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Full Lineup

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Gregory Porter

Two-time GRAMMY Awards Winner for Best Jazz Vocal Album
Friday, September 1 | 8:00 pm
The Anthem

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Kenny Garrett

NEA Jazz Master
GRAMMY Awards Winner

Sunday, September 3 | 7:55 PM
The Wharf - District Pier

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Charles Lloyd

NEA Jazz Master
Saturday, September 2 | 6:30 PM
The Wharf - District Pier

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Samara Joy

2023 GRAMMY Award Winner for Best New Artist
Sunday, September 3 | 5:50 PM
The Wharf - District Pier

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Terri Lyne Carrington New Standards

NEA Jazz Master
Four-time GRAMMY Awards Winner

Saturday, September 2 | 4:30 PM
The Wharf - District Pier

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Dave Holland Trio

GRAMMY Awards Winner
NEA Jazz Master

Sunday, September 3 | 4:05 PM
The Wharf - District Pier

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Big Chief Donald Harrison

NEA Jazz Master
Sunday, September 3 | 4:45 PM
The Wharf - Transit Pier

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Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble  

GRAMMY Awards Winner
Saturday, September 2 | 8:30 PM
The Wharf - District Pier

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Omar Sosa Quarteto Americanos

GRAMMY Awards Nominated
Saturday, September 2 | 7:30 PM
The Wharf - Transit Pier

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Orrin Evans Quintet
with special guest Sy Smith

DC Jazz Festival Artist in Residence
Saturday, September 2 | 5:30 PM
The Wharf - Transit Pier

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Warren Wolf

Saturday, September 2 | 6:30 PM
The Wharf - Union Stage

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Vinny Valentino Group

GRAMMY Nominated
Sunday, September 3 | 2:40 PM
The Wharf - District Pier

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Julieta Eugenio Trio

DCJAZZPRIX Winner
Saturday, September 2 | 2:45 PM
The Wharf - District Pier

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Leigh Pilzer

Friday, September 1 | 6:30 PM
The Wharf - Union Pier

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Mark G. Meadows

Sunday, September 3 | 1:00 PM
The Wharf - Transit Pier

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Veronneau

WAMMIE Awards Winner
Saturday, September 2 | 1:00 PM
The Wharf - Transit Pier

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BIRCKHEAD

Best Alto Saxophonist by the Washington City Paper 
Sunday, September 3 | 2:00 PM
The Wharf - Transit Pier

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Etienne Charles

Creative Capital Awardee
Guggenheim Fellow

Sunday, September 3 | 5:00 PM
The Wharf - Transit Pier

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Chase Elodia's
Perennials

Saturday, September 2 | 2:00 PM
The Wharf - Transit Pier

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Corcoran Holt Group feat. Marquis Hill

Thursday, August 31 | 7:00 PM
Takoma Station Tavern

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Thursday, August 31 | 6:00 PM
The Parks at Walter Reed

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Ludovica Burtone

Embassy of Italy
This event is made possible, in part, by the Italian Cultural Institute

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Brass-a-holics
& The JoGo Project

Friday, September 1 | 12:00 PM
Anacostia Jazz Hop

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The String Queens

2022 DC JazzFest
Jazz Education Award Winner

Wednesday, August 30 |8:00 PM
House of Sweden
September 1 | 8:00 pm
The Anthem

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Lisa Sokolov

Downbeat Magazine "Best of the Decade" Listee
Thursday, August 31 | 7:00 PM
Rhizome DC

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Isabelle Olivier with Rez Abbasi & Michael Sarin

2021 Guggenheim Fellow (Abbasi)
Saturday, September 2 | 3:35 PM
The Wharf - Transit Pier

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Sunna Gunnlaugs

Icelandic Music Awards
Performer of the Year

Wednesday, August 30 | 8:00 PM
House of Sweden

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Landon Paddock Group

Friday, September 1 | 6:00 PM
Millennium Stage at The Kennedy Center

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Ayodele Owolabi

Wednesday, August 30 | 6:00 PM
Millennium Stage at The Kennedy Center

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George V. Johnson Jr.

Thursday, August 31 | 6:00 PM
Millennium Stage at The Kennedy Center

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Levine Adult Jazz Combo

Saturday, September 2 | 4:15 PM
The Wharf - Pearl Street Stage

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Levine Teen Jazz Combo

Saturday, September 2 | 4:15 PM
The Wharf - Pearl Street Stage

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Stuart Hobson Jazz Ensemble

Saturday, September 2 | 3:00 PM
The Wharf - Pearl Street Stage

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Capitol City Voices

Saturday, September 2 | 5:30 PM
The Wharf - Pearl Street Stage

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