WHAT: 41st Annual Chicago Jazz Festival
Free Admission Performances at Neighborhood Venues, Chicago Cultural Center and Millennium Park
WHEN: Friday, August 23–Sunday, September 1
Times and locations vary, see schedule below
FRIDAY, AUGUST 23
8:30 p.m. JD Allen Trio
Constellation Studio B, 3111 N. Western Ave.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 24
6–10 p.m. Brown Derby Jazz Revue
Great Lakes Elks Lodge, 5110 S. Prairie
8:30 p.m. Marc Ribot Solo
Constellation Studio B, 3111 N. Western Ave.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 25
6–10 p.m. Brown Derby Jazz Revue
Great Lakes Elks Lodge, 5110 S. Prairie
9 p.m. Cooper Moore
The Hungry Brain, 2319 W. Belmont Ave.
MONDAY, AUGUST 26
5–7:30 p.m. Pop Up Nu Jazz Festival featuring Thaddeus Tukes, Sam
Trump, the Young Masters under the direction of Ernest Dawkins along
with special guest Jamila Woods and Alexis Lombre, with the Englewood
Soweto Exchange
Whole Foods Parking Lot, 832 W. 63rd St.
9 p.m. Anagram Fest featuring The Oh Years and the Alejandro Urzagaste Trio
Elastic Arts, 3429 W. Diversey Ave., 2nd Floor
TUESDAY, AUGUST 27
5:30 p.m. Tuesdays on the Terrace: Isaiah Collier and the Chosen Few
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, 220 E. Chicago Ave.
6–8 p.m. Ancient to the Future featuring Art Turk Burton Congo Square Ensemble and Ernest Dawkins
Jacob R. Caruthers Center, Northeastern Illinois University, 700 E. Oakwood Blvd.
Produced by the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), aacmchicago.org
8–10 p.m. Preservation of Fire hosted by King Hippo featuring Vibes Trio + 1 and Isaiah Spencer Collective
Co-Prosperity Sphere, 3219 S. Morgan St
9 p.m. Anagram Fest featuring Mobile Vanguard and the John Wojciechowski Trio
Elastic Arts, 3429 W. Diversey Ave., 2nd Floor
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28
6–9 p.m. 100th Birthday of Nat “King” Cole with Bruce Henry, Henry Johnson and the Musical Arts Academy
Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, 915 E. 50th St.
9–11
p.m. Preservation of Fire: QUARTETS hosted by Angel Bat Dawid &
King Hippo featuring Eliel Sherman Storey Quartet and Angel
bat Dawid & The Brothahood
Sphere, 3219 S. Morgan St
THURSDAY, AUGUST 29
6 p.m. Nois and the Dave Rempis Quartet Honor Fred Anderson with a Nod to Charlie Parker's 99th Birthday!
Fred Anderson Park, 1611 S. Wabash Ave.
Produced by The Birdhouse, Inc.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 30
9 p.m. Woolgathering Records artists Matt Ulery, Russ Johnson and Tim Haldeman with special guests
Sleeping Village, 3734 W. Belmont Ave.
Chicago Cultural Center and Millennium Park
THURSDAY, AUGUST 29
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington St.
Claudia Cassidy Theater and Preston Bradley Hall
11 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 29 – SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
Millennium Park
Jay Pritzker Pavilion - Headliners
5:45 p.m. Mystick Krewe of Laff and the Big Shoulders Brass Band will lead a New Orleans style second-line procession (starts at the west side of the Great Lawn)
6:30 p.m.–7:25 p.m. Jazz Institute of Chicago’s 50th Anniversary featuring Nicole Mitchell, Rob Mazurek, Ari Brown, Jeff Parker and others.
7:45–9 p.m. Freddy Cole, Tribute to Nat King Cole
FRIDAY, AUGUST 30
Millennium Park
Live Jazz Music on Three Stages
11 a.m.–9 p.m.
Jay Pritzker Pavilion–Headliners
3:45 p.m. Mystick Krewe of Laff will lead a New Orleans style second-line Procession (starts at the west side of the Great Lawn)
4:15–5 p.m. George Freeman and Billy Branch
5:25–6:10 p.m. Joel Ross
6:25–7:25 p.m. Ambrose Akinmusire Quartet
7:45–9 p.m. Art Ensemble of Chicago
SATURDAY, AUGUST 31
Millennium Park
Live Jazz Music on Four Stages
11 a.m.–9 p.m.
Jay Pritzker Pavilion–Headliners
3:45 p.m. Four Star Brass Band will lead a New Orleans style second-line Procession (starts at the west side of the Great Lawn)
4:15–5 p.m. Ben Wendel Seasons
5:25–6:10 p.m. Ryan Cohan's Originations
6:25–7:25 p.m. Christian McBride
7:45–9 p.m. Cécile McLorin Salvant
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
Millennium Park
Live Jazz Music on Four Stages
11 a.m.–9 p.m.
Jay Pritzker Pavilion–Headliners
3:45 p.m. Four Star Brass Band will lead a New Orleans style second-line Procession (starts at the west side of the Great Lawn)
4:15–5:0 p.m.5 p.m. Rempis/Falten/Ra + Baker Quartet
5:25–6:10 p.m. p.m. Camila Meza and the Nectar Orchestra
6:25–7:25 p.m. Latino-America Unida
7:45–9 p.m. Eddie Palmieri Sextet
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