Media Sponsor
Ramsey Lewis,
Honorary Festival Chair
Produced by:
Hyde Park Cultural Alliance
Hyde Park Jazz Society
The University of Chicago
14 HOURS OF FREE JAZZ
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2008
The 2nd Annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival on Saturday, September 27, 2008 will bring together world-class headliners and local emerging artists for 14 hours of FREE, non-stop jazz for the serious and casual listener, alike. Come experience how "... a single Chicago neighborhood transformed itself into what Duke Ellington used to call the city of jazz," according to Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune.
Free performances will take place on the Midway Plaisance and at Checkerboard Lounge, DuSable Museum, Experimental Station, Hyde Park Art Center, International House, Little Black Pearl, Oriental Institute Museum, Quadrangle Club, Robie House, Rockefeller Chapel, and Smart Museum of Art.
Festival Updates
2008 Festival Performers
The Festival headliners are world-class, award winning, respected authorities on jazz and its culture. Performers include Reginald R. Robinson, Nicole Mitchell, Robert Irving III, Ari Brown, Dee Alexander, Fred Anderson, Grazyna Auguscik, Orbert Davis, Willie Pickens, Chicago Jazz Orchestra, and many others. See the 2008 Schedule for more information. Check out the music page to hear music samples from some of the great artists who performed at the 2007 Festival.
Become a Sponsor!
Opportunities are still available to support the Festival! To learn more about how to be included in the Festival communications opportunities and promotional products or the official program guide, visit the Sponsors page.