GET TICKETS: Generations Series at Arena Stage on Nov 13

It’s All Things Jazz in DC on Labor Day Weekend   WASHINGTON, DC – July 24, 2024 – The DC Jazz Festival (DCJF) proudly announces its 20th...

DC Jazz Fest celebrates the international language of jazz during its 20th anniversary program. 

DC Jazz Fest Opening Night blast featuring Lakecia Benjamin at the new Australian Embassy at Scott Circle.

DCJF’s incomparable annual band competition enters its ninth year of recognizing and supporting top jazz ensemble talent. WASHINGTON,...

From the age of five, I knew that I wanted to be a musician. I was blessed to have the support of my parents. They always expressed to me...

DC Jazz Fest Adds Stanley Clarke, and more to the festival line up!

DC JazzFest Announces Jacob Collier Solo Show Taking Center Stage at 20th Anniversary Celebration

We are proud to partner with three hotels to offer our out-of-town visitors an outstanding hospitality experience this year.

Artist-in-Residence Corcoran Holt, this event, held on the eve of the 125th anniversary of the birth of Duke Ellington

Return to Glory II: A Celebration of Fred Irby III and the Howard University Jazz Ensemble will come back to Arena Stage

The DC Jazz Festival® (DCJF) today announced the initial lineup for the 20th Annual DC JazzFest, taking place . August 28 - September 1. 

We are excited to announce that the DC Jazz Festival will be performing at the Global Ties U.S. 2024 National Meeting on March 6-8, an...

The National Endowment for the Arts, with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, will honor the 2024 NEA Jazz Masters

WASHINGTON, D.C. – January 11, 2024 – The DC Jazz Festival® (DCJF) today announces that NEA Jazz Master Ron Carter, bandleader and the...

By: Orrin Evans As the time comes to end my appointment as the Artist-in-Residence of the DC Jazz Festival, I am filled with...

Chairman, DC Jazz Festival - Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Peter Gillon serves as Chairman of Board of the DC Jazz...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – November 13, 2023 – DC Jazz Festival announced today Return to Glory: A Celebration of Fred Irby III and the Howard...

Vice Chair, DC Jazz Festival - Executive Director/CEO, Arizona Sports Foundation ("Fiesta Bowl") Kicking off a new chapter in the storied...

Secretary, DC Jazz Festival - Former President and Chief Executive Officer, The NEA Foundation Harriet Sanford is Secretary of the DC...

Treasurer, DC Jazz Festival - Senior VP and National Small Business Development Leader, Wells Fargo Bob Marshall is the National Business...