Jazz Fest 2025

Photo of New York Voices quartet

Headliner: New York Voices – The Grand Finale | Academy of Music | Sat., Sept. 27

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!