The Chicago Jazz Festival is a Labor Day weekend tradition that promotes all forms of jazz through free, high-quality music programming. The festival showcases Chicago's local talent alongside national and international artists to raise awareness and appreciation for one of the city's most beloved art forms.

Schedule of Events

August 29, 2024

Chicago Cultural Center

Claudia Cassidy Theater, 2nd Floor North
1-2pm - The Young Masters presented by Live the Spirit
2:30 - 3:30pm - Jeff Chan Ensemble presented by Asian Improv
4-5pm - The DJAZ Quartet presented by The Elastic Arts Foundation
5:30 - 6:30pm - What is this thing called Jazz? Presented by the Education Committee of the Jazz Institute of Chicago.

Preston Bradley Hall, 3rd Floor South
12:30 - 1:30pm - IRIS with Special Guest Russ Johnson presented by The Fulton Street Collective
2-3pm - The New Deal Gypsy Jazz Band presented by llliana Club of Traditional Jazz
3:30 - 4:30pm - The Miguel de la Cerna Quartet presented by The Hyde Park Jazz Society
4:45 - 5:45pm - The Southside All Stars featuring Di'Kobi Berry and Darius Hampton presented by The South Side Jazz Coalition
6 - 6:45pm - Jason Adasiewicz
7 - 8pm - Amina Claudine Myers

August 30, 2024

Millennium Park

Von Freeman Stage (North Promenade)
11:30am - 12:25pm - Maddie Vogler
12:40 - 1:35pm - Bethany Pickens Trio
1:50 - 2:45pm - Big Shoulders Brass Band
3-4pm - Lakecia Benjamin

Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Security gates open 2 hours before the event start time. The concert perimeter (Pritzker Pavilion, Stage and Great Lawn) will be closed to the public for 1 hour before the gates open.

4:15-5:05pm - The Tomeka Reid Quartet
5:25-6:10pm - Billy Harper Quintet
6:25-7:25pm - Charlie Sepulveda
7:45-9pm - Catherine Russell

August 31, 2024

Millennium Park

Harris Theater Rooftop - Young Lions Jazz (Enter on Randolph St.)
11am - Whitney Young Jazz Combo
11:50am - Midwest Young Artists Conservatory Combo
12:40pm - ChiArts Combo A
1:35pm - Lincoln Park High School Jazz Band
2:25pm - Youth Jazz Ensemble of DuPage
3:15pm - Kenwood Academy High School Jazz Band

Von Freeman Stage (North Promenade)
11:30am-12:25pm - Windy City Ramblers
12:40-1:35pm - Leslie Beukelman & Jeremy Kahn's "Tonight: At Noon"
1:50-2:45pm - Mike Ross Quartet
3-4pm - James Brandon Lewis

Jay Pritzker Pavilion
4:15-5:05pm - Dennis Carroll
5:25-6:10pm - Jeff Parker/New Breed
6:25-7:25pm - René Marie & Experiment In Truth
7:45-9pm - Kenny Garrett and Sounds From The Ancestors

September 1, 2024

Millennium Park

Harris Theater Rooftop - Young Lions Jazz (Enter on Randolph St.)
11-11:45am - Alfie Jackson Quartet
12-12:45pm - Brandon Harper & Friends
1-1:45pm - The Isabella Isherwood Quintet
2-2:45pm - Alejandro Salazar and the Afro Cuban Exchange
3-3:50pm - Jcandthereupband

Von Freeman Stage (North Promenade)
11:30am-12:25pm - Mai Sugimoto
12:40-1:35pm - Sharel Cassity Alliance
1:50-2:45pm - Charlie Johnson Quartet
3-4pm - Jason Palmer Quartet

Jay Pritzker Pavilion
4:15-5:05pm - Clif Wallace Big Band
5:25-6:10pm - Eddie Henderson
6:25-7:25pm - Orrin Evans
7:45-9pm - Spanish Harlem Orchestra

Date:
August 29 - September 1, 2024

Location:
Chicago Cultural Center,
78 E. Washington Street,
Chicago, IL 60601

Millennium Park,
201 East Randolph Street,
Chicago, IL 60611

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