Spring is in the air, and here in the ATL, we know that means one thing: the Atlanta Jazz Festival is just around the corner! This May, experience a full month of incredible jazz events hosted throughout the city, all culminating in the 2026 Atlanta Jazz Festival at Piedmont Park! Keep scrolling for all the details.
What is the Atlanta Jazz Festival?
The Atlanta Jazz Festival is a 31-day celebration of Jazz, culminating in a spectacular 3-day weekend of Jazz, local art, food and community. It’s one of the biggest and most celebrated festivals in all of Atlanta.
The festival’s mission is “to expose and entertain a diverse audience of Jazz aficionados, young Jazz enthusiasts and aspiring musicians to the rich heritage and variety of Jazz as an authentic form of American music.”
What can festival-goers expect at the Atlanta Jazz Festival?
First of all, a LOT of amazing Jazz! Memorial Day weekend just got a whole lot hotter with the Atlanta Jazz Festival. Festival-goers can expect a weekend of spectacular live music, a massive local artists market with vendors selling hand-crafted goods, a delicious food & beverage market and a kids’ play zone!
But the Jazz festival doesn’t only take place over Memorial Day weekend. The 31 Days of Jazz calendar includes amazing pop-up events from rooftop concerts to art gallery Jazz sessions to museum moments and beyond! You can see the full event lineup as it’s announced, here.
Here’s the Atlanta Jazz Festival Lineup for 2026
1. Day 1 (Saturday, May 23rd)
- Buddy Red
- Aja Monet
- Nate Smith
- Christian McBride & Ursa Major
2. Day 2 (Sunday, May 24th)
- Cleveland P. Jones
- Myron McKinley Trio
- Donnie Performing The Colored Section
- Esperanza Spalding
- The Roots
3. Day 3 (Monday, May 25th | Memorial Day)
- Cody Matlock
- Nicole Zuraitis
- Destin Conrad
- Butcher Brown
- PJ Morton
Okay, okay! I’m going! Gimme the details.
Where: Piedmont Park…