The 18th Annual Vail Jazz Festival is a 12 week-long program of jazz concerts consisting of four distinctive performance series.  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 | Jazz @ the Market | Jazz @ Kelly Liken | Jazz After - Orchestra Jazz Jams | Labor Day Weekend Party

Jazz @ Vail Square, Free Concerts with optional $20 reserved seats
Outside the Arrabelle at Vail Square in Lionshead  at the Jazz Tent
Thursdays, July 5 – August 30, 2012 6-8PM

Jazz @ Vail Square returns to Lionshead on July 5 with the Brubeck Brothers for the first of nine free shows outside the Arrabelle 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 the tent with a cocktail, Jazz @ Vail Square creates intimate jazz experiences that you won’t soon forget.

NEW FOR 2012, purchase your reserved seats for just $20 each!  Your reserved seats will guarantee you the best seats in the house without any hassle!  The remainder of the tent remains free seating is first come, first served, and the concerts go on  rain or shine. Click here to purchase your reserved seats.

Click here to purchase the Thursday Jazz Season Pass for just $99 - this pass gets you preferred seating at all 9 shows and is transferable;  share it with friends if you can't make one week's show!

2012 LINE-UP

JULY 5- BRUBECK BROTHERS QUARTET

JULY 12 - WIL CAMPA Y SU GRAN UNION

JULY 19 - MARCIA BALL

JULY 26 - THE FALCONAIRES: THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY BAND

AUGUST 2 - HOT TOMATOES SWING BAND & DANCE

AUGUST 9 - TOMMY IGOE SEXTET

AUGUST 16 - MICHE BRADEN AND THE KENNY WALKER QUARTET

AUGUST 23 -JUNIOR MANCE TRIO

AUGUST 30 - CLAYTON BROTHERS SEXTET & VAIL JAZZ ALL-STARS

Jazz @ 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 and Art Show, Sundays from noon to 3 pm. 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 is presented in a tent at Solaris on Meadow Drive in Vail Village.  Concerts start at noon with seating for up to 100 inside the tent.  Stop by to check out refreshing jazz groups at the market, and enjoy!

MUSICIANS TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON!

Jazz @ KELLY LIKEN Sundays from June 24th through August 26th 9-11 pm

NEW in 2012 is a partnership with Kelly Liken, bringing jazz to Vail every Sunday night.  Paired with Kelly Liken's Harvest menu, join local jazz great, Tony Gulizia and a different guest artist each week for exciting jazz performances!  This elegant restaurant features Seasonal American Cuisine.  Join Kelly Liken for dinner or just have a drink at the bar.  Click here to make dinner reservations.

Jazz After - Orchestra Jazz Jams

New in 2012, in partnership with Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival, after three of the concerts at the Ford Amphitheater, join us at the Great Room at Larkspur in the Golden Peak Building to hear select members of each of the resident orchestras as they perform jazz in a club-like setting.  Light supper and drinks are available. 

Dallas Jam - June 30

Philly Jam - July 7

New York Jam - July 25

LABOR DAY WEEKEND VAIL JAZZ PARTY

18th Annual Labor Day Weekend Jazz Party
Vail Marriott Mountain Resort, Vail Colorado
Thursday, August 30 - Monday, 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-artist 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 twenty five hours of performances throughout the weekend (morning, noon and night), the audience and musicians are connected in a manner that consistently inspires great performances. 

Click here to purchase tickets and the ever-popular Patron Pass.

2012 schedule of performances coming soon!

GROUPS AND SPECIAL SHOWS FOR 2012

Cyrille Aimeé & Diego Figueiredo

Clayton Brothers Sextet - John Clayton, Jeff Clayton, Terell Stafford, Wycliffe Gordon, Bill Cunliffe & Lewis Nash

John Clayton's Multi Media Salute to Ray Brown

Bill Cunliffe's Multi Media Salute to Dave Brubeck

Bobby Floyd - Keys to the B3

Jeff Hamilton Trio - Jeff Hamilton, Tamir Hendelman & Christoph Luty

Wycliffe Gordon - The History of the Trombone

Byron Stripling's Multi Media Salute to Dizzy Gillespie

Vail Jazz Alumni Trio

Vail Jazz Workshop All-Stars

SOLOISTS

Ernie Adams

Benny Green

James Carter

Niki Haris

Graham Dechter

Wycliffe Gordon

Karen Hammack

Houston Person

Bobby Floyd

Byron Stripling

Warren Wolf

**All Artists subject to Cancellation**

click here for ticket information

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