LA Jazz Festival

17 Days Across Los Angeles

On the beach. In the park. On the street. After dark.
17 days of free concerts, late nights, block parties, and headline shows across the city, from Leimert Park to Dockweiler Beach. A festival big enough for all of LA.

Events program

Jazz on the Beach

The final weekend on Dockweiler Beach: sun, sand and stars like John Legend, Janelle Monaé and more. The beach party LA has been missing.

Jazz in the Park

We're coming to the neighborhood. Jazz in the Park is a free series of 25 concerts in parks across the LA region: world-class music from jazz to hip hop, outside and open to everyone in the communities that deserve it most. All you need to do is grab your free tickets and find a spot in the grass. Bring the kids. Bring a blanket. Bring whoever you've been meaning to spend a Sunday with.

Jazz After Dark

This city has always had the culture. Now it has the late night to match. Jazz After Dark is a free series of live music pop-ups in locally-owned restaurants and neighborhood spots across Los Angeles – places rooted in their communities, now lit up with some of the most exciting musicians in jazz. No cover. No dress code. Just a room that feels alive and a set you didn't see coming. London has this. Paris has this. Now LA has this.

Caribbean Street Carnival

Four dynamic stages, one massive block party. We’re taking over Venice with a free, full-day carnival of music, eats, and dancing – from Cuba to New Orleans, from Afro Beats to Latin Jazz, bringing together some of the hottest new talent on the scene with living legends. This is going to be the biggest, hottest party of the summer. Come ready to dance.

Jazz Youth Camp

Bringing over 2,000 students from across LA County into the heart of the festival with workshops, instrument sessions, and masterclasses.

State of Jazz Conference

The State of Jazz Conference is a gathering of the global jazz industry – the economic and cultural engine of jazz – in one of the world's biggest entertainment cities to talk about the state of the music and what the next decade looks like. This is a space for the festival directors, the labels, the agents, the managers, and the artists to get in the same room, break bread, and move the needle.