Edgefest 29: Speaking Out | Wednesday-Saturday, Oct. 8-11, 2025

Wed, 08 Oct, 2025 at 07:00 pm to Sat, 11 Oct, 2025 at 10:00 pm UTC-04:00

415 North Fourth Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Michigan 48104 | Ann Arbor

Kerrytown Concert House
Publisher/HostKerrytown Concert House
Edgefest 29: Speaking Out | Wednesday-Saturday, Oct. 8-11, 2025
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"The annual rite of fall in Michigan music...off the beaten tracks." – DownBeat Magazine
"...accomplished music in an intimate space...Edgefest is the place to be." – New York City Jazz Record

Kerrytown Concert House announces Edgefest 2025, its 29th annual 4-day festival; an exploration of new music, improvised and composed. A diverse and deeply inclusive roster of innovative artists (local to international, emerging to established) bring their inspirational new music and collaborations which always contain messages relevant to our lives and the world today.
2025 Featured Artists & Ensembles (subject to change):
Ches Smith Quartet
(with Mary Halvorson, Liberty Ellman & Nick Dunston)
Ben Miller’s 11th Hour Quartet
(Ben Miller, Marlena Boegdigheimer, Joel Peterson, Dave Hurley)
Darius Jones Trio
Marc Hannaford, solo piano
Jason Hwang’s Soliloques
Air Legacy
(Marty Ehrlich, Hill Greene & Pheeroan Aklaff)
Myra Melford / Ches Smith / Michael Formanek
Truss Quartet
(Dave Rempis, Pandelis Karayorgis, Jakob Heinemann & Bill Harris)
Jason Hwang’s EDGE
(with Ken Filiano, Taylor Ho Bynum & Andrew Drury)
Gwen Laster’s NewMuse 4Tet
(with Melanie Dyer, Teddy Rankin & Andrey Drury)
Michael Malis Quartet
Kenneth Green Project
Marilyn Crispell, solo piano
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See more information, including Festival Pass information at kerrytownconcerthouse.com/edgefest.
#improvisationaljazz #freejazz #avantjazz #experimentaljazz #musicfestival
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