The Twin Cities Jazz Festival is one of the largest civic events in the upper Midwest, attracting upwards of 75,000 people to the joy of jazz. Events of the festival are held in the downtown area of St. Paul, Minnesota including Mears Park located in the heart of the historic Lowertown neighborhood
Past performers have included:

Joe Lovano & US 5

Return to Forever

Dave Brubeck

Clark Terry

Monty Alexander

Spyro Gyra

Butch Thompson

Bill Evans



Red Holloway

Jack McDuff

Joey DeFrancesco

Melvin Rhyne

Benny Golson

Dr. Lonnie Smith

Kenny Garrett

John Ellis & Double Wide
John Scoefield

Moore by Four

Ravi Coltrane

Mose Allison

Chic Corea

Alicia Renee

Heatin' System

Bernard Purdie

Howard Levy

Debbie Duncan

Big Walter Smith

Percy Strother

Ben Sidran

Von Freeman

Tiger Okoshi

YellowJackets

Barbara Morrison

David "Fathead" Newman

Frank Morgan

Dewey Redman

Norman Simmons

Charmaine Neville
Sean Jones

Jerry Gonzales

Eric Alexander

Jimmy McGriff

Kristin Korb

Hiromi

Lew Tabackin

Duke Ellington Orchestra

Bettye LaVette

Ira Sullivan

Abebi Stafford

Henry Johnson's
Organ Express

Bobby Sanabria

Grace Kelly

Chuchito Valdes

The Twin Cities Hot Summer Jazz Festival is a non-profit 501 (c) and is made possible throught the support of sponsors and people like you who support events in our community. For more information about the festival and how we can help each other please feel free to contact us.