Durango Ragtime and Early Jazz Festival

Durango Ragtime and Early Jazz Festival Annual music festival in Durango, CO featuring the world's greatest ragtime and traditional jazz musicians.

JOIN US for the return of the Durango Ragtime and Early Jazz Festival in April 2025! The greatest ragtime and classic jazz musicians from around the United States will descend upon the beautiful mountain town of Durango, Colorado, for four days of concerts, silent movies, seminars, after hours jam parties, and much more. All events will take place at the Durango Arts Center and the Historic Strate

r Hotel, only two blocks apart. The Diamond Belle Saloon is one of the most ideal venues for this type of music in the country, and the DAC has a gorgeous 9-foot grand piano for our concerts. CELEBRATE America’s first truly original music—ragtime and jazz—in an incredible location, Durango, Colorado.

04/18/2026

There’s more in store for the this weekend, and tickets are still available for today’s concerts. Check out Saturday’s festival line-up:

Presents “Blossom Seeley: The Queen of Syncopation” in the Pullman Room at the from 10 - 11 am.

Daytime Music Sets in the Pullman Room:
11-11:30 am: Domingo Mancuello /
11:30 am - 12 pm: Don Neely / .neely.rsjo
12-12:30 pm: Adam Swanson /
*Danny Coots will join on the drums.

Durango Arts Center /
Silent Movie with Live Music
“The Circus” (Starring Charlie Chaplin, 1928)
Frederick Hodges, piano
2:30-4 pm

Durango Arts Center
Grand Finale Concert (all musicians)
7:30-9:30 pm

After-Hours Party & Jam Session at the and
9:30 pm - 1:30 am

04/18/2026

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04/17/2026

Durango is celebrating the upcoming 250th anniversary of the USA along side the 150th celebration of Colorado’s beginning. There’s no better way to experience it than the 2026 - tickets are still available for tonight’s Ragtime Concert at the - and don’t forget to join us for the after-hours jam sessions inside the at the and with live music into the evening.

04/17/2026

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Enjoy more live music in Durango all throughout the 2026 this April 16-29.

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802 E 2nd Ave
Durango, CO
81301

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