Welcome to the Twin Cities Jazz Festival 2025!

Schedule of Events:

June 19, 2025

7:00PM to 9:30PM - Nyttu Chongo & Calvin Caron/Patrick Adkins (Free show)

Location: 204 N 1st St, Minneapolis, MN 55401, USA

5:00PM to 7:00PM - Jon Weber (in Maggie's Piano Lounge - free show)

Location: Crooners Supper Club 6161 Hwy 65 NE, Minneapolis, MN 55432, United States

6:15PM - Tina Schlieske (Free Show)
8:00PM- The New Standards and Friends (Free Show)

Location: Mears Park 221 5th St E, St Paul, MN 55101, United States

7:00PM - Peter Kogan Jazz Presents

Location: MetroNOME Brewery 385 Broadway St, St Paul, MN 55101, United States

6:00PM to 9:00PM - Jazz Unplugged - A Twin Cities Jazz Festival Pre-event (Free Show)

Location: Urban Growler Brewing Company 2325 Endicott St, St Paul, MN 55114, United States

June 20, 2025

4:00PM - Adi Yeshaya Jazz Orchestra featuring Jennifer Grimm
6:00PM - Doreen's Jazz New Orleans
8:30PM - Emmet Cohen Trio with special guests The Four Freshmen

Location: Jazz88 Main Stage (Mears Park) 221 5th St E, St Paul, MN 55101

5:00PM - Selby Avenue Brass Band with Thomasina Petrus
7:30PM- Las Guaracheras

Location: Jazz on 5th Street (Mears Park) 221 5th St E, St Paul, MN 55101

4:30PM to 6:30PM - Charlie Bruber & Jack Barrett

Location: Berlin 204 N 1st St, Minneapolis, MN 55401, USA

5:00PM - Dorothy Doring & Jon Weber
7:00PM - Nicholas David
9:00PM - Debbie Briggs Vintage Jazz

Location: Big River Pizza (Lowertown) 280 5th St E, Saint Paul, MN 55101

6:00PM - Teri Roiger Celebrates the Music of Abbey Lincoln (in the Dunsmore Jazz Room)
8:00PM to 10:00PM - Jon Weber and Colleen Raye (Maggie's Piano Lounge)

Location: Crooners Supper Club 6161 Hwy 65 NE, Minneapolis, MN 55432

10:00AM to 5:30PM - The Art of Jazz Exhibit

Location: Dow Art Gallery 2242 University Avenue W, Saint Paul, MN 55114

2:00PM - Jon Weber
6:30PM - Niny Salem

Location: Episcopal Homes 1860 University Ave W. St Paul, MN 55104

8:00PM to 10:00PM - Global Jazz Collegium

Location: Erta Ale Ethiopian Restaurant 308 E Prince Street Ste 140, Saint Paul, MN 55101

6:30 to 9:30PM - The Other Ol' Blue Eyes

Location: Gambit Brewing Co. 141 4th Street E. Suite LL2, Saint Paul, MN. 55101

6:30PM to 8:30PM - Maryann and the Money Makers

Location: Mall of America – Huntington Bank Rotunda 60 E Broadway, Bloomington, MN 55425

12:00PM - MetroNOME Big Band
1:15PM - Doreen Ketchens Master Class
2:30PM - Dakota Combo
3:45PM - South High School

Location: MetroNOME Brewery - Youth Stage 385 Broadway St, Saint Paul, MN 55101

6:30PM - Trius
8:00PM - Hannah Harder Sextet
9:30PM - Atlantis Quartet

Location: MetroNOME Brewery in Fingal’s Cave (Lowertown) 385 Broadway St, Saint Paul, MN 55101

10:00PM - Jazz Festival Jam Session hosted by Graydon Peterson Trio

Location: Pimento Jamaican Kitchen (Wabasha Street, Downtown Saint Paul) 354 Wabasha Street N, Saint Paul, MN 55102

4:00PM to 8:00PM - Erin Livingston

Location: Saint Paul Hotel Lobby Bar 350 Market St, Saint Paul, MN 55102

4:30PM - Jenny Klukken Quartet
7:00PM - Travis Anderson Trio
8:45PM - Abinnet Berhanu’s Ahndenet (Unity)

Location: Twin Cities PBS Stage 172 4th St E, St Paul, MN 55101

12:00PM - CoMUSICation
12:30PM - Experience Jazz
1:00PM - Walker West Youth Jazz Ensembles
3:00PM - Kamoinge Strings of Walker West Music Academy
4:00PM - The Black Note
5:00PM - Hip Hop History & The Arts Youth Showcase

Location: Walker West Music Academy Youth Stage at Saint City (formerly Creator’s Cup) 218 7th St E, St Paul, MN 55101

7:00PM - Katia Cardenas
8:30PM - Robert Lehmann & Toby Ramaswamy

Location: Walker West at Night Stage @ Saint City 218 7th St E Suite 100, St Paul, MN 55101

6:00-8:00PM - Trench Size Trio

Location: White Squirrel Bar 974 7th St W, St Paul, MN 55102

7:00PM - Room3

Location: Zamboni’s on 7th 174 7th St W, St Paul, MN 55102

June 21, 2025

12:00PM - Youth Performances - Walker West Music Academy & MacPhail Center for Music
2:00PM - Society of Chemists
4:00PM - Patty Peterson presents Jazz Women All-Stars
6:00PM - L.A. Buckner & BiG HOMiE
8:30PM - Catherine Russell and Sean Mason

Location: Jazz88 Main Stage (Mears Park) 221 5th St E, St Paul, MN 55101

3:00PM - The Avant Garde
5:00PM - Drums of Navarone
7:30PM - Swinging Motown

Location: Jazz on 5th Street (Mears Park) 221 5th St E, St Paul, MN 55101

4:30PM to 6:30PM - Abinnet Berhanu / Lasse Corson / Ryan Freitas
9:30PM to 12:30 - AMDJ set by D Untethered

Location: Berlin 204 N 1st St, Minneapolis, MN 55401, USA

5:00PM - Jon Weber and Connie Evingson
7:00PM - Minneapolis Jazz Guitar Duo
9:00PM - Brilliant Colors Trio

Location: Big River Pizza (Lowertown) 280 5th St E, Saint Paul, MN 55101

4:00Pm - Man experiment part II with Leslie Parker & Collaborators

Location: The Cedar Cultural Center (Minneapolis) 416 Cedar Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55454

4:30PM - Explosion Big Band! (Belvedere Stage)
5:00PM - Tom Hunter (Maggie's Piano Lounge)
6:00PM - Daphna Levy with Adi Yeshaya (Dunsmore Room)
7:30PM - Joe Pulice Salutes Buddy Rich (Main Stage Showroom)

Location: Crooners Supper Club 6161 Hwy 65 NE, Minneapolis, MN 55432

11AM to 4PM - The Art of Jazz Exhibit

Location: Dow Art Gallery 2242 University Avenue W, Saint Paul, MN 55114

2:00PM - Jon Weber
6:30PM - Maud Hixson w/ Rick Carlson

Location: Episcopal Homes 1860 University Ave W. St Paul, MN 55104

8:00 to 10:00PM - Andrew Schwandt Trio

Location: Erta Ale Ethiopian Restaurant 308 E Prince Street Ste 140, Saint Paul, MN 55101

12:00-3:00PM - Siama's Musical Instrument Petting Zoo
2:00-7:00PM - ArtStart- art activity and stilters

Location: Family Zone on 5th Street

7:00PM to 10:00PM - The Saint Peter Street Stompers

Location: Gambit Brewing Co. 141 4th Street E. Suite LL2, Saint Paul, MN. 55101

2:00PM - Lee Engele & Reynold Philipsek with special guest Gary Schulte

Location: Heimie’s Haberdashery 400 St Peter St, Saint Paul, MN 55102

2:00PM - The Gentlebrass

Location: MetroNOME Brewery – Youth Stage 385 Broadway Street, St. Paul, MN 55101

3:00PM - Hanson Hirsch Clowser
4:30PM - Abebi Stafford Trio6:00PMCody Steinmann Trio w/ Solomon Parham
8:00PM - Larry McDonough Quartet - Round Midnight - The Music of Dexter Gordon
9:30PM - Joel Shapira Quartet

Location: MetroNOME Brewery in Fingal’s Cave (Lowertown) 385 Broadway St, Saint Paul, MN 55101

10:00PM - Jazz Festival Jam Session hosted by the Graydon Peterson Trio

Location: Pimento Jamaican Kitchen (Wabasha Street, Downtown Saint Paul) 354 Wabasha Street N, Saint Paul, MN 55102

1:00PM to 2:30PM - Quarteto Carioca
2:30PM-3:00PM - Swing Dance Lesson by Uptown Swing
3:00PM-4:30PM - Naomi and her Handsome Devils

Location: River Stage presented by Great River Passage Conservancy Upper Landing Park, 226 Spring Street, Saint Paul, MN 555102

9:00AM to 12:30PM - Victoria Temiz with James Allen

Location: Saint Paul Farmers’ Market 290 5th St E, St Paul, MN 55101

4:00PM to 8:00PM - Erin Livingston

Location: Saint Paul Hotel Lobby Bar 350 Market St, Saint Paul, MN 55102

12:00PM - Dave Graf and Bone Chance
1:45PM - Steven Hobert n Sirclesound
3:30PM - Brian Grivna Quartet
6:00PM - Lila Ammons Jazz Group
8:15PM - Steve Kenny Quintet

Location: Twin Cities PBS Stage 172 4th St E, St Paul, MN 55101

12:00PM - Dream Loading (Franklin Middle School)
12:45PM - Minneapolis College Jazz Ensemble
1:30PM - MN Hard Bop Collective Sit-in Series
3:00PM - Minnesota Youth Jazz Bands
4:00PM - TBD
5:00PM - Roof Access

Location: Walker West Music Academy Youth Stage at Saint City (formerly Creator’s Cup) 218 7th St E, St Paul, MN 55101

7:00PM - Walker West Jazzwomen Collective

Location: Walker West at Night Stage @ Saint City 218 7th St E Suite 100, St Paul, MN 55101

7:00PM - Sarah Navratil Quartet

Location: Zamboni’s on 7th 174 7th St W, St Paul, MN 55102

June 22, 2025

7:30P - Man experiment pt. II with Leslie Parker & Collaborators

Location: The Cedar Cultural Center (Minneapolis) 416 Cedar Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55454

4:00PM - NxtGn Show

Location: MetroNOME Brewery in Fingal’s Cave (Lowertown) 385 Broadway St, Saint Paul, MN 55101

Date: June 19 - 22, 2025

Location: Various Venues in MN

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