Current Events:

2023 SLO Jazz Festival dates announced: September 29, 30, October 1, 2023 - for 3 Days of AMAZING JAZZ! 
Contact here to SPONSOR the 2023 SLO Jazz Festival now. Reach thousands with your unique message.  Become a MEMBER of 2023 SLO Jazz Festival (secure access to best tickets and other discounts first!)

Event Committee - Volunteers Needed!

We are building a new Event Committee for SLO Jazz Festival to help us bring about the side concerts and concert series events we have planned for 2023 - 2024. Our vision: to create jazz pop-ups, jazz series, and special concerts year-round, building a culture on the Central Coast permeating jazz. We are also building an Jazz Festival Event Fundraising Committee to help us raise money for the SLO Jazz Festival.

To sign up as a committee member, contact Scott Andrews at 805.459.6939 or scott @ slojazzfest . org (without the spaces). Thank you!

2022 Summer Jazz Workshop is OPEN NOW for REGISTRATION - sign up TODAY

Special instructors will be announced soon. We return with the 2022 SUMMER JAZZ WORKSHOP, a partnership with Cuesta College and Community Programs, to bring College Level and Professional Instruction to ages 13+ for a Summer Experience you simply can't afford to miss! CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS.

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Court Street Summer Jazz Returns:

We are incredibly thrilled to present the 2019 COURT STREET SUMMER JAZZ, sponsored by the San Luis Obispo Collection. This Jazz series presents some of the finest local jazz groups for your entertainment experience and is curated by the SLO Jazz Festival. The location for the jazz series, now in its 5th year, is again at the Court Street terrace upstairs by Pottery Barn, Chico’s and Sephora. Some seating is provided and lawn chairs are also allowed at this free mall jazz series (please don’t block store entrances, stairways, or the elevator).

Court Street Summer Jazz runs every other Saturday from June 8 through September 14, 2019, with each show from 12:30pm - 2:30pm.
Featured groups for the jazz series include phenomenal original contemporary jazz by Joe Duran Group; The SLO Four comprised of standout college students; Judith & Her Jazz Krewe, bringing New Orleans trad jazz for the first time to Court Street; the always impressive Cuesta Jazz All-Stars, which includes Cuesta Faculty; recent Monterey Jazz Fest local sax hero’s Dave Becker Central Coast All-Stars; award-winning bassist and Cal Poly alumni James Gallardo Trio; G2 Project, pop jazz keyboardist George Garcia is joined by Darrell Voss and Gary Drysdale; then closes out with local all-stars Black Market Trio, led by SLO Jazz Festival’s Founder & Executive Director Scott Andrews, who performs songs from New Orleans to Havana, Cuba.

The series this year is dedicated to prominent local artist John Landon, who passed away this past August. Landon is well-known for his colorful paintings of many local Central Coast establishments, murals, and the artwork for each of the posters and backdrop for SLO JAZZ FESTIVAL. The cover artwork for 2019 Court Street Summer Jazz is by Landon, with poster design by Barry Goyette.

6th Annual Summer Jazz Workshop

We already have a record number of students signed up with less than 2 months before the July 15 - 19, 2019 Summer Jazz Workshop. Click Here for Details.

We are currently raising sponsorship, grants, and memberships to bring forth the 2019 SLO Jazz Festival and Summer Jazz Workshop. Join us and help these fine events happen! 

Check the Jazz Happenings calendar for jazz related events on the Central Coast.