5th annual New Bedford JazzFest on Saturday, June 11 Features Top Jazz Bands and Orchestras

The 5th annual New Bedford JazzFest is taking place at Pier 3 in downtown New Bedford on Saturday, June 11, 2016 from 2:00 - 7:00 p.m.

This year's lineup includes the Greg Abate Quartet, the Southcoast Jazz Orchestra, Monteirobots, Global Learning Charter Jazz Combo and the UMass/Dartmouth Jazz Band.

Tickets are $20 in advance, or $25 at the gate the day of the festival.

Proceeds from the festival benefit Your Theatre, Inc. a 69 year old local theater group that produces several dramatic productions each year while exposing the community to the riches of theater.

For year round jazz in Massachusetts, visit MassJazz.com. 

Find out more about visiting New Bedford at DestinationNewBedford.

For details on visiting Massachusetts, go to MassVacation.com.

Harvard Medical School's Improvised Music & Medicine Series presents Jazz Concert on Friday, June 10

The Harvard Medical School's (HMS) Improvised Music and Medical Series kicks of with a concert by the Breakaway Quartet starting at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, June 10, at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, located at 677 Huntington Avenue in Boston.

The series is part of the Harvard Medical School Arts & Humanities Initiative, a multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional effort to utilize arts and humanities in medical education.

After the concert, Dr. Lisa Wong of the HMS Arts Initiative will lead a question and answer session with the audience and musicians.

For year round details on live jazz in Massachusetts, visit MassJazz.com.

MassJazz's Festival Schedule Has Arrived!

Check out Mass Jazz's schedule of jazz festivals taking place throughout Massachusetts in 2016.  

The season kicks off on June 4th with the Cambridge Arts River Festival and continues through October, concluding with the Northampton Jazz Festival.

Visit us at MassJazz.com/festivals for the most up-to-date information.

To keep up to date and find more information on live jazz in hotels, clubs, campuses, concert halls and other cultural venues throughout Massachusetts, visit MassJazz.com.MassJazz is part of the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism and promotes the state's vibrant jazz scene to residents and tourists throughout the year.

Live Jazz in Massachusetts, June 1-5, 2016

Arturo Sandoval

Check out the live jazz and blues in Massachusetts the first week of June, topped off by the great Arturo Sandoval performing at the Cabot Theater in Beverly.

June 1 
Jazz and Blues Open Jam
Spire Center for Performing Arts
25½ Court St., Plymouth
spirecenter.org

June 2
Blue Horizon Jazz Band
Primavera Ristorante
20 Pleasant St., Millis
primav.com

June 2
The Jazz Depot
Destaré Martini Bar
320 Main St., Fitchburg
destare.com

June 3
Christian Sands
Scullers Jazz Club
scullersjazz.com

June 3
Michael Dessen Trio
Gateway City Arts
92 Race St., Holyoke
jazzshares.org

June 3-4
Christian McBride Trio
Scullers Jazz Club at the Double Tree Guest Suites
400 Soldiers Rd., Boston
scullersjazz.com

June 4
Cambridge Arts River Festival
East Cambridge Waterfront
Cambridge
cambridgema.gov

June 5
Leah Souza
Bullfinchs Restaurant
730 Boston Post Rd., Sudbury
bullfinchs.com

June 5
Arturo Sandoval
The Cabot
286 Cabot St., Beverly
thecabot.org

Find year round information at MassJazz.com.

Plymouth Rock Assurance Jazz Fest Takes Place May 27-29 in Plymouth, Massachusetts

The 3rd annual Plymouth Rock Assurance Jazz Fest 2016 takes place this weekend, from Friday, May 27 through Sunday, May 29, 2016 at the Spire Center for the Performing Arts in Plymouth.

Among the performers:

Friday: vocalist Donna Byrne and the Marshall Wood Trio, the Greg Abate Quintet

Saturday: Rich Greenblatt Sextet and the Eldar Djangirov Trio

Sunday: All Star Open Jam featuring Johnny Souza and the Spire House Jazz Band.

Eric Jackson, noted jazz radio host for the WGBH show, Eric in the Evening, serves as Master of Ceremony at the Friday and Saturday shows.

Here is a complete schedule of 2016 jazz festivals in Massachusetts through October.

For year round details on live jazz, visit MassJazz.com.

Live Jazz in Massachusetts this Weekend

Grace Kelly

Here is a sampling of live jazz taking place in Massachusetts this weekend.  Check out our list of Jazz Clubs to find live jazz near you. 

SATURDAY, May 21 
Saturday Jazz Brunch
Beehive
541 Tremont St., Boston
beehiveboston.com

Wendee Glick
Colonial Inn
48 Monument Sq., Concord
concordscolonialinn.com

Yoko Miwa

Les Gyzomates

129 South Street, Boston

winebar129.com

Mark Marguis
New Players Theatre Guild
15 Rollstone Street, Fitchburg
nptg.org

SUNDAY, May 22 
Dave Whitney
Bullfinchs Restaurant
730 Boston Post Rd., Sudbury
bullfinchs.com

New Black Eagle Jazz Band

Ken's Steak House

Route 9, Framingham

Ken'sStateHouse.com

Grace Kelly in Concert
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Ave., Boston
sueauclairpromotions.com

For year round information on jazz and blues in Massachusetts, visit MassJazz.com.

For visitor information, go to MassVacation.com. 

Massachusetts Celebrates International Jazz Day on April 30

Devlin’s in Brighton

The global community of jazz fans celebrated International Jazz Day on April 20, 2016, by performing live concerts, bringing music to the classrooms and singing the praises of this distinctly American art form that is now shared around the globe.

Massachusetts has a vibrant, year-round jazz scene that attracts musicians from across the globe, including Central and South America, Europe, Asia and Australia.

Many come here to study or teach at schools like the Berklee College of Music, New England Conservatory, and UMass/Amherst and many others. See a list of Massachusetts colleges offering jazz courses.

JazzBoston held its JazzWeek from April 22-May 1 this year leading up to the International Jazz Day celebrations. 

MassJazz offers live jazz concerts throughout the year, as well as information on jazz radio programs, organizations, and promoters.

Here is a schedule of Jazz and Blues festivals in Massachusetts in 2016.

For information about visiting Massachusetts any time of year, contact the Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism.