Tucson Jazz Fesitval
The mission of the Tucson Jazz Festival is to influence the discovery and celebration of live jazz performance and music education through community engagement anchored by a world-class jazz festival in downtown Tucson.
Category: 501(c) 3 Organization
Discipline: Music
Khris Dodge
Preferred Pronouns: he/him
khris@tucsonjazzfestival.org
520-762-6260
https://tucsonjazzfestival.org
Several photos from the numerous education offerings from the Tucson Jazz Festival
Educational Outreach
Our educational outreach is ever expanding and reaching more students in Pima county. The 2024 festival included an educational performance at the Fox Theatre with TImbalooloo, Chief Adjuah in residency at several schools, Brazilian guitarist Diego Figueiredo leading a masterclass, Ken Peplowski working and performing with HS/UA/Pima students, and Grace Kelley and Leo P. performing at a local High School.
Our Annual Downtown Jazz Fiesta brings the community together on MLK Day.
Building Community within a Festival
Engaging with our local community is key to our mission and plays a role with the inclusivity environment that festival creates. We realize that not every event is affordable to everyone in our community. Offering several free events creates the opportunity for anyone in the community to attend some aspect of the festival. For example, every Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we offer a mini festival within a festival with a free day of jazz. We partner with local businesses, close down a street down, and have multiple stages performing from 11am-7pm. Local and national artists adorned the stages with students performing along seasoned professionals.
TJF2022 Artist Jon Batiste during his Centennial Hall performance
Presenting An Annual World-Class Jazz Festival
We present the best of the best, and there are none better than our world class musicians to create that "transformative experience, and genuine human exchange." The elevated live music presented at the festival makes a difference for our community.
