The 15th annual Blue Note Jazz Festival New York kicks off June 1 across multiple venues in the city, featuring performances by Ledisi, Durand Bernarr, Big Freedia, UMI, Destin Conrad, Kokoroko, Jose James and many more. The month-long festival opens with hip-hop pioneers Arrested Development at Sony Hall and will take place at venues including the Blue Note Jazz Club, Sony Hall and Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage.
The festival highlights both contemporary R&B voices and forward-thinking jazz artists, including instrumentalists MonoNeon, Isaiah Collier, Brian Blade, Chief Adjuah, Marcus Gilmore and Brandee Younger. Signature events include the Official Blue Note Jazz Fest Midnight Jam on June 26, as well as Blue Note’s celebrated jazz brunches.
“Blue Note Jazz Festival New York has always focused on presenting artists who are singular and one of a kind, who push the sound and state of the music forward,” said Alex Kurland, Blue Note’s director of programming. “This year’s lineup spans from Big Freedia to Brian Blade, from Ledisi and Durand Bernarr to Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Kokoroko and MonoNeon. Incomparable voices that creatively propel the sound and music culture forward.”
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Blue Note Jazz Festival Dates
June 1 /// Blue Note /// Yuki Chiba
June 1 /// Sony Hall /// Arrested Development
June 2 /// Blue Note /// MonoNeon
June 3 /// Blue Note /// MonoNeon
June 4 /// Blue Note /// Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah
June 4 /// Sony Hall /// Seedhe Maut
June 5 /// Blue Note /// Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah
June 6 /// BRUNCH /// Blue Note /// Forever Ray
June 6 /// Blue Note /// Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah
June 7 /// BRUNCH /// Blue Note /// Harlem Gospel Choir
June 7 /// Blue Note /// Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah
June 10 /// Sony Hall /// Anuhea
June 11 /// Blue Note /// Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band
June 11 /// Sony Hall /// Cracker
June 12 /// Blue Note /// Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band
June 13 /// BRUNCH /// Blue Note /// Strictly Sinatra
June 13 /// Blue Note /// Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band
June 13 /// Sony Hall /// Los Amigos Invisibles
June 14 /// BRUNCH /// Blue Note /// Harlem Gospel Choir
June 14 /// Blue Note /// Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band
June 15 /// Blue Note /// Brandee Younger
June 15 /// Sony Hall /// Harlem Gospel Choir Sing Whitney + Tina
June 16 /// Blue Note /// Isaiah Collier
June 17 /// Blue Note /// Isaiah Collier
June 17 /// Sony Hall /// Swamp Dogg
June 18 /// Blue Note /// Durand Bernarr
June 18 /// Sony Hall /// Mario w/ live band
June 19 /// Blue Note /// Take 6
June 19 /// Sony Hall /// The Bad Plus
June 20 /// BRUNCH /// Blue Note /// The Music Of The Buena Vista
Social Club: A Tribute To The Golden Age Of Cuba
June 20 /// Sony Hall /// BLK ODYSSY
June 21 /// BRUNCH /// Blue Note /// Harlem Gospel Choir
June 21 /// Blue Note /// Take 6
June 22 /// Blue Note /// Ozomatli
June 23 /// Blue Note /// Ozomatli
June 23 /// Sony Hall /// The Church
June 24 /// Sony Hall /// Big Freedia
June 25 /// Blue Note /// UMI
June 26 /// Blue Note /// Slum Village
June 26 /// Late Show /// Blue Note /// Chris Rob Presents:
The Official Blue Note Jazz Fest Midnight Jam
June 27 /// Blue Note /// Louie Vega:
Elements of Life with Special Guests
June 27 /// Sony Hall /// Cymande
June 28 /// BRUNCH /// Blue Note /// Harlem Gospel Choir
June 28 /// Blue Note /// Louie Vega:
Elements of Life with Special Guests
June 29 /// Blue Note /// Marcus Gilmore
June 29 /// Blue Note /// Ibrahim Maalouf
June 30 /// Blue Note /// Marcus Gilmore
June 30 /// Sony Hall /// Destin Conrad
July 1 /// Blue Note /// Jon Lampley, Notes To Self Album Release
July 1 /// Sony Hall /// Young Gun Silver Fox
