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Home Donate DJFLIVE! Buy Stream Account Log Out Cart LIVE Support Official Merch Upcoming Events Media Press Artist Submissions Jazz Guardians "Shout out to the stellar & impactful 2020 @detroitjazzfest made my weekend listening. " - Patron 42 nd Annual Detroit Jazz Festival Labor Day Weekend September 3rd - 6th 2021 CATCH THE NEXT DETROIT JAZZ FESTIVAL LIVE EVENT -- DETROIT JAZZ FEST LIVE! Thanks to support from a Doris Duke Charitable Foundation grant, the Detroit Jazz Festival Foundation has developed the Detroit Jazz Fest LIVE! app for mobile devices, tablets and desktops. Access event information, and for a $20 fee, livestream performances from all four stages, all four days during the 2020 Festival, in addition to select year-round programs. Visit live.detroitjazzfest.org to register. Register Here 2020 CORPORATE SPONSORS BECOME A CORPORATE SPONSOR The Detroit Jazz Festival is a world-class event with a world-class audience. A partnership with the Festival ensures that your product will be in front of hundreds of thousands of savvy consumers. For more information contact: [email protected] MAKE A DONATION Make a Donation Help us keep it free! Support the Detroit Jazz Festival Foundation when shopping at Kroger, at no additional cost to you! Simply go to: kroger.com/account/communityrewards and enter organization code JL650. Support the Detroit Jazz Festival Foundation when shopping with Amazon at no additional cost to you! Simply follow the instructions at: https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201365360 and select Detroit Jazz Festival Foundation as your charitable organization. The Detroit Jazz Festival Foundation graciously thanks you for your support. Your gift helps to protect the world largest admission free jazz festival, year-round community outreach and other pre-Festival activities. Most importantly, you are preserving Detroit’s great jazz legacy for future generations. To sign up for the Kroger Community Program , click the link and follow the instructions to Create a Digital Account: https://www.kroger.com/i/community/community-rewards Your Name Address Guardian Newsletter RHYTHM SECTION PROGRAM The Detroit Jazz Festival Rhythm Section program comprises individual supporters who make financial contributions in support of the Festival and its year-round education and outreach programs. These contributions are renewable, unrestricted and for current use. Donations are tax-deductible by IRS standards. Click the button below to learn more. Become a Rhythm Section Member VOLUNTEER PROGRAM PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORTERS ABOUT US For nearly 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. Our year-round educational programming creates one-of-a-kind opportunities for regional students and aspiring musicians to help them achieve artistic excellence, while our concerts celebrate the works of students and mentors, in addition to local and national artists. HISTORY The Detroit International Jazz Festival was founded in 1980 by Robert McCabe and the Detroit Renaissance. Along with the Detroit Grand Prix and the International Freedom Festival, the Festival was intended to bring people into the city and to provide all segments of the population with world-class entertainment. From 1980 to 1991, the Festival flourished through a partnership with the highly regarded international jazz festival in Montreux, Switzerland. In 1991, the Festival merged with Detroit’s Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts, where it resided until September 2005. In March 2005, Detroit philanthropist and Mack Avenue Records Chairman Gretchen Valade emerged as a major sponsor of the Festival. With additional support from the Knight Foundation, the Festival expanded in all aspects. Its new footprint, covering three blocks, provided two additional stages and more space for food vendors and other activities. Looking to attract new audiences to jazz and the Festival, in 2011, jazz musician Chris Collins was appointed as artistic director and has since taken on the role of president of the Detroit Jazz Festival Foundation. With Collins’ vision and the support of the Detroit Jazz Festival Foundation Board of Directors – led by Chair Gretchen Valade – the Foundation has continued to integrate new and exciting artistic elements and opportunities into the signature event, in addition to year-round programming. The Detroit Jazz Festival is now managed and produced by the Detroit International Jazz Festival Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization formed in 2006. Through the generosity of Detroit philanthropist and Mack Avenue Records Chairman Gretchen Valade, the Foundation also established a significant endowment to support Festival operations. The staff and advisory committee continuously work to raise the balance of operating costs through corporate partnerships, contributions and earned-income opportunities. Gretchen Valade Chair PRESS RELEASES Detroit Jazz Festival Announces Wayne Shorter as 2017 Artist-in-Residence March 20, 2017 Detroit Jazz Festival Presented by Quicken Loans Calls the City its Stage for the 37 th Year September 1, 2016 Detroit Jazz Festival Foundation and DTE Energy Foundation Partner to Take Care of Environment over Labor Day Weekend August 31, 2016 Quicken Loans Signs on as 2016 Detroit Jazz Festival Presenting Sponsor August 22, 2016 National Jazz Artists Help J.C. Heard [email protected] Program Celebrate 10 Years July 22, 2016 Detroit Jazz Festival Will be Streaming Live Across North America This Labor Day Weekend July 15, 2016 Detroit Jazz Festival Announces World-Class Lineup for 37 th Annual Labor Day Weekend Event April 19, 2016 Legendary Bassist Ron Carter Comes Home as Detroit Jazz Festival’s 2016 Artist-in-Residence March 1, 2016 TRAVEL Hotel Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center is the official hotel of the Festival and is located in the center of the action, adjacent to Hart Plaza. Make Reservations Directions The “Motor City” continues to be a hot spot for jazz and popular music, with a vibrant club scene, some of the most exciting young artists in the business and, of course, the Detroit Jazz Festival. 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