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35th San Jose Jazz Summer Fest
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3 Days. 9 Stages. 100+ Artists.
San Jose Jazz Summer Fest returns to Plaza de César Chávez for its 35th Anniversary festival, turning the heart of downtown San Jose into an immersive cultural mecca. With nine indoor and outdoor venues featuring more than 80 artists representing the best in jazz, R&B, Latin jazz, salsa, soul, funk, bossa nova, blues, and a larger-than-life celebration of Oaxacan culture with the Mexican exhibition ALEBRIJES EN SAN JOSÉ displayed throughout the urban festival grounds, SJZ Summer Fest 2025 proudly presents the most stylistically diverse music event on the West Coast.
SF/Arts Curator Insight
San Jose’s got it going on this summer! Common is headlining their summer festival, marking the 25th anniversary of Like Water for Chocolate. 80+ artists will perform across nine indoor and outdoor stages, amid 23-foot-tall alebrijes (Oaxacan folk art sculptures), including Afrobeat star Femi Kuti, jazz fusion multi-instrumentalist Kishi Bashi, Afro-Colombian singer Nidia Góngora, and Mumbai bass prodigy Mohini Dey. And closing it all out is 85-year-old gospel legend and civil rights icon Mavis Staples—followed by a club crawl in Downtown San Jose for the feisty.
Juhi Gupta
Contributing Writer
Silicon Valley's premier annual music event, San Jose Jazz Summer Fest 2023 returns Friday, August 11 through Sunday, August 13 in and around Plaza de César Chavez Park in downtown San Jose, Calif. Renowned as one of North America's foremost music events with its dynamic three-day programming, San Jose Jazz presents a thrilling lineup with Gregory Porter, Marcus Miller, Anthony Hamilton, and more!
Silicon Valley's premier annual music event, San Jose Jazz Summer Fest 2023 returns Friday, August 11 through Sunday, August 13 in and around Plaza de César Chavez Park in downtown San Jose, Calif. Renowned as one of North America's foremost music events with its dynamic three-day programming, San Jose Jazz presents a thrilling lineup with Gregory Porter, Marcus Miller, Anthony Hamilton, and more!