Chicago Jazz Festival Citywide Funding Program Schedule

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Bethany Pickens Soulful Coalition

Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60611

Tromblau&Friends, Emma Blau (DJ set)

Tuesday, August 19, 2025

The Whistler
2421 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL 60647

9 p.m. - 12:30 a.m.

Tromblau&Friends:

Emma Blau - Trombone

Dakarai Barclay - Trumpet

Max Lazarus - Saxophone

Aliyah Jones - Vocals

Julius Tucker - Piano

Carmani Edwards - Bass

Jonah Lazarus - Drums

After the band’s set, Emma Blau will be spinning vinyl until close.

The Michael Ross Quintet presented by The South Side Jazz Coalition

Friday August 22, 2025

St. Moses The Black Ministry Center
7749 S. Vernon Ave., Chicago, IL 60619

6-8 p.m.

The 3-on-3 series

Friday, August 22, 2025

The Instigation Festival

Constellation Chicago
3111 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL 60618

7:30 p.m.

The Instigation Festival celebrates its 10-year anniversary with a weekend of interdisciplinary collaboration between the Chicago and New Orleans creative arts communities. For the first night of the festival, the focus will be on new collaborations. The 3-on-3 series will be revived, where three groups of three performers who have never collaborated before come together to create something new, followed by two sets of music.

Studio A - 3 on 3

Group 1

Byron Asher - reeds

TBA

TBA

Group 2

Nikki Noland - movement

Idris Daniel - drums

Jennifer Ligay- movement

Group 3

Gaby Martinez - movement

Scott Rubin - violin

Tuli Bera - movement

Studio B

Set 1

Sasha Masakowski with Ibises

Dan Bitney - drums, electronics

Nick Macri - bass, electronics

Steve Marquette - guitar, electronics

Sasha Masakowski - voice, electronics

Set 2

Helen Gillet - cello, voice, electronics

Dave Rempis - saxophones

Michael Zerang - drums, percussion
Delmark Rockwell Stroll

Sunday August 24, 2025

Delmark Records
4121 N. Rockwell, Chicago, IL 60618

3-7 p.m.

Join us for one of our favorite times of the year- the annual DELMARK ROCKWELL STROLL! This year is a special Chicago Jazz Fest with the Blueshift Big Band paying tribute to the legendary Barrett Deems’ Big Band! Special Lauren Deutsch jazz photography exhibit, and an illuminating Jazz Journalists Association discussion panel. Special guest performances!

Anton Hatwich Quartet and Quin Kirchner’s “Lost Levels”

Sunday, August 24, 2025

The Instigation Festival

Hungry Brain
2319 W. Belmont Ave., Chicago, IL 60618

21+. 9 pm. Free.

The Instigation Festival celebrates its 10-year anniversary with a weekend of interdisciplinary collaboration between the Chicago and New Orleans creative arts communities. For the final night of the festival, Anton Hatwich and Quin Kirchner will premiere new inter-city ensembles.

Set 1

Dan Bitney - drums

Hunter Diamond - reeds

Anton Hatwich - bass, compositions

Aurora Nealand - saxophone

Set 2

Quin Kirchner's "Lost Levels"

Jeff Albert - trombone

Byron Asher - reeds

Quin Kirchner - drums, compositions

Steve Lands - trumpet

Sasha Masakowski - voice, electronics

Aurora Nealand - saxophone

Dan Oestreicher - saxophone
8th Annual Nu Jazz Pop Up Festival presented by Live The Spirit Residency

Monday, August 25, 2025

Save A Lot Parking Lot, Englewood Square
850 W. 63rd St., Chicago, IL 60621

Dakarai Barclay, The Young Masters, and Windy City Ramblers

Women-Led Ensembles at Fred Anderson Park

Fred Anderson Park
1611 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago, IL 60616

Monday, August 25, 2025

6 p.m.

Lily Finnegan Trio:

Lily Finnegan - drums
Ed Wilkerson - tenor saxophone
Erez Dessel - keyboard

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

6-7 p.m.

Sharon Udoh Trio:
Sharon Udoh on keys
Angelo Hart on keys
Avreeayl Ra on drums

7-8 p.m.

MRQ- Marlene R. Quartet “Project New”
Lara Driscoll on piano
Zara Zaharieva on violin
Phil Beale on drums
Marlene Rosenberg on bass

 

Corey Wilkes

Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60601