The Blue Note Jazz Festival 2023 brings jazz, Latin, soul, hip-hop, R&B and funk to the Blue Note, Sony Hall, The Town Hall, Beacon Theatre, Hammerstein Ballroom, SummerStage and BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn; from May 31 – July 2, 2023.
This is one of New York City’s big jazz festivals. It’s not just about straight-ahead jazz. Jazz, like most American popular music derives from the blues. That gets you into R&B, soul, funk, and hip-hop. The blues is what we got when they took away the African drum which came to New Orleans from Haiti. So Latin is a natural part of this too.
Blue Note Jazz Festival 2023
Disco and pop legend Grace Jones opens the Blue Note Jazz Festival on in the Hammerstein Ballroom in Manhattan’s Garment District on Wednesday, May 31, 2023 at 8pm (6pm doors). From $178. 🇯🇲
Cuban jazz legends Chucho Valdés & Paquito D’Rivera (Irakere) are together again for the Blue Note Jazz Festival at The Town Hall in Midtown, Manhattan on Saturday, June 10, 2023 at 8pm (7pm doors). From $68. 🇨🇺
Tropicana and Buena Vista Social Club legend Omara Portuondo plays the Blue Note Jazz Festival at Sony Hall in the Times Square Theater District; on Thursday, June 22, 2023 at 8pm (6pm doors). From $68. 🇨🇺
Brasil ’66 legend Sergio Mendes plays the Blue Note Jazz Festival at Sony Hall in the Times Square Theater District; on Friday-Saturday, June 23-24, 2023 at 8pm (6pm doors). 🇧🇷
Julius Rodriguez plays his jazz piano for the Blue Note Jazz Festival at the Blue Note in Greenwich Village; on Monday, June 26, 2023 at 8pm & 10:30pm. From $30. 🇺🇸
For tickets, a full line-up and schedule, visit bluenotejazz.com