JUst Announced: gilles Peterson at Xanadu
Just Announced: Gilles Peterson’s Sunday Session celebrating Jazz Dance at Xanadu with Kieran Hebden, Makaya McCraven, and more
Marathon Schedules Announced
The epic Winter Jazzfest Marathons will once again unfold across two nights (Friday January 10 & Saturday January 11), at nine Manhattan venues followed by eight more in Brooklyn.
Halloween Flash Sale
TODAY ONLY! Get 20% off all Marathon tix 🎟️ with the code SAMHAIN! 💀🔔🎃 Offer availalbe on October 31 until midnight.
Makaya McCraven, Artist-in-Residence, appearing IN FOUR UNIQUE NIGHTS OF MUSIC AT THE 2025 NYC WINTER JAZZFEST
Makaya McCraven, Artist-in-Residence, appearing in multiple varied settings Jan. 9 at nublu, Jan. 10 at Manhattan Marathon, Jan. 11 at Brooklyn Marathon, and Jan 14 at Public Records
ALL TICKETS ON SALE FOR THE 2025 NYC WINTER JAZZFEST
Here it is! Announcing the initial list of artists to be featured at the 21st annual NYC Winter Jazzfest! Please mark your calendars for January 9-15, 2025.
EARLY BIRD NYC WINTER JAZZFEST MARATHON
Early Bird 2025 NYC Jazzfest Marathon Tickets on sale October 7 - 9, 2024. All other tickets types go on sale Thursday, October 10. Buy Tickets Now.
THE FIRST WAVE OF THE 2025 NYC WINTER JAZZFEST LINEUP IS OUT
Artist-in-Residence Makaya McCraven will perform four different sets. Festival highlights include an opening night concert with Aja Monet; the signature two-day marathon in each Manhattan and Brooklyn and more
Jazz Ragas For Restless Times
New York is a jazz town, always has been. And NYC Winter Jazz Fest, especially the Manhattan and Brooklyn marathon nights, is a chance to see many of the city’s best players outside of their regular grinds and typical clubs. I look at it as sort of a winter reset, after the flurry of end-of-year lists, and a chance to see what’s coming next….
Donald Harrison's Music Omniverse
NEA Jazz Master Big Chief Donald Harrison graces the Town Hall stage with special guests Dave Holland, DJ Logic, Vernon Reid, Charles Tolliver, Joe Dyson, Arturo O’Farrill, Fred Wesley, and The Headhunters (Bill Summers & Mike Clark) will present a program of multiverse, omniverse, multi-genre groove-orientated concepts.
ARS Nova Workshop at Winter Jazzfest
Ars Nova Workshop will bring the spirit of Philadelphia to NYC’s most celebrated jazz event with the Ars Nova Workshop Stage at Winter JazzFest, presenting a stellar all-star line-up for the festival’s 20th anniversary during the WJF Manhattan Marathon, on Friday, January 12 at Nublu
Celebrating The East: Brooklyn's Black Nation
The 2024 NYC Winter Jazz Fest will celebrate The East, with a special screening of the document film “The Run Rises in the East”, and Jazz Talks session on the impact of The East, and “A Night At the East,” a re-imagining of legendary jazz performances presented at the East.
The Value of Mentorship: A Conversation with Caroline Davis and Milena Casado By Kyla Marshell
Saxophonist Caroline Davis and flugelhorn player Milena Casado, who have both been participants in mentorship programs geared toward women and gender expansive musicians, share how mentorship has affected their growth as artists, and how they find ways to mentor other musicians, regardless of age or career status.
A Tribute to Curtis Fowlkes By Roy Nathanson
Curtis Fowlkes, who recently departed this life, was a helluva trombone player. The best, really. Walk onstage at any of these venues. Ask any musician who’s heard or played with him.
Winter Jazzfest Host Hotel
Moxy Lower East Side and Williamsburg are the official host hotels of the 2024 NYC Winter Jazzfest.
NYCWJF Silent Auction
Support our artists! Browse our silent auction supporting our 2024 Artist Fund featuring concert tickets, all access passes, signed CDs and vinyl, restaurant gift certificates, professional consultations, and more.
ViP Marathon + Jazz Congress Combo Pass
2-Day NYC Winter Jazzfest Marathon + Jazz Congress Passes available for a limited time only.
2024 NYC WINTER JAZZFEST
The 1st wave artist for the 2024 NYC Winter Jazzfest celebrating 20 years has been announced. Highlight include Shabaka Hutchings, Artist-in-Residence, making 6 appearances, with esperanza spalding, Saul Williams, Jason Moran, Joe Lovano and more.
Memories of Winter Jazz Breezy
After the late trumpeter jaimie branch moved to New York in 2015, she was a regular at pretty much all Winter Jazzfests that followed. Breezy loved that, over the course of its hectic week, she could get a few different gigs in, at least one that would inevitably feature her own proj- ects — whether the jaimie branch quartet that was soon renamed Fly Or Die, or her electronic improvisation duo Anteloper…