Northwest Jazz Festival

Northwest hosts its annual Jazz Festival with more than 20 middle school and high school ensembles from Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri set to perform on the campus. The festival performances begin at 8 a.m. and continue throughout the day in the Charles Johnson Theater as well as the Mary Linn Auditorium at the Ron Houston Center for the Performing Arts.

In addition to a performance by the Northwest Jazz Ensemble to close the festival at 5 p.m. in the Charles Johnson Theater, guest artist Stan Kessler (trumpet) will headline the festival by performing with the Northwest Jazz Ensemble at noon and leading a master class at 12:45 p.m.

All of the performances are free and open to the public.

Funding support for the Northwest Jazz Festival is provided by the University’s School of Fine and Performing Arts and the Missouri Arts Council.