Hyde Park Jazz Festival

05/15/2026

The Hyde Park Jazz Festival and Pickens Family are excited to announce the dedication of the Willie Pickens Stage on the Midway Plaisance. 🗣️

The stage naming honors one of the most significant voices in Chicago jazz and a founding contributor to the development and launch of the Hyde Park Jazz Festival which celebrates its 20th Anniversary this September! ✨

We want to thank the Pickens Family for this collaborative effort! We look forward to sharing the 2026 Line Up with you in early June.

04/26/2026

A global celebration of jazz is coming to Chicago with International Jazz Day 2026! 🌎🎶

In recognition of this special occasion, the Hyde Park Jazz Festival has put together a very special program. We invite you to join us on Tuesday, April 28th at 7:00pm at the Logan Center for the Geof Bradfield Sextet: Spirits of Our Ancestors - The Music of Randy Weston and Melba Liston, A Centenary Celebration. This program is FREE, join us!

03/14/2026

We couldn’t agree more. 💝

03/12/2026

A great preview of the Nubya Garcia and SOMI performances at Symphony Center this Friday, March 13th. This was curated by Kate Dumbleton, Artistic Director of the Hyde Park Jazz Festival.

Garcia arrives as a defining voice of London’s future-facing jazz movement, while Somi has built her career bridging continents and customs.

03/06/2026

A driving force within the U.K. jazz scene, tenor saxophonist Nubya Garcia effortlessly weaves rich layers of Afro-Caribbean rhythms, dub, spiritual jazz and electronic textures in a powerful sound that is “loaded with meaning and emotion” (The Guardian). Daughter of East African immigrants, Grammy-nominated vocalist Somi returns home to Illinois performing songs that “gracefully fuse African grooves, supple jazz singing and compassionate social consciousness” (The New York Times).

HPJF friends get a 30% discount using the promo code GARCIA30. Apply the code before you select which tickets you want. March 13th. Go to cso.org for info.

Curated by our very own, (Kate Dumbleton).

03/05/2026

The HPJF Artist Director, Kate Dumbleton is honored to have been invited to program two concerts for Jazz at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on March 13th. From Kate: "When Jim Fahey asked me to curate an evening of women bandleaders, I wanted to bring something a bit different to the Symphony Center's grand stage. Nubya Garcia is a part of the incredibly vibrant London, UK jazz scene and its a pleasure to have her cross the pond to perform in Chicago. We are now so fortunate to have SOMI in Chicago! Both artists are carving out their own space in jazz---if you haven't checked them out, I invite you to join us!! I am able to offer a 30% discount for "friends" so please use the code GARCIA30 as a promo code before you select which tickets you want to purchase on the symphony center website (cso.org). I hope to see you then!!

02/17/2026

CONGRATULATIONS to DEE ALEXANDER for being selected as a 2026 Jazz Legacy Fellow. Thank you for all you do to make Chicago jazz SHINE, Dee. We are so happy for you! Big congrats to all the Fellows!

The Mellon Foundation and the Jazz Foundation of America today announced the second cohort of Jazz Legacies Fellows, honoring 12 legendary artists.

01/26/2026

12/03/2025

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10/28/2025

Made in Chicago! Truth! Thank you for everything, Jack DeJohnette. Rest well.

Jack DeJohnette: Made in ChicagoHenry Threadgill: alto saxophone, bass flute, bass recorderRoscoe Mitchell: soprano and alto saxophones, wooden fluteMuhal Ri...