Festival Schedule:

February 15, 2024

8pm Faculty Jazz with Guest, Sharel Cassity, Durham Sharp 9 Gallery

February 16, 2024

4:00pm UNC Jazz Combos Guest, Sharel Cassity, Moeser Auditorium FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

8pm The Christian McBride Quintet (Festival Headliners) at Memorial Hall

February 17, 2024

North Carolina Regional Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Festival

Each year high school jazz bands and jazz combos participate in the Carolina Jazz Festival where they perform for other high schools, parents, band directors, and for our clinicians and faculty adjudicators.

8:30am-Noon: Performances by High School Jazz Bands and Combos

Noon-1:00pm: Lunch

1:00-4:00pm: Performances by High School Jazz Bands and Combos

4:15-4:50pm: Mini-Concert UNC Jazz Band featuring Sharel Cassity

5pm: Awards Ceremony

All EE events to be held in the Kenan Music Building and Hill Hall.

Fest Date: February 15 - 17, 2024

Location: Kenan Music Building and Hill Hall, Chapel Hill, NC

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