Chicago Jazz Festival

The Chicago Jazz Festival is a Labor Day weekend tradition that promotes all forms of jazz through free, high-quality music programming. The festival showcases Chicago's local talent alongside national and international artists to raise awareness and appreciation for one of the city's most beloved art forms.

Schedule of Events

Von Freeman Stage (North Promenade)

11:30am - 12:25pm - Maddie Vogler
12:40 - 1:35pm - Bethany Pickens Trio
1:50 - 2:45pm - Big Shoulders Brass Band
3-4pm - Lakecia Benjamin

Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Security gates open 2 hours before the event start time. The concert perimeter (Pritzker Pavilion, Stage and Great Lawn) will be closed to the public for 1 hour before the gates open.

4:15-5:05pm - The Tomeka Reid Quartet
5:25-6:10pm - Billy Harper Quintet
6:25-7:25pm - Charlie Sepulveda
7:45-9pm - Catherine Russell