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JAZZ FESTIVAL GUIDE 2020-21

Note: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all listings in this directory are even more subject to change than usual, and we are unable to guarantee the accuracy of any listing beyond press time. Please check festival websites to confirm.

United States

NORTHEAST

ALLENTOWN JAZZFEST

2020 Dates TBD

Various venues, Allentown, PA

www.allentownjazzfest.org

EXIT ZERO JAZZ FESTIVAL

2020 Dates TBD

Various venues

Cape May, NJ

www.exitzerojazzfestival.com

CENTER CITY JAZZ FESTIVAL

2020 Dates TBD

Various venues, Philadelphia, PA

www.ccjazzfest.com

INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY

April 30, 2020

Various venues worldwide

www.jazzday.com

ESSENTIALLY ELLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ BAND COMPETITION AND FESTIVAL

May 7-9, 2020

Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York, NY

academy.jazz.org/ee

MARY LOU WILLIAMS JAZZ FESTIVAL

May 8-9, 2020

Kennedy Center, Washington, DC

www.kennedy-center.org

JAZZ & BLUES, WINE & BREWS

May 9, 2020

Historic Downtown, Berlin, MD

www.berlinchamber.org

VISION FESTIVAL

May 23-28, 2020

Roulette, Brooklyn, NY

www.artsforart.org/vf23.html

GREAT GRAPES! WINE & FOOD FESTIVAL

May 30, 2020

Oregon Ridge Park, Hunt Valley, MD

www.uncorkthefun.com

CAPITAL JAZZ FEST

June 5-7, 2020

Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD

www.capitaljazz.com

DOLLAR BANK THREE RIVERS ARTS FESTIVAL

June 5-14, 2020

Point State Park & surrounding areas, Pittsburgh, PA

www.traf.trustarts.org

BURLINGTON DISCOVER JAZZ FESTIVAL

June 5-14, 2020

Various venues, Burlington, VT

www.discoverjazz.com

CAMBRIDGE ARTS RIVER FESTIVAL

June 6, 2020

Central Square, Cambridge, MA

www.cambridgema.gov/arts/Programs/riverfestival

DC JAZZ FESTIVAL

June 12-21, 2020

Various venues, Washington, DC

www.dcjazzfest.org

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