Meet the Artists 2026
September 5 & 6
|Arena Stage, Grand Lobby Second Floor
This event is a talk. It is not a performance. This free event, with registration, gets an up close and personal look at your favorite DC JazzFest artist. Join us in conversation at Meet the Artist at Arena Stage.
TIME & LOCATION
September 5 & 6
Arena Stage, Grand Lobby Second Floor, 1101 6th St SW, Washington, DC 20024
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
1:00 PM: ARTIST IN RESIDENCE JANELLE GILL IN CONVERSATION WITH AMINA CLAUDINE MYERS
2:00 PM: ASCAP FOUNDATION CONVERSATION: NEXT VOICES: HANNAH MARKS, KENNY RITTENHOUSE, RUDY ROYSTON
3:00 PM: STYLISTIC VERSATILITY IN JAZZ: CORY HENRY, BEN WILLIAMS, BRANDON WOODY
4:30 PM: DIVINE VOICES IN THE MUSIC: DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER, LISA FISCHER, EKEP NKWELLE
6:30 PM: THE NEXT WAVE: A CONVERSATION WITH THE DCJAZZPRIX WINNER
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
1:00 PM: THE ART OF THE DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMING ROLE: NATE SMITH, ORRIN EVANS
2:00 PM: EMMET COHEN: ROOTED IN RHYTHM, REACHING FOR MORE WITH JOSHUA REDMAN, BILL FRISSELL, ETIENNE CHARLES, CHELSEY GREEN
3:00 PM: JAZZ BEYOND BORDERS: ARTIST: ELSA NILLSON, JOSÉ LUIZ MARTINS, DANILO PEREZ, ALFRED YUN, VILEM SPILKA
4:00 PM: REFLECTIONS ON DR. RANDY WESTON WITH WILLARD JENKINS IN CONVERSATION WITH TK BLUE, NEIL CLARKE, ALEX BLAKE OF THE AFRICAN RHYTHMS ALUMNI BAND
5:30 PM: MICHELE ROSEWOMAN AND QUINTESSENCE IN CONVERSATION