2026 Festival Schedule

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

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