Denver Jazz Fest 2025: Dianne Reeves, Bill Frisell, Ghost-Note & More (April 3-6)

Article Contributed by DL Media | Published on Thursday, October 31, 2024

Tickets on Sale November 1 at denverjazz.org

Denver Jazz, a newly formed 501 (c)(3) Colorado nonprofit corporation proudly announces the inaugural Denver Jazz Fest scheduled from April 3-6, 2025. The annual four-day event will engage the front range community through diverse, inclusive regional, national, and international performances and educational programs. Confirmed headline artists include Dianne Reeves in her first Denver public concert since 2018 and the Bill Frisell In My Dreams project, a Denver premiere direct from the highly acclaimed Big Ears Festival. These endearing time-honored icons have deep roots in the Denver community. Also set to appear are Omar Sosa Quarteto Americanos, Ghost-Note, The Headhunters, Isaiah Collier, Garaj Mahal, Rico Jones with additional artists to be announced.

Jazz luminary Charles McPherson with special guest Terell Stafford featuring Ben Markley, Seth Lewis and Dru Heller are also scheduled. McPherson and Stafford will also engage front range university jazz programs and Aurora Public School students and the CCJA (Colorado Conservatory for the Jazz Arts) through masterclasses and workshops. These exclusive outreach events will be held at the Metro State University Kalamath Building, the esteemed program under the direction of Dawn Clement and Shane Endsley. The two-day initiative is sponsored by Temple University and the Boyer College of Music and Dance with additional support through Gift of Jazz, a Colorado education non-profit.

Upwards of 30 Denver Jazz performances will take place in 10 venues during the first weekend of April, in celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month and in recognition of KUVO’s 40th Anniversary year-long festivities. States Denver Jazz Fest co-founder, David Froman, “We have raised the bar high for our first year to unite the jazz community through city-wide partnerships and venue collaborations with the Newman Center for the Performing Arts, Dazzle, Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom and The Other Side, Spangalang Brewery, Nocturne, and the Galleria at the DPAC. Boulder County area shows will be featured at the Boulder and Fox Theaters, and Muse Performance Space in Lafayette.”

Pre-Fest kick off event ahead of the Denver Jazz Fest:

Art Lande - ECM’s Rubisa Patrol Revisited with Mark Isham

Presented by Denver Jazz and Gift of Jazz

Tuesday, November 26, 2024; Dazzle @ 6:30PM

Denver Jazz Fest Schedule, April 3-6, 2025

THURSDAY, April 3

Bill Frisell – In My Dreams featuring Thomas Morgan, Rudy Royston, Jenny Scheinman, Eyvind Kang & Hank Roberts

Newman Center for the Performing Arts @ 7:00PM

Omar Sosa Quarteto Americanos with Sheldon Brown, Ernesto Mazar Kindelán and Josh Jones

Dazzle @ 7:00 and 9:30PM

FRIDAY, April 4

Charles McPherson Quintet with special guest Terell Stafford featuring Ben Markley, Seth Lewis and Dru Heller