Our FREE music lineup features jazz musicians from across the country and the region performing in downtown venues throughout the day. Jazz Fest 2025 culminates in a special evening with New York Voices – The Grand Finale performing a ticketed show from 7:30-9:00 at the Academy of Music.
TIME: 11:00 a.m. til 6:30 p.m.
Fourteen live jazz performances at seven venues all across downtown Northampton! Free and open to the general public!
For more details visit the Jazz Fest website.
Jazz Fest Day Lineup
- Zaccai Curtis Cubop Lives! | 2025 GRAMMY Award - Best Latin Jazz Album "Cubop" | Unitarian Society | 4:00 p.m.
- Karrin Allyson Quartet | Five Time GRAMMY Nominee - Best Jazz Vocal Album | Unitarian Society | 1:00 p.m.
- Mike LeDonne’s Groover Trio | with Dave Stryker and Joe Farnsworth | Iron Horse | 2:00 p.m.
- Miki Yamanaka | Solo jazz pianist with an expressive touch | CLICK Workspace | 11:30 a.m. and 12:45 p.m.
- Stacy Dillard Trio | Saxophonist fusing tradition and innovation | Parlor Room | 12:00 and 1:20 p.m.
- Tone Forest | with Miro Sprague, Marty Jaffe and Jason Ennis | Edwards Church | 3:30 p.m.
- Ed Fast and Congabop | Afro-Cuban-inspired rhythms and hard bop harmonies | Pulaski Park | 5:15 p.m.
- UMass Vocal Jazz Ensemble & Friends | Named Best Collegiate Jazz Choir by Downbeat magazine | Pulaski Park | 2:30 p.m.
- Expandable Brass Band | Plays and marches throughout downtown | starts: Northampton Center for the Arts | 12:00 p.m.
- Ask Me About Jazz! | Interactive jazz for young people led by percussionist Richie Barshay | Northampton Center for the Arts | 11:00 a.m. *Pre-registration required
