Valade’s Brass Band featuring Herlin Riley
TBD TRANSLINEAR LIGHT – The Music of Alice Coltrane featuring Ravi Coltrane with special guests Brandee Younger, Reggie Workman, and the Detroit Jazz Festival Chamber Orchestra
TBD 2024 Artist-In-Residence Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band
MIDTOWN AFTER HOURS SPECIAL – Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center
10:00 p.m. – 1:00 a.m. Flash Point Quintet, Srisley, The Birdman Sextet, The Jauron Perry Quintet
* Midtown After Hours Special events location – Dee Dee Bridgewater’s at the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center, 4743 Cass Ave. (at W Hancock St) on Wayne State University Campus
