2023 Litchfield Jazz Fest – Tickets on sale!

Litchfield Performing Arts announces the 28th annual Litchfield Jazz Festival, July 28, 29 and 30th in Washington, CT. The event will be held on the beautiful grounds of the Frederick Gunn School and in its new, acoustically excellent Tisch Auditorium with unobstructed views from every seat. Last summer the iconic

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ONE WEEK AWAY!

In 1996 a small gem of a music celebration popped up in a nature preserve in Litchfield County Connecticut. That debut was to become one of the longer standing jazz festivals in the United States.  After running a classical concert series for 15 years and exploring jazz in small venue

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7/31 – Beautiful Ballads – Feat. Albert Rivera, Andrew Hadro, and Carmen Staaf

Litchfield Jazz Festival will mark its 26th anniversary with a live streamed full day of top flight music  from Telefunken Soundstage on Saturday, July 31.  The festival will be available to the public free of charge from noon to 6 PM. The lineup begins  with a moving and romantic set

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Save The Date – Litchfield Jazz Fest July 31, 2021

In 1996 a small gem of a music celebration popped up in a nature preserve in Litchfield County Connecticut. That debut was to become one of the longer standing jazz festivals in the United Stess.  After running a classical concert series for 15 years and exploring jazz in small venue

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FREE VIRTUAL CONCERT! Emmet Cohen Trio on Dec 17

“As he strides through Fats Waller with his left hand while his right is tossing off shimmering passages conjuring up Duke Ellington, Earl Hines, and Art Tatum, Emmet Cohen would be the first to acknowledge he hasn’t bested these heavyweights….but by deciding to play ball, he surely honors what they

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NEW! Litchfield Jazz Fest Presents – FREE Virtual Concert Series

Litchfield Jazz Festival is a stickler for doing whatever we do first rate.  With 25 years of Festivals showcasing the talents of people like Wayne Shorter, Tito Puente, Ray Charles, Dave Brubeck, Christian McBride, Cecile McLorin Salvant, Gregory Porter, Hubert Laws, Roy Haynes, Ahmad Jamal and hundreds of others, allowing

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2020 Litchfield Jazz Fest featured on JazzPolice.com

There is a great write up of the recent jazz festival on the popular website, JazzPolice.com: On Saturday, July 25, 2020, the Litchfield Jazz Festival held a virtual event. During this pandemic, it is wonderful to see organizations still bringing music to the people. This is the 25th anniversary of the

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Wrapping up a great summer

For those who hadn’t the foggiest notion how or if they were going to be able to attend Litchfield Jazz Camp or Litchfield Jazz Fest this summer, we found an answer! As our own Albert Rivera often says for emphasis, I’m not gonna lie—it was not easy!  But we have

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