Vail Jazz Foundation :: Vail Jazz Festival

Vail Jazz Festival Performances

NEW FOR 2012! Inaugural Winter Jazz Series

February 9, 2012 –
Benefit Dinner & Concert with Curtis Stigers and his Trio at the Arrabelle at Vail Square.
Tickets are $150 and include hors d’oeuvres and wine at the cocktail hour, salad and dinner prepared by Chef Dodd and breads and dessert by Rimini. Stigers and his trio will entertain the attendees as dinner ends.

Valet parking is $5 for event attendees

Dress is “Elegant Jazzy Attire”

Dinner options include:

Flat Iron Steak with Pomme Puree and Seasonal Vegetables

OR
Seared Salmon with Grilled Vegetables and Salad of couscous, fresh basil and Sun-Dried Tomato Viniagrette

Reservations at 970-479-6146 or 888 VAIL JAM or Online at Instant Seats»

March 11, 2012 –

Ann Hampton Callaway’s Multi-Media Salute to Ella Fitzgerald at the Vilar Center.

Tickets go on sale soon at Vilar Performing Arts Center»

March 29, 2012 –

Soiree dinner and concert featuring Grammy Award Winning Pianist and Composer, Bill Cunliffe.

Details coming soon.

The Vail Jazz Festival consists of three distinctive performance series.

Jazz @ Vail Square | Jazz @ the Market | Labor Day Weekend Party

The Vail Jazz Festival is a summer-long celebration of America's musical gift to the world - Jazz. The Vail Jazz Foundation has created a different kind of festival experience – inspiring and engaging, sophisticated yet easy going. The Summer of Jazz in Vail offers internationally acclaimed jazz ensembles and soloists as well as local and regional favorites.

Jazz@ Vail Square, Free Concerts

Outside the Arrabelle Hotel in Lionshead at the Jazz Tent
Thursdays, July 5 – August 30, 2012 6-8PM
Jazz at Vail Square returns to Lionshead on July 5 with the Brubeck Brothers with the first of nine free shows outside the Arrabelle Hotel in Vail. Presented in a tented venue seating 300+, this dynamic concert series features national jazz artists with styles ranging from Swing to straight ahead, Latin Jazz to the American Songbook. Whether you enjoy the show from a seat in a nearby restaurant, or from the front row with a cocktail, Jazz @ Vail Square creates intimate jazz experiences that you won’t soon forget.

Seating is first come, first served, and the concerts go on under the tent rain or shine. NEW FOR 2012, purchase your reserved, premium seating for just $20 each!

Vail Jazz Festival Jazz at THE VAIL FARMERS’ MARKET

Sundays, June 24– August 26, 2012, Noon to 3 pm

The Vail Jazz Foundation presents ten free outdoor concerts featuring local and regionally-based jazz talent at the Vail Farmers’ Market, Sundays from Noon to 3:00pm. The jazz concerts are a natural complement to the fabulous

shopping and wonderful food for which the casual outdoor market is known.
Jazz at the Market will now be presented in a tent at Solaris on Meadow Drive in Vail Village. Concerts will start at noon with seating for up to 100 inside the tent. Stop by to check out refreshing jazz groups at our new concert venue, and enjoy!

VAIL JAZZ TENT AT SOLARIS

June 24 – August 26, 2012 Sundays noon to 3pm

Jazz at the Farmers’ Market continues its tradition of cool jazz on Sunday afternoons in Vail Village – performing from a new tented venue at Vail’s newest neighborhood, Solaris at Vail. The new venue on the skating rink at Solaris includes up to 100 seats under the tent, protecting our audience and performers from hot sun or afternoon showers, while cool cats play sizzlin’ jazz every Sunday all summer long. Don’t miss this free chance to see how Jazz can energize your Sunday afternoon stroll at the Vail Farmers’ Market!

MUSICIANS TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON!

Vail Jazz Party at Vail Marriott Mountain Resort

Vail Jazz Foundation 18th Annual Labor Day Weekend Jazz Party
Vail Marriott Mountain Resort, Vail Colorado
August 31 - September 3, 2012
The Festival culminates in a unique mix of world-class musicians in a one-of-a-kind format that has lived up to its title, the Labor Day Weekend Party. Whether it's group performances, multi-artists jam sessions or the inspiring multi media salutes to Jazz legends, the Weekend has a unique party spirit that attracts musicians and jazz lovers from all over the world. Each year, up-and-coming "young lions" play alongside the living legends of jazz in an intimate venue, surrounded by the natural beauty of Vail. With over twenty-four hours of performances throughout the weekend (morning, noon and night), the audience and musicians are connected in a manner that consistently inspires great performances. 2012 schedule coming soon!

2010 Performance Schedule PDF (subject to change)

2011 Performance Schedule Page
This internationally acclaimed event features five days and nights of the world's greatest jazz musicians – enjoy over twenty-four hours of music in two fabulous venues; the Vail Marriott ballroom for evening shows, and the outdoor tented venue at Vail Square for daytime shows!