The Madison Jazz Festival 2025, celebrating 10 days of jazz across the city of Madison June 6-15, announced its lineup and full schedule of events on Wednesday.
Highlights include a special series honoring the 60th Anniversary of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), a performance by the trailblazing Original Pinettes Brass Band from New Orleans, and weekend Union Terrace headlining sets by saxophonist Isaiah Collier & The Chosen Few and pianist Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble, according to a press release from the Arts + Literature Laboratory, one of the presenters of the event.
The Madison Jazz Festival 2025 will also be presented by Wisconsin Union Theater, collaborating with Madison Music Collective, Madison Jazz Society, and venues UW-Madison Memorial Union Terrace, Cafe CODA, North Street Cabaret, High Noon Saloon, MYArts, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Allen Centennial Garden, Olin Park, and Warner Park…