Jimmy Lyons Stage

The Monterey Jazz Festival Arena stage at night with the audience in front watching a performance

About the Stage

The outdoor Jimmy Lyons Stage is within the 5,400-seat Arena and is on the east end of the fairgrounds. Assigned seating. This stage has existed in its current form since 1966 and was chosen for the location of the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967.

Festival Performances

7:00 pm

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis & Special Guest Cécile McLorin Salvant
Jimmy Lyons Stage

8:45 pm

Eddie Palmieri Experience
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12:30 pm

Blues Jam with Christone “Kingfish” Ingram & Friends featuring Shemekia Copeland
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2:15 pm

Monterey Surprise: 1958 Throwback
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3:45 pm

Ravi Coltrane Quartet: Centennial Celebration
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5:30 pm

Reggie Watts
Jimmy Lyons Stage

7:00 pm

Meshell Ndegeocello
Jimmy Lyons Stage

8:45 pm

Cécile McLorin Salvant
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12:00 pm

Brittany Davis & Black Thunder
Jimmy Lyons Stage

1:45 pm

Next Generation Jazz Orchestra with the Next Generation Women in Jazz Combo
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3:30 pm

aja monet
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6:00 pm

Charles Lloyd Quartet: Forest Flower 60th Anniversary
Jimmy Lyons Stage

7:45 pm

Herbie Hancock & Ron Carter: For Miles
Jimmy Lyons Stage