Detroit International Jazz Festival

The Detroit Jazz Festival is a major cultural institution, providing year-round concerts and educational programming that culminates in one of the world’s premier jazz festivals on Labor Day Weekend.
Now in its 33rd year, the festival takes place over several city blocks in downtown Detroit – from Hart Plaza to Campus Martius – with five stages and 100 acts over four days. It also offers educational activities for adults and children, fireworks, late-night jam sessions, rare opportunities to meet the artists and much more. And it’s all FREE.

The 33rd annual Detroit Jazz Festival, presented by Chrysler, features a one-of-a-kind lineup of today’s greatest jazz performers. The performers at this year’s festival have been nominated for and won more than 200 Grammy Awards, composed film scores and traveled the world to perform.