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Celebrating its 15th Anniversary, the MONTCLAIR JAZZ FESTIVAL produced by JAZZ HOUSE KiDS culminates with the highly anticipated Bloomfield Avenue Downtown Jamboree!Located along nearly half a mile of downtown Montclair’s Bloomfield Avenue commercial corridor closed to vehicular traffic with hundreds of retailers and restaurant storefronts., the 8-hour FREE event is jam-packed with great music and activities for the whole family and spotlights internationally-acclaimed headliners, regional favorites and emerging talent on multiple stages, 170+ food & artisan vendors in sponsor Rao’s Homemade Marketplace, and the Family Jazz Discovery Zone in Wellmont Arts Plaza.
Hosted by Alonzo Bodden + Andromeda Turre
Partial listing of headliners:
• JAZZ HOUSE Legacy Band
• Steve Turre Sextet*
• Lisa Fischer and Grand Baton
• Christian McBride & Inside Straight
• Jerome Jennings & ill Philosophy
• Montclair State Jazz Ensemble dir. by Oscar Perez fea. Steve Nelson + Dave Stryker
• Edmar Castañeda Quartet
• JAZZ HOUSE Collective Celebrates Sarah Vaughan fea. Melissa Walker and JAZZ HOUSE voices
• Family Jazz Discovery Zone
• 175+ food and artisan vendors
* Jazz House Kids' presentation of Steve Turre Sextet is supported through a Chamber Music America Presenter Consortium for Jazz grant in collaboration with Isham Park Restoration Program (IPRP) 1970 Inc and Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz and Performing Arts.
Support of the MONTCLAIR JAZZ FESTIVAL is provided by the County of Essex; Montclair Township; Montclair Center BID and Destination Montclair; NJ Dept. of State, Div. of Travel and Tourism; National Endowment of the Arts; Xfinity; The Jazz Cruise; Chamber Music America; media partners WBGO, SiriusXM and Montclair Local; and a host of local businesses and individual patrons.
For more information visit www.montclairjazzfestival.org or download the app in the Google Play or Apple store.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Bloomfield Ave, Montclair, NJ 07042, United States
