JUN 11-23 | OVER 40 SHOWS

Tickets for the 37th Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival, featuring 41 concerts over 13 days in 4 venues are now on sale.

WEEK 1 HIGHLIGHTS

WED, JUN 12 · 7:30 PM
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Possessing a luminous gift that the late great Jon Hendricks called “one of the best voices I’ve heard in over 40 years,” the 2015 Thelonious Monk Competition winner is a rising jazz superstar. Her 2017 debut A Social Call was nominated for a GRAMMY Award and voted the best jazz vocal debut in the 2017 NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll.

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THU, JUN 13 · 7:30 PM
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At 34, Havana-born, Miami-raised pianist and composer Almazan has amassed the résumé and critical acclaim of an artist twice his age, bridging the worlds of jazz and classical with a deft acuity.

An artist who has earned accolades around the jazz world, including a #1 Acoustic Bass Rising Star nod from DownBeat magazine’s Critics Poll, Malaysia-born bassist and composer Linda May Han Oh is one of the most important young voices in jazz today.

FRI, JUN 14 · 7:30 PM
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DANCE FLOOR SHOW

The identical twin duo of Jared and Jonathan Mattson re-imagine John Coltrane’s seminal 1964 masterwork, A Love Supreme, approached with their signature mix of looped surf-meets-bebop guitars and tribal jazz drumming that JazzTimes says “manages to hold Coltrane’s revered album in the highest esteem while absolutely shredding it to pieces.”

SAT, JUN 15 · 7:00 & 9:30 PM
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José James returns with his celebration of legendary R&B singer and songwriter Bill Withers. James performs many of Withers’ most beloved songs including "Ain't No Sunshine," "Hope She'll Be Happier," “Use Me,” and "Just the Two of Us" — material recorded on James’ latest Blue Note tribute release Lean On Me.

SUN, JUN 16 · 7:00 PM
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DANCE FLOOR SHOW
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“The vocalist Pepito Gómez has a siren sound that reaches right back into the 1940s, when the punchy pop music known as mambo overtook Cuba. He’s embracing that affinity with a new 16-piece band, featuring some of the island’s greatest instrumentalists” (The New York Times).

SUN, JUN 16 · 8:00 PM
HERBST THEATER

A noted master of classical Hindustani music and a singular figure in the Indian classical and progressive world music scenes, Anoushka Shankar's dynamic and spiritual musicality has garnered several prestigious accolades including six GRAMMY award nominations.

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FESTIVAL KICKOFF CELEBRATION
FREE BLOCK PARTY

TUE, JUN 11 · 5-10PM
PROXY · CORNER OF OCTAVIA & HAYES STREETS
FREE EVENT!

The festival will kick off with a free celebration at the outdoor PROXY space in Hayes Valley, featuring live music, classic films, beer garden, and food trucks.