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05/02/2026

Join us on May 23 as Pittsfield’s own Royal Hartigan plays with blood drum spirit, where they will incorporate complex rhythmic, timbral, melodic, and harmonic structures into radical new works, arrangements of jazz classics, and songs and rhythms from around the globe. This event is presented by Price Memorial AME Zion Church, in conjunction with Dews Management Inc (DMI). The concert starts at 6 pm at Price Memorial, 27 East St, Pittsfield; visit dewsmanagement.ticketmambo.events/events to purchase tickets.
Blood Drum Spirit

04/30/2026

Tonight at 8:00 pm on YouTube, the 15th Annual International Jazz Day All-Star Global Concert. We’re looking forward to watching!

130 likes. "2026 International Jazz Day All-Star Global Concert — Live in 4K from Chicago, USA"

04/30/2026

Last fall, we were thrilled to host Emmet Cohen at the Linde Center at Tanglewood. As part of International Jazz Day, Emmet will be speaking live, today at 1:45 pm.

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04/30/2026

Happening now. Starts at 23 minute mark.

6 likes. "Jazz Day Chicago Official Opening Ceremony at Pritzker Pavilion, Millenium Park"

04/30/2026

Happy International Jazz Day! We are thrilled to be part of the jazz scene, having brought jazz to the Berkshires for the past two decades. We look forward to bringing much more jazz to the area for many decades to come. Tonight, join us at 8:00 pm EST in watching the International Jazz Day All-Star Global Concert. Visit jazzday.com our YouTube.com for more information.

Let’s celebrate our own jazz all stars: here are a few more photos from our 20th Annual Pittsfield CityJazz Festival, which wrapped up this past weekend.

04/26/2026

A snippet from last night’s concert, which blew the roof off of the Boyd-Quinson Theater, as Grace Kelly Music, Veronica Swift, and the UCONN Jazz Ensemble—under the direction of John Mastroianni—closed out our 20th Annual Pittsfield CityJazz Festival. The crowd of 300 toe-tapped, cheered, clapped, sang, and applauded the two-plus hour jazz spectacular.

We are still reveling in the adrenaline rush of the great jazz we experienced these past ten days; we’ll be sharing more videos, photos, and thoughts over the next few weeks. Thanks to the audience members, sponsors, donors, artists, venues, vendors, volunteers, media, City of Pittsfield, and Berkshires Jazz Board of Directors—we couldn’t do any of this without you.

UConn Music

04/25/2026

Tonight’s the night—our closing concert to our 20th Annual Pittsfield CityJazz Festival. It’s been a great week of jazz, and we know that tonight will be the cherry on the sundae, pièce de résistance, pick your cliché. This is your last chance to get a ticket to see Grace Kelly Music, Veronica Swift, and the University of Connecticut Jazz Ensemble at the Boyd-Quinson Stage at 30 Union Street. Ticket prices range from $31-98; visit Barrington Stage Company for more information. We hope to see you tonight!

04/25/2026

The Lucky Five at W A N D E R Berkshires. We’re here til 10–come on down!

04/25/2026

Andy Wrba Trip live at The Lantern, part of our jazz crawl.

04/25/2026

The Jolly Ranchers, live at Dotties Coffee Lounge. Come on down. The crawl goes til 10. See full schedule on berkshiresjazz.org or see prior posts.