Jazz Fest 2025
2025 Northampton Jazz Festival
September 26 and 27
Jazz Fest Day
Saturday, September 27, 2025
The FREE music lineup features jazz musicians from nations around the region and across the country performing in downtown venues throughout the day, culminating in a special evening with New York Voices – The Grand Finale performing a ticketed show at the Academy of Music.
JAZZ FEST DAY LINEUP
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Ask Me About Jazz!
Interactive jazz for young people led by percussionist Richie Barshay
Northampton Center for the Arts, 33 Hawley St.
12:00 – 12:30 pm
Expandable Brass Band
Northampton Center for the Arts to Pulaski Park
12:15 – 1:00 pm
Jazz Jam for young people
led by Richie Barshay & Ron Smith
11:30 am – 12:15 pm and 12:45 – 1:30 pm (2 sets)
Miki Yamanaka
Solo pianist with a light, expressive touch
Click Workspace, 9 ½ Market Street
12:00 – 12:50 pm and 1:20 – 2:10 pm (2 sets)
Stacy Dillard Trio
Saxophonist fusing tradition and innovation
Parlor Room, 32 Masonic Street
12:30 – 2:30 pm
The Downbeat with Jack Frisch
Pulaski Park, 240 Main Street
1:00 – 2:15 pm
Karrin Allyson Quartet
Five Time GRAMMY Nominee
Unitarian Society, 220 Main Street
2:00 – 3:15 pm
Mike LeDonne’s Groover Trio
with Dave Stryker and Joe Farnsworth
Iron Horse, 18 Center Street
2:15 – 3:15 pm
UMass Jazz Vocal Ensemble
Pulaski Park, 240 Main Street
3:30 – 4:45 pm
Tone Forest
with Miro Sprague, Marty Jaffe and Jason Ennis
Edwards Church, 297 Main Street
4:00 – 5:15 pm
Zaccai Curtis Cubop Lives!
2025 GRAMMY Award - Best Latin Jazz Album "Cubop"
Unitarian Society, 220 Main Street
5:15 – 6:30 pm
Congabop
Afro-Cuban-inspired rhythms and hard bop harmonies
Pulaski Park, 240 Main Street
JAZZ FEST HEADLINER
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
New York Voices – The Grand Finale at the Academy of Music.
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JAZZ STRUT
Friday, September 26, 2025
Free Live Jazz
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 45-minute or hour 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!