Chicago Jazz Festival Schedule — Thurs., Aug. 28, 2025
Chicago Jazz Festival > Thursday, August 28, 2025
(schedule is subject to change)
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
- 7:45-9 p.m. - esperanza spalding
- 6:30-7:30 p.m. - Henry Johnson



