Hyde Park Jazz Festival

06/18/2025

Throwback to last year’s magic ✨ — We’re about ONE WEEK away from this year’s Hyde Park Jazz Festival Benefit & Concert!

🎶 Join us at The Promontory at 6PM for a night of great music and even better company. Let’s keep the Festival FREE for ALL!❤️

📸 Photos by this year’s honoree Marc Monaghan

06/13/2025

🗣Have you marked your calendars for June 26th?

Tickets for our 2025 Hyde Park Jazz Festival Benefit Gala and Concert are HERE‼️Kick off the 2025 season by helping us keep the Festival FREE for everyone. You won’t want to miss it!

Purchase a ticket TODAY by clicking the link here or in our bio 🔗

https://www.hydeparkjazzfestival.org/benefit-2025

02/10/2025

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/between-sound-sight-symposium-tickets-1145911976569?aff=oddtdtcreator

02/03/2025

The Hyde Park Jazz Festival is thrilled to be collaborating with the South Side Community Art Center, Logan Center for the Arts, and the University of Chicago Presents to produce a weekend of programs in tribute to the great American artist Charles White.
Join us for a performance by pianist/composer Gerald Clayton of his original suite “White Cities: A Tribute to Charles White” with musicians Joel Ross, Marquis Hill, Logan Richardson, and Emmanuel Michael on Friday, February 14th at the Logan. The program will continue with a FREE symposium on Saturday, February 15th considering Charles White’s work in relationship to music, including his illustrations of jazz album covers, connections to musicians such as Harry Belafonte, and his portraits of great Black musicians such as Besse Smith. More info in the link in the bio.

12/10/2024

It was a great honor to host Nikki Giovanni along with Javon Jackson in the 2023 Hyde Park Jazz Festival. What an extraordinarily powerful life. We celebrate and thank you, Nikki Giovanni. Photo by Marc Monaghan.

11/25/2024

The Chicago Black Artist Union ( ) Presents: 400 Years. Tickets are available now! Get yours (link in bio) and join us on December 5 at the .

With iterations being performed over the past five years, The Story of 400 Years by Isaiah Collier ( , and choreography by Kennedy Banks-Battle ( ) has evolved to reflect the tide of the times and show glimpses of our desired future. The long-awaited world premiere of the full 13-movement suite will also feature on-stage visual media by Jordan Stewart-Curet.

The work explores socio-musicology, ethnomusicology, and epigenetics, and beautifully marries music, choreography, and visual media.

11/25/2024

The HPJF is so excited to see this amazing project continue to evolve. Check it out!

"The Chicago Black Artist Union Presents: 400 Years. Tickets are available now! Get yours and join us on December 5 at the .

With iterations being performed over the past five years, The Story of 400 Years by Isaiah Collier, and choreography by Kennedy Banks-Battle has evolved to reflect the tide of the times and show glimpses of our desired future. The long-awaited world premiere of the full 13-movement suite will also feature on-stage visual media by Jordan Stewart-Curet.

The work explores socio-musicology, ethnomusicology, and epigenetics, and beautifully marries music, choreography, and visual media. "

10/06/2024

Thank you, Michael Jackson, for this review and photo essay.

Photos from the Hyde Park Jazz Festival's 18th year demonstrate the indomitable spirit that sustains this celebration of musical community.

10/05/2024

Wow, we can't believe it's been a week since we kicked off our 18th Annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival! We are so grateful to have been able to celebrate music and community with you again! Thank you to our amazing volunteers, venues, sponsors, collaborators, audience members, and all of the phenomenal musicians who performed. We are still beaming with joy from last weekend's festivities and are already looking forward to doing it again next year 💚

Stay tuned for more updates about our programs!

P.S. Save the dates September 27th and 28th 2025 for the 19th Annual HPJF! 🕺🏽💃🏽🎷

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09/29/2024

What an incredible day! Thank you all for coming out to the first day of the Hyde Park Jazz Festival! See you on Sunday for DAY 2!