MJF69 Artists

The 69th Monterey Jazz Festival is Sept. 25-27, 2026.
(artists and schedule subject to change)

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Akira Tana’s Osaka Quartet
Classic Jazz
Sunday, Sep 27
2:00 pm
Pacific Jazz Café
A woman playing saxophone
Alexa Tarantino Quartet
Classic Jazz, Contemporary Jazz
Friday, Sep 25
3:45 pm
West End Stage
A person sitting
Ambrose Akinmusire Quartet
Contemporary Jazz
Sunday, Sep 27
5:30 pm
West End Stage
A woman and man
Amy Tan & Joey Alexander: Backyard Bird Chronicles Live
Classic Jazz, Spoken Word
Sunday, Sep 27
5:15 pm
Pacific Jazz Café
Three people standing in a field
Artifacts Trio
Contemporary Jazz
Sunday, Sep 27
7:00 pm
Pacific Jazz Café
Four men standing holding insruments
Atom String Quartet
Contemporary Jazz
Saturday, Sep 26
5:15 pm
Pacific Jazz Café
a man with a guitar
Blues Jam with Christone “Kingfish” Ingram & Friends featuring Shemekia Copeland
Blues
Saturday, Sep 26
12:30 pm
Jimmy Lyons Stage
A man sitting
Bokani Dyer Trio
Contemporary Jazz
Sunday, Sep 27
12:30 pm
Pacific Jazz Café
A group of men
Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band
Contemporary Jazz
Saturday, Sep 26
5:30 pm
West End Stage
Three people standing
Brittany Davis & Black Thunder
Blues, Funk
Sunday, Sep 27
12:00 pm
Jimmy Lyons Stage
Sunday, Sep 27
4:30 pm
Tim Jackson Garden Stage
a man playing the bass
Bulldog Bass Jam
Classic Jazz
Saturday, Sep 26
9:00 pm
West End Stage
Sunday, Sep 27
9:00 pm
West End Stage
A man standing in front of a tree
Charles Lloyd Quartet: Forest Flower 60th Anniversary
Classic Jazz
Sunday, Sep 27
6:00 pm
Jimmy Lyons Stage
A woman sitting in front of a piano
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Classic Jazz, Jazz Vocals
Saturday, Sep 26
8:45 pm
Jimmy Lyons Stage
A woman sitting
Dabin Ryu Trio
Classic Jazz
Sunday, Sep 27
1:00 pm
Tim Jackson Garden Stage
A man holding a saxophone
David Sánchez’s Carib Ensemble
Classic Jazz, Latin Jazz
Saturday, Sep 26
2:00 pm
West End Stage
A woman holding a microphone
Denise Thimes
Classic Jazz, Jazz Vocals
Sunday, Sep 27
3:30 pm
Pacific Jazz Café
Twom men standing
DownBeat Double Blindfold Test: Tim Jackson vs. Gerald Clayton
Conversation
Saturday, Sep 26
12:00 pm
Pacific Jazz Café
a man standing
Eddie Palmieri Experience
Latin Jazz
Friday, Sep 25
8:45 pm
Jimmy Lyons Stage
A man standing against a wall
Gregory Hutchinson’s Kind of Now
Classic Jazz
Sunday, Sep 27
2:45 pm
Tim Jackson Garden Stage
Two men standing, one with a bass
Herbie Hancock & Ron Carter: For Miles
Classic Jazz
Sunday, Sep 27
7:45 pm
Jimmy Lyons Stage
High School Student Jam session participants performing on stage
High School Student Jam Session!
Classic Jazz, Student Group
Sunday, Sep 27
7:15 pm
Courtyard Stage
A group of musicians on a stage
Isaiah Collier Quartet Plays Coltrane
Classic Jazz
Saturday, Sep 26
8:45 pm
Pacific Jazz Café
A man sitting on a chair
Isaiah J. Thompson Quartet
Classic Jazz
Friday, Sep 25
8:15 pm
Tim Jackson Garden Stage
A person standing with a trombone
J.J. Johnson Legacy Project
Classic Jazz
Friday, Sep 25
6:30 pm
Tim Jackson Garden Stage
A man playing the trumpet
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis & Special Guest Cécile McLorin Salvant
Big Band, Classic Jazz
Friday, Sep 25
7:00 pm
Jimmy Lyons Stage
A man sitting on stairs
Joey Alexander Quartet featuring Jaleel Shaw
Classic Jazz
Sunday, Sep 27
2:00 pm
West End Stage
A woman looking at the camera
June Cavlan
Classic Jazz, Jazz Vocals
Sunday, Sep 27
3:30 pm
Courtyard Stage
Sunday, Sep 27
5:00 pm
Courtyard Stage
A woman looking to one side
Kate Kortum
Jazz Vocals
Friday, Sep 25
6:00 pm
Pacific Jazz Café
A woman playing bass
Katie Thiroux
Classic Jazz, Jazz Vocals
Friday, Sep 25
7:30 pm
Pacific Jazz Café
A woman in front of a wall
Kris Davis Trio featuring Robert Hurst & Johnathan Blake
Contemporary Jazz
Sunday, Sep 27
3:45 pm
West End Stage
A woman with a bass
Linda May Han Oh Trio with Fabian Almazan & Mark Whitfield Jr.
Classic Jazz, Contemporary Jazz
Saturday, Sep 26
7:00 pm
Pacific Jazz Café
Monterey Jazz 2026 Logo
MJF69 Commission: America 250
Commission
Saturday, Sep 26
7:00 pm
Jimmy Lyons Stage
A group of musicians
Mariachi Herencia de México
Folk, Latin
Saturday, Sep 26
12:15 pm
West End Stage
A woman sitting on a chair
Melissa Aldana Quartet
Classic Jazz, Contemporary Jazz
Friday, Sep 25
7:15 pm
West End Stage
a man sitting
Michael Mayo
Classic Jazz, Jazz Vocals
Sunday, Sep 27
8:45 pm
Pacific Jazz Café
A woman standing
MidiCi Monterey Presents: Janice Perl & Friends
Classic Jazz, Contemporary Jazz
Saturday, Sep 26
2:15 pm
Courtyard Stage
A group of musicians on stage
Monterey Jazz Presents: Trading Fours
Classic Jazz
Sunday, Sep 27
12:00 pm
Courtyard Stage
A red curtain
Monterey Surprise: 1958 Throwback
Classic Jazz
Saturday, Sep 26
2:15 pm
Jimmy Lyons Stage
A man with a saxophone
Patrick Bartley Quartet
Classic Jazz, Contemporary Jazz
Friday, Sep 25
5:30 pm
West End Stage
A man at a table
Paul Cornish Trio
Classic Jazz
Saturday, Sep 26
3:30 pm
Pacific Jazz Café
A man with a bass
Pearl Hour Presents: Zach Westfall Group
Classic Jazz
Friday, Sep 25
6:30 pm
Courtyard Stage
A man in a hat
Pop & Hiss Presents: TJ Kuenster & Ricketts Folly
Classic Jazz
Saturday, Sep 26
5:45 pm
Courtyard Stage
A man holding a saxophone
Ravi Coltrane Quartet: Centennial Celebration
Classic Jazz
Saturday, Sep 26
3:45 pm
Jimmy Lyons Stage
A man looking at the camera
Reggie Watts
Spoken Word
Saturday, Sep 26
5:30 pm
Jimmy Lyons Stage
Saturday, Sep 26
3:45 pm
West End Stage
Four people standing
Ron Carter Foursight Quartet
Classic Jazz
Friday, Sep 25
9:00 pm
West End Stage
A man holding a bass
Rufus Reid with the Next Generation Jazz Orchestra
Big Band, Classic Jazz, Student Group
Saturday, Sep 26
7:15 pm
West End Stage
A woman singing
Shemekia Copeland Band
Blues
Saturday, Sep 26
3:15 pm
Tim Jackson Garden Stage
a sitting woman with a drum
Sylvia Cuenca’s Bridging Generations
Classic Jazz
Saturday, Sep 26
7:00 pm
Tim Jackson Garden Stage
Four people in a group
The Bad Plus Farewell Tour
Contemporary Jazz
Sunday, Sep 27
7:15 pm
West End Stage
A group of musicians
USAF Commanders Jazz Ensemble
Big Band, Classic Jazz
Friday, Sep 25
3:30 pm
Tim Jackson Garden Stage
A woman and a man
Veronica Leahy – Emmanuel Michael Duo
Contemporary Jazz
Friday, Sep 25
9:00 pm
Pacific Jazz Café
Monterey Jazz 2026 Logo
Wild Fish Presents: The Lighthouse Jazz Quartet
Classic Jazz
Sunday, Sep 27
1:30 pm
Courtyard Stage
a woman sitting
aja monet
Contemporary Jazz, Spoken Word
Sunday, Sep 27
3:30 pm
Jimmy Lyons Stage
Sunday, Sep 27
6:15 pm
Tim Jackson Garden Stage
Two people on Stage
Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice Quartet
Classic Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Student Group
Friday, Sep 25
5:00 pm
Tim Jackson Garden Stage
Saturday, Sep 26
7:15 pm
Courtyard Stage
Tammy Hall playing a piano on stage
Gospel with Tammy Hall & Friends
Gospel
Sunday, Sep 27
11:15 am
Tim Jackson Garden Stage
A big band on a stage
Monterey Jazz Regional All-Star Band
Big Band, Classic Jazz, Student Group
Saturday, Sep 26
6:00 pm
Tim Jackson Garden Stage
A young person playing saxophone
Monterey Jazz Regional All-Star Middle School Combo
Classic Jazz, Student Group
Saturday, Sep 26
5:40 pm
Tim Jackson Garden Stage
Members of the 2024 Monterey Jazz Regional All-Star Vocal Ensemble performing on stage at MJF 67
Monterey Jazz Regional All-Star Vocal Ensemble
Classic Jazz, Jazz Vocals, Student Group
Saturday, Sep 26
5:00 pm
Tim Jackson Garden Stage
Members of the Next Generation Jazz Orchestra Combo and Women in Jazz Combo members performing on stage
NGJO-WIJC Student Jam Session!
Classic Jazz, Student Group
Friday, Sep 25
8:00 pm
Courtyard Stage
A group of musicians on stage
Next Generation Jazz Orchestra with the Next Generation Women in Jazz Combo
Big Band, Classic Jazz, Student Group
Sunday, Sep 27
1:45 pm
Jimmy Lyons Stage
A group of women standing on a stage
Next Generation Women in Jazz Combo directed by Katie Thiroux
Classic Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Student Group
Saturday, Sep 26
12:00 pm
Tim Jackson Garden Stage
Members of Texas Southern University Combo performing on stage at Monterey Jazz Festival
Texas Southern University Jazz Combo
Classic Jazz, Student Group
Saturday, Sep 26
1:00 pm
Courtyard Stage
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