Chicago Jazz Festival Schedule — Thurs., Aug. 28, 2025

Chicago Jazz Festival  >  Thursday, August 28, 2025

 



(schedule is subject to change)

 

Chicago Cultural Center

Preston Bradley Hall

11 a.m. - Noon
Presented by Asian Improv
Hana Fujisaki Trio

12:15-1:15 p.m.
Presented by Illiana Club
John Skillman's New Normal Jazz Band

1:45-2:45 p.m.
Presented by South Side Jazz Coalition
Big Bari Band

3:15-5 p.m.
Presented by the Jazz Institute of Chicago
“What is this thing called Jazz?”

Claudia Cassidy Theater

11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Presented by Elastic Arts Foundation
STOMACHS

12:45-1:45 p.m.
Presented by Live the Spirit Residency
The Young Masters directed by Ernest Dawkins

2:15-3:15 p.m.
Presented by Fulton Street Collective
Greg Fundis Quintet - Performing Herbie Hancock's THRUST

3:45-4:45 p.m.
Presented by Hyde Park Jazz Society
Charles Heath Quartet


Millennium Park, Jay Pritzker Pavilion