Schedule Of Events

April 4, 2025

Art Walk

The weekend festivities begin with the Gillioz April Artwalk. In cooperation with the Smithsonian Institution you’ll experience images of jazz masters and a playlist of those artists to enhance the experience. The Gallery on the second floor will showcase Gillioz resident companies including the Ozarks Lyric Opera, Missouri Jazz Orchestra, Mosaic Arts Collective, and the Southwest Film Office. Concessions are available here to enhance your interactions. Explore THE THIRD FLOOR - where additional resident companies SATO48 hosts independent short film screenings and Two Black Ravens Foundation curates a new art exhibit and opportunities to interact with the artist.

April 5, 2025

11:00AM - 4:00PM : Jazz Cafe

The historic Gillioz lobby becomes the Gillioz Jazz Cafe showcasing regional talent rotations. A premium bar and food truck offerings from Tortuga Tortas will be available.

8pm : Concert Event - John Pizzarelli

Guitarist and singer John Pizzarelli has been hailed by the Boston Globe for “reinvigorating the Great American Songbook and re-popularizing jazz.” Established as one of the prime contemporary interpreters of the Great American Songbook, Pizzarelli has expanded that repertoire by including the music of Paul McCartney, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Tom Waits, Antônio Carlos Jobim and the Beatles. In addition to being a bandleader and solo performer, Pizzarelli has been a special guest on recordings for major pop names such as Natalie Cole, Kristin Chenoweth, Tom Wopat, Rickie Lee Jones and Dave Van Ronk, as well as leading jazz artists such as Rosemary Clooney, Ruby Braff, Johnny Frigo, Buddy DeFranco, Harry Allen and, of course, his father Bucky Pizzarelli. He won a Grammy Award in the Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album category as co-producer of James Taylor’s American Standard in 2021. A radio personality who got his start in the medium in 1984, Pizzarelli is co-host, alongside wife Jessica Molaskey, of Radio Deluxe with John Pizzarelli.

MOJO: Founded in 2009, the Missouri Jazz Orchestra, also known as MOJO, is an ensemble of professional musicians and music educators with a passion for the past, present and future of an original American art form, Jazz. For the entirety of its existence, the Missouri Jazz Orchestra had been performing twice monthly to read charts, improvise, and propagate the rich traditions of jazz, America’s original art form. A commitment to excellence in both the written and improvisational aspects of jazz, and the unparalleled musicianship of MOJO members - many of whom have been with the band since the founding-means that every performance is a profound experience.

April 6, 2025

Film - The Wizard of Oz

To culminate a weekend of significant jazz influences, we’re hosting a FREE showing of the 1939 family classic, The Wizard of Oz. Walk the yellow brick road for yourself and experience the timeless musical film on the big screen. Kansas farm girl Dorothy embarks on an adventure with a cast of characters that ultimately reminds us all that “there’s no place like home!”.

Date : April 4-6, 2025

Location :

Gillioz Theatre,

325 Park Central East,

Springfield, MO 65806

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