LJF After Party – same vibe, new place!

The Jazz Fest After Party @ HANQ’S – It’s a long-standing tradition for festival goers and the players among them to come together after the last act on the festival’s Saturday night for a party and jam session. This year we have great news. The 2018 Festival After Party is

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The VIP Experience at Litchfield Jazz Fest

Who doesn’t like to be a Very Important Person?  If you enjoy VIP treatment, you can get it at the LITCHFIELD JAZZ FESTIVAL— with even more VIP options this year! We know being able to reserve a special seat matters to many of you, so we have added  a second

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21 Years of Great Jazz

Litchfield Jazz Festival and its fans enjoyed 21 years of great jazz this past weekend. The weather was gorgeous both days in spite of dire predictions. We also marked the 20th anniversary of Litchfield Jazz Camp, celebrating with the Scat & Scramble Jazz Brunch fundraiser on Sunday morning. Pictured here

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Litchfield Jazz Fest featured on WNPR.org

Date Posted: Aug 3, 2016 – “Litchfield Jazz Festival (LJF) — a then at-risk brainchild of the fearless cultural crusader Vita Muir — would survive its infancy to become an annual crown jewel among Connecticut’s premier summer arts and entertainment events. For that matter, who back then would have bet

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Yale Messengers to play Festival Second Stage Sunday, 8/7

Date Posted: Aug 1, 2016 – Last week, after years of lobbying for a deeper involvement in jazz at Yale School of Music by interested undergraduates, Dean Robert Blocker has announced Yale is moving in the direction endorsed most recently by the Yale Undergraduate Jazz Collective, a vocal student coalition.

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Jazz Festival: Scat & Scramble Brunch

We don’t know about you… but brunch is by far one of our favorite meals. Add in good friends, live music, and a New Orleans twist? We’re sold! Come hang out with us on Sunday, August 7th at 10:30am for our first Scat & Scramble Jazz Brunch. The morning will

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