Meet the Artists 2026
September 5 & 6
|Arena Stage, Grand Lobby Second Floor
Free tickets to get 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
2:30 PM: ASCAP FOUNDATION CONVERSATION: NEXT VOICES: HANNAH MARKS, KENNY RITTENHOUSE, RUDY ROYSTON
3:30 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: MICHELLE ROSEWOMAN AND QUINTESSENCE IN CONVERSATION
TICKET OPTIONS
General Admissions - Saturday
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General Admissions - Sunday
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