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World’s Hottest Jazz Events Guide

SEP 7 - DEC 14, 2024
Foster Perry Travel & Events
Jazz on the Water Concert Series
San Antonio, Texas, USA

Presented by Foster Perry Travel & Events, Jazz on the Water by Land and by Sea Concert Series presents the biggest stars in Smooth Jazz! RICK BRAUN, JESSY J, GERALD ALBRIGHT & WALTER BEASLEY! Bringing the best of jazz to San Antonio! Tickets & Travel : JazzOnTheWaterUS.com

 

DEC 20, 2024
Castella Music
And So It’s Christmas with Castella & Friends
Torrance, CA, USA

Join Smooth Jazz vocalist/songwriter CASTELLA for a festive evening filled with live music, good vibes, and holiday cheer at one of Southern California's hottest venues, The View Music Bar & Lounge. Sing along to your favorite Christmas tunes and enjoy special performances with special guests ACOUSTIC SOUL (Chad Bishop & Ashanti Dukes) and rising star, PHOENIX WONDER. The evening will also feature Castella's Amazing Band of world-class musicians!

DEC 30-31, 2024
The Florida Smooth Jazz Foundation
Rick Braun's New Year's Eve
Orlando , Florida, USA

Rick Braun's New Year's Eve Getaway starring RICK BRAUN and featuring GERALD ALBRIGHT, RICHARD ELLIOT, PETER WHITE, LINDSEY WEBSTER, MARCUS ANDERSON, JULIAN VAUGHN & NATHAN MITCHELL! Ring in the New Year with music, dining, dancing & hotel accommodations at Rosen Shingle Creek Orlando! 386-681-7007 | FloridaSmoothJazz.com

JAN 7-12, 2025
SFJAZZ Presents
Chris Botti at SFJAZZ Center
San Francisco, California, USA

The world’s top-selling jazz instrumentalist and GRAMMY-winner, CHRIS BOTTI returns with his stellar 9-piece band for 8 exclusive concerts at the SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco's Hayes Valley. A masterful musician equally at home in the realms of jazz and pop, he’s recorded over a dozen albums and collaborated with everyone from Yo-Yo Ma and Herbie Hancock to Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, and Sting.  SFJAZZ.org

JAN 17-25,2025
Tucson Jazz Festival
Tucson, Arizona, USA

Enjoy two full weeks of HOT jazz at the Premiere Jazz Festival in the Southwest featuring SHEILA E. AND THE E-TRAIN, CHARLES LLOYD OCEAN TRIO feat GERALD CLAYTON & ANTHONY WILSON, DELFEAYO MARSALIS AND THE UPTOWN JAZZ ORCHESTRA, BRIAN BROMBERG'S UNAPOLOGETICALLY FUNKY BIG BAND w/Special Guest MICHAEL PAULO, NEW BREED BRASS BAND and many more! Beyond the concert hall with 80+ artists performing on stages all over Downtown Tucson, plus Jazz Jams, Late Nite Sessions and the Downtown Jazz Fiesta (free to the public)! TucsonJazzFestival.org

 

MAR 27-30, 2025
Florida Smooth Jazz
Daytona Jazz Weekend - Hosted By Mindi Abair
Daytona Beach, Florida, USA

Host MINDI ABAIR is joined by GERALD ALBRIGHT, KEIKO MATSUI, RANDY JACOBS, RICK BRAUN, VINCENT INGALA & PETER WHITE, PAUL TAYLOR  & ADAM HAWLEY and BRIAN SIMPSON & JESSY J. Packages include Concerts, Hotel, Dinners, Brunches and Activities. 386-681-7007 FloridaSmoothJazz.com

OCT 6-13, 2025
Smooth Jazz Europe
Amsterdam Smooth Jazz Festival
Amsterdam, Netherlands

This week-long cruise aboard the AMADEUS BRILLIANT begins and ends in Amsterdam. Visit peaceful fishing villages, observe old windmills, and sample delicious Edam cheese and world-famous Belgian chocolates. Cities such as Bruges, Maastricht, Rotterdam, and Antwerp, with their unique culture and architecture, may cause you to lose track of the day as you meander their charming streets and alleys. Every day is rounded off with the masters of Smooth Jazz live on stage in the Panorama-Lounge including ERIC DARIUS, KEIKO MATSUI, KIRK WHALUM, PETER WHITE and more to be announced.
 A limited festival experience with only 130 guests!

OCT 30 - NOV 2, 2025
The Florida Smooth Jazz Foundation
The Florida Smooth Jazz Weekend
Daytona Beach, Florida, USA

Hosted by ERIC DARIUS, includes performances from BRIAN CULBERTSON, BONEY JAMES, DAMIEN ESCOBAR, RICK BRAUN, RICHARD ELLIOT & PETER WHITE, MAYSA, VINCENT INGALA, DAVID BENOIT & Special Guest ERIC MARIENTHAL, MARCUS ANDERSON, NICHOLAS COLE & REBECCA JADE.  386-681-7007 FloridaSmoothJazz.com