Thursday September 3rd | 2026 Chicago Jazz Festival
- Aug 10
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Updated: Aug 28
CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER
Preston Bradley Hall, 3rd Floor South CHICAGO JAZZ MAGAZINE PARTNER
3:15 - 4:15 p.m. - Julius Tucker Quartet Presented by Hyde Park Jazz Society
1:45 - 2:45 p.m. - Larry Brown Jr. Quartet Presented by South Side Jazz Coalition
12:15 - 1:15 p.m. - Tom McCarthy Quartet performing John McLaughlin’s 1969 EXTRAPOLATION Presented by Fulton Street Collective
11 a.m. - Noon - Shy Shēks Presented by Illiana Club of Traditional Jazz
Claudia Cassidy Theater, 2nd Floor North
3:45 - 4:45 p.m. - What is This Thing Called Jazz? Music to Movies, Scoring Master Class with Robert Glasper, presented by DCASE with the Jazz Institute of Chicago and moderated by Robert Irving III.
2:15 - 3:15 p.m. - Toyoaki Ensemble Presented by Asian Improv aRts Midwest
12:45 - 1:45 p.m. - The Young Masters directed by Ernest Dawkins Presented by Live the Spirit Residency
11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. - Extraordinary Popular Delusions Presented by Elastic Arts Foundation

MILLENNIUM PARK
JAY PRITZKER PAVILION
7:45-9 p.m. - Dee Dee Bridgewater & Bill Charlap Duo
6:30-7:30 p.m. - Joel Ross Good Vibes
6-6:15 p.m. - 2 Brown Sisters: Maggie and Africa Brown
5:45-6 p.m. - Emcee Intro Remarks + National Anthem + Lift Every Voice




