The 2025 Jacksonville Jazz Festival officially wrapped up Sunday, and despite lengthy rain delays, organizers tell Action News Jax the overall turnout for this year’s festival was larger than last year’s.
For the first time, the Jacksonville Jazz Festival was held at the Tailgaters Lot in the sports and entertainment district. It was also the first time in many years that the Jazz Festival only had one stage for performances.
City officials said that the music festival saw roughly 10,000 people attend on Friday.
On Saturday, the festival had just over 14,000 people, and Sunday, over 5,000 people still attended despite not opening until around 8 P.M. due to rain. That makes the total attendance over the festival’s 3 days at roughly 30,000 people. That’s roughly 6,000 more people than last year, according to the event’s organizers…