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June 20-21
Jazz Festival at Patriot Place
Foxborough
The inaugural Jazz Festival features Dixieland, swing, world and modern jazz, funk and jazz standards.
Admission is free.
Roy Scott Big Band, Elm Street Jazz, Dixie Diehards, Mike Erickson, Swing 7, Steve Tapper and Little
Mahrud Orchestra.
Patriot-place.com/JazzFestival.aspx
June 20
5th annual
African Festival
Sampas Pavilion, Lowell
Sharing the music, dance and culture of many African nations.
Mamadou Diop (Senegal), Alee McCaulley (Liberia), Balla Toukara (Mali) and more.
Africanfestivallowell.org/
July 4-5
3rd annual
Hoop City Jazz & Art Festival
Springfield Technical Community College
Outdoor performances by national, regional and local jazz bands. Admission is free
Urban Jazz Coalition, Lin Rountree, David D. Davis, Marcus Pitts/ Carl Neal Project, La Timbistica,
Ron Gill, E.S.P. and Rick Epstein.
Hoopcityjazz.org
July 11
Paulie’s New Orleans Jazz & Blues Festival
John & Sons Fairgrounds, Worcester
New Orleans flavored jazz and roots music.
Hurricane Horns, Henri Smith, River City Slim, Chris Fitz Band, Lisa Marie & All Shook Up.
Baevents.com
July 17-18
23rd annual
Green River Festival
Greenfield Community College
Greenfield
Jazz, blues, folk and rock, plus hot air balloon rides.
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, CJ Chenier & Red Hot
Louisiana Band.
Greenriverfestival.com/
August 7-9
George Wein’s Jazz Festival 55
Fort Adams State Park &
International Tennis Hall of Fame
Newport
The Newport Jazz Festival – one of the world’s great festivals – brought to life by George Wein.
Tony Bennett, Dave Brubeck, Branford Marsalis, Hiromi, Etta James, Joe Lovano, Esperanza
Spaulding, Christian McBride, Rudresh Mahanthappa, and dozens of other great artists.
Jazzfestival55.com/
August 14 -16
5th annual
Provincetown Jazz Festival
Provincetown High School, Cape Cod
Featuring jazz artists from around the world in P-town, the nation’s oldest arts colony.
String of Pearls, Beat Kaestli, Shawnn Monteiro, Police Jazz Ensemble (NYC), Krisanthi Pappas Trio,
John Harrison III & Jim Robitaille
Provincetownjazzfestival.org
August 15 - 16
Salem Jazz & Soul Festival
Salem Willows, Salem
Perfect summer setting for a weekend of great jazz.
Manami Morita & Randy Runyon Quintet, Gregorio Uribe Big Band, Brotherhood of Groove, Sea
Monsters, Revolutionary Snake Ensemble, Boston Typewriter Orchestra, Qwill & Further from Zen
Orchestra, Soul Force V, Jordan Valentine & Sunday Saints, Boston Horns Big Band, plus DJ Radio
Scotvoid and MC Holly Harris.
Salemjazzsoul.com
September 4 - 6
Tanglewood Jazz Festival
Lenox
Tanglewoodjazzfestival.org
Beautiful music in one of the state’s most beautiful musical settings.
Paquito D’Rivera, John Pizzarelli & Jessica Molaskey, Regina Carter, Nnenna Freelon, Harolyn
Blackwell and Mike Garson, Kenny Barron & Mulgrew Miller, Jon Faddis Quartet with Dave
Holland.
September 18 – 26
9th annual
Berklee BeanTown Jazz Fest
Columbus Avenue and various venues in Boston
Boston is transformed into a musical, multicultural Mecca for jazz, world, blues and grooves.
Branford Marsalis Quartet, Godfathers of Groove, Kurt Elling, Ashanti Munir, Donna McElroy
Quartet, Marcus Santos and Bloco AfroBrazil, Elan Trotman, Donald Harrison New Orleans, Joe
Louis Walker, Yoran Israel, Defendes of the Grove and Jane Bunnett, Eguie Castrillo, plus Berklee
Salsa Ensemble, Berklee City Music All Stars, Berklee P-Fund Ensemble, Berklee Tower of Power
Ensemble and more. Also tributes to Billie Holiday, David “Fathead” Newman, and the Music of
Coltrane/Hartman.
Beantownjazz.org/
October 3
Falmouth Jazz Fest
Marina Park and various venues in Falmouth
Falmouth, Cape Cod
Arturo O’Farrill Sextet, Pat Martino, Greg Hopkins Big Band with Dominique Eade, Jonathan Batiste,
Quintology, Falmouth High School Jazz Band and Cool Nights Jazz Band.
JazzFestFalmouth.org
October 8 -18
5th annual
Pittsfield CityJazz Fest
Great jazz performances to promote year round jazz education in the Berkshires.
Frank Vignola Trio, Dave Brubeck Quartet, and Pittsfield CityJazz Youth Ensemble.
BerkshiresJazz.org
October 18
Melrose Jazz Festival
Memorial Hall, Melrose
Sol y Canto, Melrose JazzCollective, with Bruce Gertz, Joe Mulholland, Jeff Galindo and vocalist
Dominique Eade; Maggie Scott, with jazz vocalists Rebecca Parris, Donna Byrne, Wanetta
Jackson, Steve Marvin, Charles Turner, Paul Broadnax, Gary Johnson and Jon Wheatley
Melrosearts.com
