Upcoming Events
Jazz Film Night 2025: Brownie Speaks
Jazz Film Night 2025: Brownie Speaks documentary screening
Date: Thursday, June 12
Time: 7:00 p.m. Ana Bandeira Chocolates Reception
8:00 p.m. Film Screening
followed by Filmmaker Q&A
Location: Northampton Center for the Arts, 33 Hawley Street
Tickets: $15 in advance; $20 at the door
Jazz Arts Night Out 2025
The Northampton Jazz Festival brings live jazz ensembles to participating retailers throughout Downtown Northampton for a special edition of Arts Night Out in September. Come out to enjoy Jazzy Arts Night Out music and shopping at galleries and merchants throughout downtown!
Jazz Strut 2025
Free live jazz all night
Stroll, sip and dine your way through downtown Northampton to the sounds of jazz ensembles at establishments across town. The Jazz Strut features free evening jazz performances in breweries, bars and restaurants throughout downtown Northampton. Each ensemble starts at 30-minute intervals and plays for two hours, so you can be sure to catch a lot of live jazz and good times on Jazz Strut night!
Jazz Fest Day 2025
Free live jazz all day + a headliner
Jazz Fest Day features a free music lineup of jazz musicians from around the region and across the country performing in a variety of downtown venues throughout the day, followed by a special evening with internationally known artists performing a ticketed concert at the Academy of Music.
Jazz Fest Presents: Sun Ra Arkestra
Sun Ra founded the Sun Ra Arkestra in Chicago in the mid-1950’s. Sun Ra was among the earliest pioneers of the synthesizer and the free jazz revolution of 1960’s. Sun Ra sent a strong spiritual and musical message to his Arkestra wanting them to help make the universe better through positive vibrations and music.
Jazz Fest Presents: Sean Mason at The Drake
When Sean Mason speaks about music, you can hear the notes falling into place. The cadence of his ideas unfolds with deliberate tempo, each exploring and resolving tension like an inspired chord progression. On his debut album, The Southern Suite, he emerges as a guiding luminary, shining his introspective command as both a pianist and composer through the historic lens of jazz to create a work that distills the essence of the genre for our time even as it points the way forward.