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Detroit Jazz Festival @ Hart Plaza
DETROIT – The Detroit Jazz Festival, the world’s largest (and best) free jazz festival, today announced this year’s full 2025 lineup and schedule for Labor Day weekend, Aug. 29 – Sept. 1. Four stages will present an exciting and eclectic array of jazz luminaries in Detroit’s downtown and in midtown on the campus of Wayne State University. “We are thrilled to kick off our 46th year as a free festival and continue our mission of providing inspiring jazz performances to our faithful fans around the globe without any barriers,” said Chris Collins, president and artistic director, Detroit Jazz Festival Foundation.
Full schedule and lineup:
Friday, Aug. 29
Carhartt Amphitheater Stage
6:00 pm Dr. Valade’s Brass Band Featuring Shannon Powell
7:00 pm Keyon Harrold ‘Foreverland’
9:00 pm 2025 Artist-In-Residence Jason Moran and Jeff Mills with special guest Jessica
Care Moore
Detroit Jazz Hall located inside the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center at Wayne State University
10:30 pm Emmet Cohen Trio (Midtown After Hours Special)
Saturday, Aug. 30
Carhartt Amphitheater Stage
2:30 pm Wayne State University Jazz Warriors Big Band (under the direction of Professor
Vincent Chandler)
4:45 pm Herlin Riley Quartet
7:00 pm CHRIS POTTER TRIO Featuring Matt Brewer and Kendrick Scott
9:15 pm Hiromi’s Sonicwonder
JPMorgan Chase Main Stage
2:45 pm Zen Zadravec
4:30 pm John Pizzarelli
6:30 pm Kenny Barron Voices featuring Tyreek McDole
8:45 pm Maria Schneider Orchestra
Absopure Waterfront Stage
2:30 pm William Hill III
4:00 pm GSL
5:45 pm Allen Dennard Quartet
7:00 pm Tatiana Eva-Marie “Paris Je Taime!”
9:15 pm Endea Owens & The Cookout
Detroit Jazz Hall located inside the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center at Wayne State University
12:00 pm High School Showcase: University of Detroit Jazz Orchestra, Ludington High
School Jazz Ensemble, Notre Dame Preparatory High School Jazz Band, Utica
High School Jazz Band, Northville High School Jazz Ensemble
10:30 pm James Carter Organ Trio (Midtown After Hours Special)
Sunday, Aug. 31
Carhartt Amphitheater Stage
2:30 pm Michigan State University Jazz Orchestra/Bebop Spartans (under the direction of
Professor Rodney Whitaker)
4:45 pm Lakecia Benjamin
7:00 pm Omar Sosa Quarteto Americanos
9:15 pm Branford Marsalis Quartet
JPMorgan Chase Main Stage
2:45 pm Randy Napoleon and Waking Dream
4:30 pm Connie Han Trio
6:30 pm 2025 Artist-In-Residence Jason Moran presents the music of Duke Ellington featuring the Detroit Jazz Festival Collegiate Jazz Orchestra
8:45 pm Chucho Valdés & Paquito D’Rivera Reunion Sextet
Absopure Waterfront Stage
1:30 pm J.C. Heard JazzWeek All-Stars
2:20 pm Tottori Jazz Mission – Takumi Inoue Quartet featuring Himiko Kikuchi
3:05 pm Tottori/J.C. Heard JazzWeek Youth Bands combined Jam Session
4:15 pm Detroit Jazz Queens – Paying Homage to Those Upon Whose Shoulders We Stand “Ella, Nancy, Dinah, Etta”
5:45 pm Ian Fink
7:30 pm Zambra (featuring Devon Gates, Ria Modak, Angela Varo, Bahar Badieitabar and Queralt Giralt)
9:15 pm Walter Smith III Quartet
Detroit Jazz Hall located inside the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center at Wayne State University
12:00 pm High School Showcase: Grosse Ile High School Jazz Band, East Kentwood High
School Jazz 1, Meridian High School Jazz Ensemble, Rochester Adams High
School, Northview High School Jazz Ensemble
10:30 pm Rodney Whitaker Sextet Performs the Music of Joe Henderson (Midtown After Hours Special)
Monday, Sept. 1
Carhartt Amphitheater Stage
1:30 pm Nick Collins Sextet
3:00 pm Louis Jones III & The Flood
4:45 pm John Scofield Quartet featuring Vicente Archer, Bill Stewart and Nicholas Payton
JPMorgan Chase Main Stage
1:00 pm University of Michigan Jazz Ensemble (under the direction of Professor Ellen Rowe)
and University of Michigan Jazz Trombone Ensemble (under the direction of
Professor Dennis Wilson)
2:30 pm Kris Davis Trio featuring Robert Hurst & Johnathan Blake
4:15 pm James Francies Trio
6:00 pm 2025 Artist-In-Residence Jason Moran and the Bandwagon w/ special guests Meshell Ndegeocello and Akili Bradley
Absopure Waterfront Stage
1:30 pm Tiffany Gridiron & Friends
3:15 pm Collegiate Combo Competition Winner
5:00 pm Marion Hayden and Legacy with special guest Kamau Kenyatta
Detroit Jazz Hall located inside the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center at Wayne State University
12:00 pm Detroit Public Schools Community District Showcase: Edward ‘Duke’ Ellington
Conservatory of Music and Art at Beckham Academy, Cass Technical High School,
Henry Ford High School, Renaissance High School, Detroit School of Arts
The Detroit Jazz Festival will be held in downtown and midtown Detroit on Aug. 29 – Sept. 1 (Labor Day weekend).