End of year Appeal is in full swing!
Please consider a 100% tax deductible year end donation to Litchfield Jazz A Message from our Founder As we approach 2020, we are asking you one final time to help Litchfield Jazz have a financially successful season. We hope to persuade you to give generously by considering the following facts. 2019 was
Litchfield Jazz- 24 Years and Looking Ahead at The Gunnery!
The 24th Litchfield Jazz Festival made a bold move this year, opting for cozy concert confines and an OuterFest, all on the grounds of the new home of Litchfield Jazz Camp, the Gunnery in Washington, CT. With the Camp’s move there in 2018, to an enthusiastic welcome and great success,
OUTERFEST Exhibitor List – Art, Craft, Food and more!
Yes, the mainstage concerts will be indoors this year, but we will still have the outdoor activities you have come to love! On Saturday, July 27 (11am – 5pm) there will be student concerts, exhibitors, and food vendors on the Washington Green – just up the hill from the mainstage
Gala Will Kick Off LJF July 26 at Judy Black Memorial Park & Gardens
What better way to gear up for a great weekend of jazz than with a wonderful party. When that event gets you together with old and new friends, serves up delicious things to eat, great French wines, excellent music and art, AND helps kids to get a jazz education second
LJF ARTIST SPOTLIGHT – Mike Stern Band
To a generation of contemporary jazz guitar aficionados, Mike Stern is one of the true greats. The “field” feels that way too! DownBeat named Mike one of the 75 best guitarists of all time and Guitar Player dubbed him a “Certified Legend.” A player of remarkable facility whose searing lines
LJF ARTIST SPOTLIGHT – Carmen Staff Sextet
Goodbye to Childhood – A Tribute to Herbie Hancock’s Speak Like A Child…. Two summers ago I was standing in the lobby at Jazz Camp after a faculty concert chatting with pianist Carmen Staaf. She had recently rejoined the faculty after a 2-year absence for a stint in California at
Free Activities This Summer – LJF OuterFest
This year for the first time, The Festival will offer activities that are open and free to the public. We are calling this the LJF OuterFest. The LJF OuterFest (Saturday, July 27 11am-5pm) will happen at The First Congregational Church and Green in Washington, CT. The OuterFest is located just
Tickets ON SALE NOW!
Tickets are now on sale for LJF 2019! Things are different this year – all Mainstage concerts will be held indoors in an intimate, air-conditioned hall. While this provides ALL ticket holders the opportunity to experience the music up close, it means that there are a limited number of tickets
NEW FESTIVAL DESIGN FOR 2019!
“Few sane gamblers back in 1996 would have bet Litchfield Jazz Festival (LJF) — a then at-risk brainchild of the fearless cultural crusader Vita Muir — would survive infancy to become an annual crown jewel among Connecticut’s premier summer events (Owen McNally, WNPR, ’16).” Litchfield, the Little Festival that Could, has
Founder Vita Muir honored by the Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame
The Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame is celebrating 25 years of honoring the state’s remarkable women and sharing their stories. This year they are counting among their honorees Vita West Muir, the Executive & Artistic Director of Litchfield Performing Arts Inc. (LPA). There was a statewide awards presentation in Hartford