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nashville noise - 2023
The 23rd Annual Jefferson Street Jazz & Blues Festival is July 22 at TSU. The music is from 5 PM to 10 PM, with a full list of featured artists below. Tickets start at $20.
american towns - 2023
Jefferson Street Jazz and Blues Festival returns to Nashville.
nashville guru - 2023
The 23rd annual Jefferson Street Jazz and Blues Festival, presented by the Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp and JUMP Nashville, is Saturday, July 22, 2023, at 5:00pm at The Cumberlands’ Fertile Shore. This festival celebrates community, music, and culture. Guests can expect incredible jazz, blues, funk, gospel, soul, and R&B music.
n-focus magazine - 2023
Join us Saturday, July 22nd, as Nashville brings back the 23rd annual Jefferson Street Jazz & Blues Festival. With thousands of attendees each year, the Jefferson Street Jazz & Blues Festival builds cultural awareness, attracts diversity and commemorates the historic Jefferson Street Corridor through the sounds of jazz, blues, funk, gospel, soul and R&B. Not just a music festival, this event pays homage to the historic treasures and challenges that make the Jefferson Street community a unique and vital part of Nashville.
n-focus magazine - 2023
The 23rd annual Jefferson Street Jazz & Blues Festival artist lineup includes Bizz & Everyday People, Joe Johnson and Friends, Cherelle, Glenn Jones, and Sir Charles. For nearly a quarter century, the event has showcased the area’s best jazz and blues artists and celebrated the rich music heritage and distinct flavors of the Jefferson Street community.
davidson county source - 2023
With thousands of attendees each year, the Jefferson Street Jazz & Blues Festival builds cultural awareness, attracts diversity and commemorates the historic Jefferson Street Corridor through the sounds of jazz, blues, funk, gospel, soul and R&B. Not just a music festival, this event pays homage to the historic treasures and challenges that make the Jefferson Street community a unique and vital part of Nashville.
92q nashville’s r&b and throwbacks - 2023
With thousands of attendees each year, the Jefferson Street Jazz & Blues Festival builds cultural awareness, attracts diversity and commemorates the historic Jefferson Street Corridor through the sounds of jazz, blues, funk, gospel, soul and R&B. Not just a music festival, this event pays homage to the historic treasures and challenges that make the Jefferson Street community a unique and vital part of Nashville.
YAHOO! - 2023
Jefferson Street Jazz and Blues Festival returns to Nashville.
WKRN - 2023
Join us for a weekend of fun as Nashville brings back the 23rd annual Jefferson Street Jazz & Blues Festival. It celebrates the vitality of the Jefferson Street community through its arts, music and food culture.
NewsChannel5 (WTVF) - 2023
Nashville's iconic Jefferson Street Jazz and Blues Festival returned for the 23rd year! The festival was hosted at Tennessee State University and featured a lineup of R&B and Jazz artists.
WSMV 4 NASHVILLE - 2022
Jazz, funk, soul, and R&B music will fill North Nashville this weekend for the Jefferson Street Jazz and Blues Festival. Come Saturday night, the football field at Fisk University will be filled with people and, of course, lots of music for the festival.
WKRN NASHVILLE - 2022
Join us for a weekend of fun as Nashville brings back the 22nd annual Jefferson Street Jazz & Blues Festival. It celebrates the vitality of the Jefferson Street community through its arts, music and food culture.
Do615 - 2022
Join us at Fisk University for the 22nd annual Jefferson Street Jazz & Blues Festival on July 23rd!
Pride publishing - 2022
The 22nd Annual Jefferson Street Jazz & Blues Festival will showcase the rich music history of Nashville’s Jefferson Street neighborhood through the sounds of jazz, blues, funk, gospel, soul, and R&B. This annual event brings community members together to celebrate arts, music and food culture – featuring local and national jazz and blues artists and food and retail vendors from the North Nashville community.
Tennessee tribune - 2022
One of the summer’s premier events will be held once again this weekend. The annual Jefferson St. Jazz & Blues Festival will be held on te campus of Fisk University. It gets underway at 5 p.m. Tickets are now available., Proceeds for this year’s event will go to benefit the organization J.U.M.P, With over 180 business, partner and individual memberships, JUMP works to keep the community alive and thriving toward the advancement of Jefferson Street.
Wnxp 91.one - 2022
On Saturday you can check out the 22nd annual Jefferson Street Jazz and Blues Festival taking place at the historic Fisk University. Performers include local group Higher Ground, saxophonist Mike Phillips, R&B group The Manhattans and legendary blues musician Bobby Rush. Ron Wynn of the Nashville Scene joined us to discuss how the festival came together, the performers hitting the stage, and how he would describe Jefferson Street’s impact on the Nashville music scene.
92Q - 2022
With thousands of attendees each year, the Jefferson Street Jazz & Blues Festival builds cultural awareness, attracts diversity and commemorates the historic Jefferson Street Corridor through the sounds of jazz, blues, funk, gospel, soul and R&B.
NASHVILLE scene - 2022
For more than 20 years, the Jefferson Street Jazz and Blues Festival has been a much-anticipated highlight of the summer and a North Nashville community staple. Even the 2020 pandemic couldn’t stop it: That year, the festival went virtual. The celebration returned in full glory last year, with lauded R&B ensemble After 7 headlining the daylong event.
TENNESSEAN - 2021
Music City hasn't seen the last of the Rolling Stones. After they were forced to cut their 2020 "No Filter" tour short due to the pandemic — including a date in Nashville — the legendary rock group resumes the trek in September, stopping at Nashville's Nissan Stadium this October. Now, for more music news spinning out of Nashville.
NEWS 4 NASHVILLE - 2021
Blues and Jazz fills the air in the neighborhood around Jefferson Street Saturday. It's the 21st annual Jazz and Blues Festival at Fisk University. News 4's Terry Bulger has some music and information to let you know all about it.
NASHVILLE SCENE - 2021
After 7, Fisk Jubilee Singers, More to Play Jefferson Street Jazz and Blues Festival 21st annual event comes to Fisk University on Saturday
NASHVILLE GURU - 2021
The annual Jefferson Street Jazz and Blues Festival is Saturday, July 24, 2021 at Fisk University. This festival celebrates community, music, and culture. Enjoy incredible jazz, blues, funk, gospel, soul, and R&B music—R&B group After 7 will be headlining the event! Ticket prices vary from $20 to $50 and proceeds will go towards fundraising efforts of the Fisk Jubilee Singers.
PRIDE PUBLISHING GROUP - 2021
JUMP Jefferson Street Jazz & Blues Festival at Fisk University July 24
MAIN STREET NASHVILLE - 2021
After 7 to headline Jefferson Street Jazz & Blues Festival
TENNESSEAN - 2021
Jefferson Street Jazz & Blues Festival moves to Fisk University with After 7, more
BLOG POST - 2020
Preserving Nashville’s Music History with the Annual Jefferson Street Jazz and Blues Festival
News channel 5 - 2020
Jefferson Street Jazz and Blues Festival Raises $20K for Businesses Impacted by Tornado
Visit Music City - 2020
Jefferson Street Jazz & Blues Festival Announces Virtual Celebration: 20th Anniversary on June 20th to Honor Impact of Black Music in Music City and Raise Funds for Tornado Ravaged Businesses in the Jefferson Street Corridor.
Nashville Scene - 2020
Jefferson Street Jazz and Blues Festival Brings Vital Historical Perspective
Press Release - 2020
Jefferson Street Jazz & Blues Festival Announces Virtual Celebration
Nashville Scene - 2019
Valerie Simpson Still Serves the Song
News Channel 5 - 2019
5 things to do in Middle Tennessee this weekend: June 14th-16th
Tennessean - 2018
Nashville's Jefferson Street Jazz & Blues Festival is Back
News Channel 5 - 2017
17th Annual Jefferson Street Jazz & Blues Festival Underway
Nashville Scene - 2012
This weekend's Jefferson Street Jazz and Blues Festival celebrates the hub of Nashville soul — and the scene that gave Jimi Hendrix his start