Riverfront Jazz Festival

02/16/2026

Our website got a fresh new look, thanks to our manager, Jessie! Check it out at the link below and let us know what you think—and while you’re over there, consider donating to this year’s festival! Labor Day weekend may still seem far away, but we on the board are getting busy turning the 2026 festival into reality!

A huge shoutout to CREATE Wisconsin for partnering with us as our new fiscal receiver! We are ever grateful for your services and support thus far.

Serving all of Central Wisconsin, join us for a free jazz festival filled with great music, great food, and a welcoming, family-friendly atmosphere!

12/24/2025

May your days be merry & bright ✨ Happy holidays to our Riverfront Jazz Fest family! We hope this holiday brings you peace, warmth, and joy spent with loved ones!

10/03/2025

One month past our favorite festival, and we are still feeling so grateful to our community for such a wonderful weekend. This year was a special one for us, as we honored our friend and fellow board member, David Henry, in his recent passing. It wasn’t the same without him this year, but we sure made it a good one in his honor!

We are so thankful to our Platinum Sponsors: Sentry Insurance & two anonymous donors, Gold Sponsors: John & Beth Omernik and Lee Ayer’s Jewelers, Silver Sponsors: Delta Dental, David Worth & Cindy Schultz-Worth, David & Edye Raye, and Wells Fargo, and Bronze Sponsors: Erin Prais-Hintz, Susan Henry, Kelly Jones, and Furniture & Appliance Mart.

09/01/2025

And just like that, the sun sets on the 2025 Riverfront Jazz Festival with Patricia Barber playing us out! Thank you for spending your weekend with us!

08/31/2025

Una Historia de Afro Cuban Jazz getting us grooving in our seats! 💃🏻 🕺🏻

08/31/2025

Coming out cookin’! Mercer Patterson Quintet getting us started for Day 2 ☀️

08/31/2025

‼️ TIME CHANGE REMINDER ‼️ The Riverfront Jazz Festival will begin this year at 2PM today.

Onward to Day 2 ! Again, remember to bring cash for RJF swag and 50/50 raffle tickets, as well as for food from our vendors!

🎶 Lineup today will be:

2-3:30p : Mercer Patterson Quintet

3:30-4p : Music with friends (behind the bandshell)

4-5:30p : Una Historia de Afro Cuban Jazz ft. Yorvanis Moran and Nick Moran

6-7:30p : Patricia Barber

🍔 🍦 Enjoy food from our vendors: Vila’s Farm to Table, Stevie’s Food Truck, Stone Press Foof Truck, and King Cone.

✨ Keep the weekend going and grab tickets to see Paul Cornish Trio at Great Northern Distilling, hosted by Jazz Coterie. Head to Jazz Coterie’s website to purchase tickets, you won’t regret it!

08/31/2025

G. Thomas Allen ending Saturday night with a bang! 💥

08/30/2025

Eric Jacobson Quintet going out swinging! 🎶

08/30/2025

Mitchell Shiner Latin Vibes kicking things off! The sun is shining and the vibes (literally) are right! 😉

08/30/2025

‼️ TIME CHANGE REMINDER ‼️ The Riverfront Jazz Festival will begin this year at 2PM today and tomorrow.

Day 1 is here! Reminder to bring cash for RJF swag and 50/50 raffle tickets, as well as for food from our vendors!

🎶 Lineup today will be:

2-3:30p : Mitchell Shiner Latin Vibes

3:30-4p : Music with friends (behind the bandshell)

4-5:30p : Eric Jacobson Quintet

6-7:30p : G. Thomas Allen

8p : RJF after party jam session at Great Northern Distilling hosted by Point of Jazz Quintet

🍔 🍦 Enjoy food from our vendors: Vila’s Farm to Table, Stevie’s Food Truck, Stone Press Foof Truck, and King Cone.