Becker Spear is a Northwestern University senior and will be serving as a DC JazzFest events management intern. He studies...

Jordan Bell, a Washington, D.C., native, studies jazz saxophone performance at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. As a...

JAZZAlive & DC Jazz Festival welcome Orrin Evans to the University of the District of Columbia as part of his DCJF Artist In Residency.

Announce Date: January 24, 2022 Close Date: February 11, 2022 Position: Coordinator, Programs and...

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DC Jazz Festival® (DCJF) is excited to announce the dates of the 2022 DC JazzFest, which will take place August 31-September 4, 2022,...

Vice President, Communications and Marketing, National Alliance for Public Charter Schools Deborah Veney is Vice President for Government...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – DECEMBER 21, 2021 – The DC Jazz Festival® (DCJF) today announces Orrin Evans, prolific pianist-composer-bandleader,...

Leslie S. Whipkey, CIMA®, CFP® is a retired financial professional, who provided investment advisory and consulting services for...

Uniting Our Community by Sunny Sumter, President and CEO When the COVID-19 pandemic first hit, DC Jazz Festival, like other cultural...

Policy Director, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP Carmencita Whonder is Policy Director for Government Relations D.C., office of...

The DC Jazz Festival (DCJF) has updated our health and safety policies ahead of the 17th Annual DC JazzFest in an effort to prioritize...

Sponsorship extends Events DC’s long-established partnership with the premier music festival *FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE* WASHINGTON, D.C. –...

DC Jazz Festival is proud to launch its new podcast series titled We Get to Talk, where DCJF Executive Director Sunny Sumter engages jazz...

DC Jazz Festival is excited to announce that the official dates for this year’s edition of the DC JazzFest will be September 1-5, 2021....

When speaking with DCJF Artistic Director Willard Jenkins, legendary DC Jazz educator and musician Davey Yarborough stated, “We started...

Longtime DC resident, jazz historian, and perennial cool cat Bill Brower claims many titles. As #DCJF Artistic Director Willard Jenkins...

For this week’s DC Jazz Festival #BlackHistoryMonth feature we proudly highlight one of DC’s biggest jazz advocates, WPFW Program...

"For over 50 years, Vernard R. Gray served as a pillar of D.C.’s cultural landscape: organizing art exhibitions, presenting jazz, taking...

Since its inception, DC Jazz Festival has been a steadfast and vocal advocate for our hometown of Washington, DC. We are proud to be part...