BURLINGTON DISCOVER JAZZ FESTIVAL PERFORMANCES WILL CONTINUE AS PLANNED AT WATERFRONT PARK ON SATURDAY, JUNE 6, FROM 4PM TO 10PM.


full schedule

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BDJF Venues


  • Church Street Marketplace
  • Flynn Main Stage
  • Flynn Space
  • Waterfront Park
  • A_Dog Skate Park
  • Leddy Arena
  • with additional venues around town





Wednesday, June 3

11am-5pm   Student Bands (Church Street Marketplace)

5:30 pm  Jazz Festival Kickoff Celebration feat. Randal Pierce Trio (Flynn Space)

7:30 pm • Savion Glover, Jason Moran, & Chris Dave present The Beat Beneath Us with special opening performance from Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE Dance Company (Flynn Main Stage)

10 pm   Domo Branch Quartet Late Night Residency (Flynn Space)

11:30 pm • Open Jam with Domo Branch Quartet (Flynn Space)

Thursday, June 4

11am-5pm   Student Bands (Church Street Marketplace)

7 pm • My Heart Sings: Jason Moran plays Duke Ellington with the Vermont Youth Orchestra feat. South Burlington Vocalist Rachel Ambaye (Flynn Main Stage)

10 pm   Domo Branch Quartet Late Night Residency (Flynn Space)

11:30 pm • Open Jam with Domo Branch Quartet (Flynn Space)

Friday, June 5

11am-5pm   Student Bands (Church Street Marketplace)

5:30 pm Soul Porpoise feat. Paul Asbell and Dave Grippo (Waterfront Park)

6:50 pm • Lara Cwass Band (Waterfront Park)

8 pm Ruthie Foster (Waterfront Park)

9:20 pm Tank and the Bangas (Waterfront Park)

10 pm   Domo Branch Quartet Late Night Residency (Flynn Space)

11:30 pm • Open Jam with Domo Branch Quartet (Flynn Space)

Saturday, June 6

1 pm • Jason Moran and The Bandwagon present SKATE JAM! (Talent Skatepark. Due to weather, this event has been moved indoors to Talent Skatepark. All other outdoor events, including Waterfront Park, will continue outside as planned!)

5 pm All the Rivers (Waterfront Park)

6:30 pm The Eddie Palmieri Experience (Waterfront Park)

7:50 pm Mavis Staples(Waterfront Park)

9:20 pm Preservation Hall Jazz Band (Waterfront Park)

10 pm   Domo Branch Quartet Late Night Residency (Flynn Space)

11:30 pm • Open Jam with Domo Branch Quartet (Flynn Space)

SUNDAY, June 7


1 pm Alicia Hall Moran presents Coldblooded, On Ice (Leddy Park Arena)

7pm Chris Potter & Julian Lage present A Nation Listens with a special opening performance by Mark Turner performing Reflections On: The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (Flynn Main Stage)


around town

School Bands

Wednesday, June 3

Bottom of Church Street

  • 11 am - South Burlington HS Jazz Club South Burlington High School
      • 12:20 pm - Sustainability Academy's Big Community Band Sustainability Academy 
  • 1:40 pm- LUHS Jazz Lamoille Union High School 
  • 3 pm- City School Jazz Band BFA– St. Albans 

Middle of Church Street 

  • 11:40 am - Sweet Transition Mount Abraham Union HS
  • 1 pm - MUMS Jazz Band Middlebury Union Middle School
  • 2:20 pm - The Commodore Jazz Band Vergennes Union High School
  • Top of the Block

  • 11 am - Westside Jazz Combo West Rutland School
  • 12:20 pm- Hinesburg Jazz Band Hinesburg Community School
  • 1 pm- Charlotte Central School Jazz Band Charlotte Central School 

Thursday, June 4

Bottom of Church Street

  • 11 am - NCSS Jazz Band Northeastern Clinton Central School
      • 12:20 pm - U-32 Jazz Band U-32 Middle/High School
  • 1:40 pm- BRMS Jazz Band/ Leaky Faucets/ MUUsic MOdern Band Browns River Middle School + Mount Mansfield Union High School
  • 3 pm- EMS Jazz Band and Chorus Essex Middle School

Middle of Church Street 

  • 11:40 am - AuSable Valley Jazz Band AuSable Valley Central School 
  • 1 pm - Flying Turtles Vermont Commons School
  • 2:20 pm - GEMS All- Star Jazz Band Georgia Elementary Middle School
  • Top of the Block

  • 11 am - CBMS Jazz Band Crossett Brook Middle School
  • 11:40 am- The Highland Jazz Ensemble Harwood Union High School 
  • 12:20 pm- The Harwood Assembly Harwood Union High School 
  • 1:40 pm- Fairfax Jazz BFA– Fairfax

CITY HALL PARK

  • 11 am - Edmunds Elementary Chorus Edmunds Elementary School
  • 11:35 am - Edmunds Middle School Chorus Edmunds Middle School
  • 12:05 pm - Hunt Middle School Jazz Band Hunt Middle School 
  • 12:50 pm- EMS Jazz! Edmunds Middle School
  • 1:30 pm- BHS Jazz Band Blue & BHS Band White Burlington High School
  • 3:00 pm- Shelburne Community School Stage Band Shelburne Community School
  • 4:20 pm- CVU Jazz Band Champlain Valley Union High School

Friday, June 5

Bottom of Church Street

  • 11 am - The St. Johnsbury Middle School Jazz Band St. Johnsbury Middle School
  • 1:40 pm- Brattleboro Union High School Jazz Ensemble Brattleboro Union High School
  • 3 pm- CMS Jazz Band Colchester Middle School
  • 4:20 pm- Colchester High School Jazz Band Colchester High School

Middle of Church Street 

  • 11:40 am - Leland & Gray High School Jazz Band Leland & Gray High School
  • 1 pm - Winooski Chorus Winooski Middle High School
  • 2:20 pm - Winooski High School Jazz Ensemble Winooski Middle High School
  • Top of the Block

  • 11 am - BFA Fairfax 7/8th Grade Band + BFA Fairfax Jazz Chorus BFA– Fairfax
  • 12:20 pm- Rutland Town Middle School Jazz Band Rutland Town Middle School
  • 1:40 pm- MVU Jazz Ensemble Missisqoui Valley Union High School

CITY HALL PARK

  • 3:20 pm -ADL Charger Jazz Albert D. Lawton Middle School
  • 4:20 pm - Essex Jazz Collective  Essex High School

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