The Hyde Park Jazz Festival is thrilled to collaborate with the South Side Community Art Center, U of C Presents, and the Logan Center to co-present and co-curate, White Cities: On the Legacy of Charles White. Join us for a performance by pianist composer, Gerald Clayton on February 14, 2025 at the Logan Center and a FREE Symposium in the Logan Center Performance Penthouse on Saturday, February 15, 2025. For performance tickets and information please see here.
For Symposium information and to RSVP (Free but seating is limited) please see here.
Thank you to everyone who came out for the 2024 Hyde Park Jazz Festival ! Save the Dates Next Year: September 27-28, 2025!
Chicago Reader
By Michael Jackson
Photo By Michael Jackson
The Hyde Park Jazz Festival, one of the most astutely curated and organized arts events on the Chicago cultural calendar, reached its 18th year the last weekend in September. Except for one brief shower, the rain in the forecast stayed away, and though the Hyde Park Herald had just published a story on the financial headwinds faced by the festival—even suggesting that this could be its final year—neither that news nor the thick gray clouds could dampen the mood. The fest’s usual broadly diverse audience—one of the best features of this south-side jewel—showed up and remained attentive and engaged for all the music on the program, no matter where it landed on the Venn diagram of “challenging,” “educational,” and “fun.”