The DC Jazz Festival® (DCJF) today announced the initial lineup for the 20th Annual DC JazzFest, taking place . August 28 - September 1. 

We are excited to announce that the DC Jazz Festival will be performing at the Global Ties U.S. 2024 National Meeting on March 6-8, an...

The National Endowment for the Arts, with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, will honor the 2024 NEA Jazz Masters

WASHINGTON, D.C. – January 11, 2024 – The DC Jazz Festival® (DCJF) today announces that NEA Jazz Master Ron Carter, bandleader and the...

By: Orrin Evans As the time comes to end my appointment as the Artist-in-Residence of the DC Jazz Festival, I am filled with...

Chairman, DC Jazz Festival - Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Peter Gillon serves as Chairman of Board of the DC Jazz...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – November 13, 2023 – DC Jazz Festival announced today Return to Glory: A Celebration of Fred Irby III and the Howard...

Vice Chair, DC Jazz Festival - Executive Director/CEO, Arizona Sports Foundation ("Fiesta Bowl") Kicking off a new chapter in the storied...

Secretary, DC Jazz Festival - Former President and Chief Executive Officer, The NEA Foundation Harriet Sanford is Secretary of the DC...

Treasurer, DC Jazz Festival - Senior VP and National Small Business Development Leader, Wells Fargo Bob Marshall is the National Business...

Shareholder, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PC Ronald D. Abramson focuses on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance matters, real...

The ASCAP Foundation Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award Recipient Chase Elodia to Perform at Renowned DC JazzFest on Sept. 2 The ASCAP...

Partner, Venable, LLP Claude Bailey is a Partner at Venable Partners and focuses on real estate development, public finance, public...

NEA Announces the 2024 Recipients of NEA Jazz Masters Honors Recipients to be Honored on April 13, 2024, at the JFK Center for the Arts

The Honorable Kimberly Bassett is the Secretary of State for the District of Columbia, where she oversees the agency’s mission to support...

Peter Bell is the CEO of Dworbell, Inc., a DC-based association management firm providing strategic leadership for affordable housing...

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Meryl Chertoff is Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center and the University of Miami School of Law, where she...