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Detroit Jazz Fest Plans For In-Person Live Audiences

June 24, 2021April 30, 2022

Detroit Jazz Festival Plans for In-Person Audiences DETROIT The Detroit...

Press Release: Dee Dee Bridgewater, Herbie Hancock, Kenny Garrett, Omar Sosa, Gregory Porter, Abdullah Ibrahim Headline 2021 Detroit Jazz Festival

April 7, 2021June 13, 2022

DETROIT – The Detroit Jazz Festival, the world’s largest (and...

2021 Detroit Jazz Festival Livestream Preview Event April 7

March 26, 2021June 13, 2022

Full Live Performances from 2021 Artict-in-Residence Dee Dee Bridgewater &...

Press Release: Detroit Jazz Festival Kicks Off with Livestream Preview Event on April 7

View full press release here: Detroit Jazz Festival Kicks Off...

Detroit Jazz Fest – Jazz from the Cellar

November 10, 2020

The Detroit Jazz Festival Foundation presents our new series, Jazz...

Virtual Detroit Jazz Festival Presented by Rocket Mortgage Garners Nearly One Million Viewers

October 30, 2020June 13, 2022

Inaugural event attracts global audience Viewers from 32 countries participated...

Press Release: Detroit Jazz Festival Foundation, Detroit ACE Announce 2020 Poster Artist

View full press release here: Detroit Jazz Festival Foundation, Detroit...

Black Lives Matter

Support for Black Lives Matter

June 16, 2020August 31, 2024

Statement from Detroit Jazz Festival Foundation The recent killing of...

39th Annual Detroit Jazz Festival Official Lineup

April 11, 2018June 15, 2022

We are thrilled to announce the official lineup for the...

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Our 2025 Artist-in-Residence, @thejasonmoran, is l

Our 2025 Artist-in-Residence, @thejasonmoran, is looking forward to the festival, and we know you are, too. While the festival is FREE to all, we do offer generous supporters premium seating perks with VIP passes, and early-bird pricing on VIP passes ends June 1. Make plans and don’t delay! (link in bio)

The Jazz Goes to College scholarships, co-sponsore

The Jazz Goes to College scholarships, co-sponsored by the Detroit Jazz Festival Foundation and I.A.T.S.E. Local 38, are for theater- or music-tech students with initiative, professionalism and a positive attitude, who are pursuing credits toward a tech degree in this competitive and demanding environment. You could find yourself with a check for $2,500! Find more details at https://bit.ly/4joxdld, at the link in our Insta bio, or by using the QR code here. Best of luck!

TONIGHT: Make plans with us! The absolutely FREE D

TONIGHT: Make plans with us! The absolutely FREE Detroit Jazz Festival Monday tapings are the best entertainment value in town, and one is happening this evening at the Gretchen C Valade Jazz Center at Wayne State University. We’ll be recording two Jazz From the Cellar sessions, starting at 5:30 p.m. with the just-back-from-🇯🇵 DJF All-Star Generations Band, followed at 6:40 p.m. by Michael Malis’ Hear No Evil. Doors open at 5 p.m. at the corner of Cass & Hancock; enter on the Hancock side. #jazz #detroit @al_kay313 @tombartelmay_guitar @wavylou_ @baskasanball @roccosolid @michaelnomalice

TONIGHT! It’s Jazz After Hours, with bassist Ral

TONIGHT! It’s Jazz After Hours, with bassist Ralphe Armstrong and saxman Nate Topolewski joining the house band — Chris Collins 🎷, Jonathon Muir-Cotton 🎻, Jordan Anderson 🎹 and Sean Perlmutter 🥁— at the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center at Wayne State University. Catch it at 9 p.m. ET on Facebook Live, YouTube or our website, detroitjazzfest.org. #jazz #detroit @waynestatemusic @waynestatecfpca

HEY THERE, Very Important People! You know you're

HEY THERE, Very Important People! You know you're planning to be in the best seats, enjoying the best possible Detroit Jazz Festival audience experience, but if you want to enjoy early-bird pricing, you gotta do it by June 1. Find all the details at the link in our bio!

BACK TO BACK FREE JAZZ MONDAYS! Because of the Mem

BACK TO BACK FREE JAZZ MONDAYS! Because of the Memorial Day holiday, we’re moving up the next taping of Jazz From the Cellar to *this* Monday,May 19. We’ll be featuring our just-back-from-Japan 🇯🇵 ensemble, the Detroit Jazz Festival All-Star Generations Band, first up at 5:30 p.m., and Michael Malis’s Hear No Evil at 6:40. Doors open at the corner of Cass and Hancock at 5 p.m.; enter on the Hancock side. See you there! #jazz #detroit #nextgendetroitjazz

TIME IS GROWING SHORT! ⏰ If you think you and yo

TIME IS GROWING SHORT! ⏰ If you think you and your band are Detroit Jazz Festival material, be advised you CAN get here, but you better act fast. The Open Submissions deadline is June 1, and that's right around the corner. ➡️ Submissions form and a useful Q&A with festival president and artistic director Chris Collins, explaining what he's looking for and how he chooses from this particular pool of aspirants, both available at the link in our bio.

Eight days, six jams, six performances, three musi

Eight days, six jams, six performances, three music schools, and one fantastic, life-changing experience for the Detroit Jazz Festival All-Star Generations Band, who traveled to Japan 🇯🇵 in a cultural exchange between Detroit, Tottori and Takatsuki. Welcome home to our players: Tom Bartelmay 🎸, Kasan Belgrave 🎷, Allen Dennard 🎺, Louis Jones III 🥁 and Rocco Popielarski 🎻, along with mentor/sideman Chuck Newsome 🎸. We know you’re all richer for it. ❤️ #jazz #japan #japanjazz #jazzeducation @tombartelmay_guitar @baskasanball @al_kay313 @wavylou_ @roccosolid @chucknewsomemusic

Celebrate today’s springlike weather with some F

Celebrate today’s springlike weather with some FREE jazz, at the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center at Wayne State University! 🎶We’re taping two shows for Jazz After Hours tonight, featuring Ralphe Armstrong and Nate Topolewski (first set, at 5:30 p.m.) and Dominic Bierenga and Trunino Lowe in the second set, at 6:40 p.m. Doors open at 5 at the corner of Cass and Hancock (enter on the Hancock side). We hope to see you there! #jazz #detroit @ralphearmstrong @nate_topolewski @domplaysthehorn @bandg3ek @waynestatemusic @waynestatecfpca

TONIGHT: Join us for Jazz From the Cellar at 9 p.m

TONIGHT: Join us for Jazz From the Cellar at 9 p.m. on Facebook Live, YouTube or our website, detroitjazzfest.org. We’ll be featuring Dr. Professor Leonard King and his Proportioned Orchestra, recorded earlier this year at the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center at Wayne State University. #jazz #detroit

MONDAY! Make plans to join us at the Gretchen C. V

MONDAY! Make plans to join us at the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center at Wayne State University for another pair of FREE sets for Jazz After Hours. 🎷Our house band of Jordan Anderson, Sean Perlmutter, and Jonathon Muir-Cotton will be joined in the first set by Ralphe Armstrong and Nate Topolewski, and the second by Dominic Bierenga and Trunino Lowe. ➡️ It all happens at the corner of Cass and Hancock (enter on Hancock) on May 12, with doors at 5 p.m., and music starting at 5:30. See you there. #jazz #detroit

This was the scene last summer when the finalists

This was the scene last summer when the finalists in the 2024 Collegiate Combo Competition presented by Central Michigan University played at the Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe.🎷 If you think your band can make it there this year, be advised the application process is OPEN and we’d love to see you here this summer, competing for $2,000 and a spot on the festival stage! Find the details at the 🔗 in our bio. #jazz #jazzeducation

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