Save the date! June 2 – The Joe Alterman Quartet feat. Ken Peplowski

Litchfield Jazz Presents is closing the Spring season of Jazz at the Poli Club in Waterbury, CT, with pianist Joe Alterman, drummer Anton Kot, bassist Conway Campbell and special guest, world famous clarinetist and saxophonist Ken Peplowski. The date is June 2nd, with shows at 7 and 9PM. A native

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2023 Litchfield Jazz Fest – Tickets on sale!

Litchfield Performing Arts announces the 28th annual Litchfield Jazz Festival, July 28, 29 and 30th in Washington, CT. The event will be held on the beautiful grounds of the Frederick Gunn School and in its new, acoustically excellent Tisch Auditorium with unobstructed views from every seat. Last summer the iconic

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NEW & IN PERSON! Litchfield Jazz Presents at the Poli Club Caili O’Doherty Friday, March 24, 2023

Litchfield Jazz Festival’s Litchfield Jazz Presents series has a new home. Its 3-year-old livestream series will now be presented for both in person audiences and live- stream listeners at the Poli Club at the Palace Theater in Waterbury. This series, run in tandem and collaboration with New England Arts And Entertainment, opens

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27th Annual Litchfield Jazz Festival Performer Spotlight: Pasquale Grasso

The outstanding, Italian-born guitarist Pasquale Grasso, is set to preform alongside vocalist Samara Joy with his Quartet–Ben Patterson on piano, Neal Caine on bass, and Keith Balla on drums—opening the 27th annual Litchfield Jazz Festival. Like his young colleague Joy, Grasso started early in music, but with a twist. While

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Litchfield Jazz Presents – Duchess, April 29

The DUCHESS April 29 show will welcome a limited live Studio Audience with a ticket-holder reception to meet the artists and enjoy refreshments. Proceeds from both ticket sales and live-stream listener donations will help fund need-based scholarships for the 26th Annual Litchfield Jazz Camp.In the fall of 2020, Litchfield Jazz

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FUNDRAISER FOR LITCHFIELD JAZZ

We are offering the chance for up to 40 friends and supporters to attend our newly minted winter/spring fundraisers in person*. Our first fundraiser event is set for December 17th and our second for April 29th. The evenings will begin a 6:45 with a pre-concert reception. Concerts will begin promptly

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Week 2 Student Concert live on YouTube now!

Head to our YouTube page or watch the embedded video below.

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7/31 – Beautiful Ballads – Feat. Albert Rivera, Andrew Hadro, and Carmen Staaf

Litchfield Jazz Festival will mark its 26th anniversary with a live streamed full day of top flight music  from Telefunken Soundstage on Saturday, July 31.  The festival will be available to the public free of charge from noon to 6 PM. The lineup begins  with a moving and romantic set

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FREE VIRTUAL CONCERT – April 16 Peter Bernstein/Steve Cardenas Quartet Play Monk

Join Litchfield Jazz on April 16th the fourth installment of their free virtual concert series. April’s concert features jazz guitarists Peter Bernstein & Steve Cardenas, along with Vincente Archer on bass and Bill Stewart on drums. Jazz guitarist Peter Bernstein has been part of the jazz scene in New York and

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FREE VIRTUAL CONCERT! Emmet Cohen Trio on Dec 17

“As he strides through Fats Waller with his left hand while his right is tossing off shimmering passages conjuring up Duke Ellington, Earl Hines, and Art Tatum, Emmet Cohen would be the first to acknowledge he hasn’t bested these heavyweights….but by deciding to play ball, he surely honors what they

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