DETROIT – The full lineup was announced Tuesday for the 2024 Detroit Jazz Festival poised to take over the city on Labor Day weekend.
Organizers for the annual music festival on Tuesday, July 2 shared the entire lineup of artists who will perform in Downtown Detroit on Aug. 30-Sept. 2. The festival, which is free to the public, will be held at Campus Martius Park and at Hart Plaza -- where the historic Dodge Fountain was recently resurrected.
Here’s the lineup for this year’s Detroit Jazz Festival:
Friday, Aug. 30
- 6 p.m. - Dr. Valade’s Brass Band featuring Shannon Powell
- 7 p.m. - TRANSLINEAR LIGHT The Music of Alice Coltrane featuring Ravi Coltrane with Special Guest Brandee Younger, and the Detroit Jazz Festival Chamber Orchestra
- 9 p.m. - 2024 Artist-In-Residence BRIAN BLADE & THE FELLOWSHIP BAND
Saturday, Aug. 31
- 11:30 a.m. - MSBOA Showcase
- 1:30 p.m. - Wayne State University Jazz Big Band
- 2 p.m. - Harmolodics
- 2:15 p.m. - Wendell Harrison and Tribe
- 3 p.m. - Walter White Big Band
- 3:15 p.m. - Charlie Sepulveda & The Turnaround Plus Special Guest
- 3:45 p.m. - The Ron English Crew
- 4:15 p.m. - Isaiah J. Thompson Quartet
- 5 p.m. - The Bad Plus
- 5:15 p.m. - MONTY ALEXANDER D-DAY
- 5:30 p.m. - J Rowe/Jordan Schug Sextet
- 6 p.m. - Mimi Fox Organ Trio
- 7 p.m. - Nate Smith
- 7:15 p.m. - Melanie Charles
- 7:30 p.m. - Sean Dobbins Ensemble Presents The World We Know
- 9 p.m. - Cameron Graves
- 9:15 p.m. - Christian McBride & Inside Straight
Sunday, Sept. 1
- 11:30 a.m. - MSBOA Showcase
- 12:15 p.m. - Michigan State University Big Band
- 12:15 p.m. - JC Heard JazzWeek All-Stars
- 1:30 p.m. - Downbeat Blindfold Test
- 2 p.m. - Tottori Jazz Mission (Tottori, Japan)
- 2 p.m. - Collegiate Combo Competition Winners
- 2 p.m. - HAKi!
- 3:15 p.m. - James “Blood” Ulmer Music Revelation Ensemble
- 3:45 p.m. - Vince Abbracciante Nocturno — in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago - Solo Accordion”
- 4 p.m. - The Vibraphone Summit: Warren Wolf – Joe Locke – Jason Marsalis & Chien Chien Lu
- 5:15 p.m. - Chief Adjuah (formerly Christian Scott)
- 5:45 p.m. - Russ Macklem and BIG FELLAS
- 5:45 p.m. - JK6; Takatsuki, Japan Jazz Street’s Exchange Band
- 6 p.m. - THREE VISTORS featuring Edward Simon, Scott Colley, Brian Blade and special guest Becca Stevens and The Detroit Jazz Festival String Octet
- 7:15 p.m. - Joshua Redman Group ft. Gabrielle Cavassa ‘where are we’ tour
- 7:45 p.m. - Anthony Stanco Quintet
- 7:45 p.m. - Carmen Lundy
- 8:15 p.m. - Kyle Eastwood – Eastwood Symphonic; Detroit Jazz Festival Symphony Orchestra
- 9:15 p.m. - Ghost-Note
Monday, Sept. 2
- 11:45 a.m. - Detroit Public Schools Community District Showcase
- 12:45 p.m. - University of Michigan Big Band
- 2 p.m. - Kasan Belgrave Sextet
- 2:15 p.m. - Joe De Gregorio Trio
- 2:45 p.m. - Zig Zag Power Trio: Vernon Reid – Melvin Gibbs – Will Calhoun
- 4 p.m. - OOPAPADA/Dr. Prof. Leonard King
- 4 p.m. - Marquis Hill: Composers Collective
- 4:45 p.m. - Pablo Ziegler Quintet Featuring Roberta Gambarini
- 6:15 p.m. - Monika Herzig’s Sheroes
- 6:15 p.m. - Billy Childs Quartet, Special Guest Sean Jones
- 7:15 p.m. - BRIAN BLADE & THE FELLOWSHIP BAND with the Detroit Jazz Festival Jazz Orchestra arranged and conducted by Jim McNeely
The festival is free, but VIP tickets are available for purchase. Learn more about the event on the Detroit Jazz Festival’s website here.