Jersey City Jazz Festival

Jersey City Jazz Festival Day 1: Opening Party. The JC Jazz Festival offers days of food, music, and fun for everyone! The JC Jazz Festival is nonprofit committed to making jazz accessible to modern audiences through events, fundraisers & our annual jazz fest. This festival will take place from May 31 to June 9th.

Presented by Exchange Place Alliance, Riverviewjazz.org, & Arch Insurance

Schedule of Events: 

• Day 1: Friday, May 31

1. Jersey City Jazz Festival Opening Party will take place from 6:00 PM until 9:00 PM at J. Owen Grundy Park/Exchange Place featuring 2019 Grammy Award Winner Doug Beavers’ Salsa Orchestra.
2. The Hutton (225 Hutton Street) • 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM • Julian Meyers
3. Provost Presents  @ Headroom • 9:00 PM • Beninghove’s Hangmen & Molly Tigre (150 Bay Street)
4. Fox & Crow (594 Palisade Avenue) • 10:00 PM • Dana Kurtz

• Day 2: Saturday, June 1
  1. The Hutton (225 Hutton Street) • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM • Featuring: Ian Kenselaar Jazz Trio
  2. Vault Allure (Historic Holland Street @ Palisade Avenue & Bowers Street) • 6:30 PM – 10:30 PM • Featuring: Akua Dixon, Fish Harmonics & More
  3. Provost Presents @ Headroom (180 Bay Street) • 8:00 PM – 1:00 AM • Sounds in Color Featuring First Life & Friends
  4. Fox & Crow (594 Palisade Avenue) • 10:00 PM – Midnight • Jenna Mammina & Ralf Stadium
• Day 3: Sunday, June 2
  1. Provost Presents @ Headroom (150 Bay Street) • 11:30 AM & 1:30 PM • Nobuki Takamen Trio, Jazz Brunch (2 Seatings – ticket includes brunch & music)
  2. The Hutton (225 Hutton Street) • 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM • Jack Breslin Trio
  3. Music in the Park (Riverview-Fisk Park) • 12:30 PM – 3:00 PM • Enildo “Third Hand” Rasua
  4. Winard Harper’s Meet the Artist Series Marjai’s Sports Bar & Lounge (370 Communipaw Avenue) • 6:30 PM • Featuring Kenny Davis
• Day 4: Monday, June 3
  1. Brightside Tavern (141 Bright Street) • 8:00 PM • RJO All-Stars Jam Session
• Day 5: Tuesday, June 4
  1. Madame Claude’ Bis (390 4th Street) • 7:30 PM • Manouche Bag
  2. FM (340 3rd Street) • 8:00 PM • Jazz Jam with Orion Turre
• Day 6: Wednesday, June 5
  1. West Side Arts & Music (Lincoln Park) • 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM • Larry Banks & His Molten Lava Ensemble
  2. The Archer (176 Newark Avenue) • 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM • Go Bailers
• Day 7: Thursday, June 6
  1. Jazz @ CO  (201 Montgomery Street) VIP EXCLUSIVE • 5:00 PM • Adam Lomeo
  2. Madame Claude’ Bis (380 4th Street) • 7:30 PM • Manouche Bag
  3. The Archer (176 Newark Avenue) • 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM • Featuring: Blue Vipers
  4. Fox & Crow (584 Palisade Avenue) • 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM • Featuring: Ian Kenselaar Jazz Trio
  5. FM (340 3rd Street) • 8:00 PM • 11:00 PM • Even Dibbs & Cookthugless
• Day 8: Friday, June 7
  1. Groove on Grove (344 Grove Street) • 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM • Charlie Sigler Trio
  2. White Eagle Hall (337 Newark Avenue) • 7:00 PM • Red Baraat
  3. Fox & Crow (594 Palisade Avenue) • 10:00 PM – Midnight • Enildo Rasua
• Days 9 & 10: Saturday, June 8 & Sunday, June 9
  1. Jersey City Jazz Closing Festival
     • Saturday, June 8 
     • 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM
     • Grove Street Path PLAZA & Newark Avenue Pedestrian Plaza
       • Bank of America Stage (Jersey Avenue)
         • 1:30 PM Lady Bugs
         • 3:30 PM Gotham Easy
         • 5:00 PM NY Palladium All-Stars
       • NJCU Stage (Grove Street)
         • 1:00 PM Gengis Don & The Empire
         • 3:00 PM NJCU Salsa Orchestra FT. John Benitez
         • 5:00 PM The Afro-Peruvian Connection FT. Gabriel Alegria
       • WBGO Jazz Alley Presented by Courvoisier & Smallslive
         • 12:30 PM The Miki Yamanaka Trio
         • 2:30 PM Marion Cowings Quartet
         • 4:00 PM Pasquale Grasso
         • 5:30 PM The JD Allen Trio
       • Sunday, June 9
         • 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM
         • Grove Street PATH Plaza & Newark Avenue Pedestrian Plaza
           • Bank of America Stage (Jersey Avenue)
             • 1:30 PM Winard Harper
             • 3:30 PM Murch Church Brass Band
             • 5:00 PM Chino Pons
           • NJCU Stage (Grove Street)
             • 12:00 PM Swingadelic
             • 2:00 PM Tim Horner Septet
             • 3:30 PM Akiko Tsuruga
           • WBGO Jazz Alley Presented by Courvoisier & Smallslive
             • 12:30 Lezlie Harrison
             • 2:30 PM The Joe Magnarelli Quartet
             • 4:00 PM Stacy Dillard & Brooklyn Circle