2025 Detroit Jazz Festival

Special Events

For over 40 years, the Detroit Jazz Festival Foundation has celebrated Detroit’s rich history of jazz music by providing year-round concerts and educational programming, and of course, organizing the world’s largest free jazz festival, featuring world-class talent, over Labor Day weekend.

With the support of corporate sponsors, philanthropic organizations, individual donors and volunteers, the Detroit Jazz Festival is free to music fans looking to revel in the artistry and improvisation of jazz legends, rising stars, legacy and homecoming artists. Each year’s lineup of more than 60 performances as remarkable and diverse as the genre itself, as well as spontaneous late-night jam sessions, offers something for everyone.

Friday, August 29 – 6:00 p.m. – midnight
Saturday, August 30 – 2:30 p.m. – midnight
Sunday, August 31 – 2:00 p.m. – midnight
Monday, September 1 – 1:30 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.

Taking place at Hart Plaza and along Woodward Ave., in Campus Martius Park and Cadillac Square. Additional programming at the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center on the campus of Wayne State University in Midtown, Detroit.

View the schedule and lineup here: