2023 Litchfield Jazz Fest – Tickets on sale!

Litchfield Performing Arts announces the 28th annual Litchfield Jazz Festival, July 28, 29 and 30th in Washington, CT. The event will be held on the beautiful grounds of the Frederick Gunn School and in its new, acoustically excellent Tisch Auditorium with unobstructed views from every seat. Last summer the iconic

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NEW & IN PERSON! Litchfield Jazz Presents at the Poli Club Caili O’Dohertey 3/24

Litchfield Jazz Festival’s Litchfield Jazz Presents series has a new home. Its 3-year old live stream series will now be presented for both in person audiences and live stream listeners at the Poli Club at the Palace Theater in Waterbury. This series, run in tandem and collaboration with New England

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Litchfield Jazz Presents – Duchess, April 29

The DUCHESS April 29 show will welcome a limited live Studio Audience with a ticket-holder reception to meet the artists and enjoy refreshments. Proceeds from both ticket sales and live-stream listener donations will help fund need-based scholarships for the 26th Annual Litchfield Jazz Camp.In the fall of 2020, Litchfield Jazz

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FUNDRAISER FOR LITCHFIELD JAZZ

We are offering the chance for up to 40 friends and supporters to attend our newly minted winter/spring fundraisers in person*. Our first fundraiser event is set for December 17th and our second for April 29th. The evenings will begin a 6:45 with a pre-concert reception. Concerts will begin promptly

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Week 2 Student Concert live on YouTube now!

Head to our YouTube page or watch the embedded video below.

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Jazz After Work – Celebrating 25 years of Litchfield Jazz Camp

Litchfield Jazz Camp is set to open its 25th anniversary season at the Frederick Gunn School in Washington CT on July 18. This year’s camp runs for two weeks, through July 30, followed by the Litchfield Jazz Festival live-streamed from Telefunken Soundstage.   Founded in 1997, Litchfield Jazz Camp is

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FREE VIRTUAL CONCERT! Emmet Cohen Trio on Dec 17

“As he strides through Fats Waller with his left hand while his right is tossing off shimmering passages conjuring up Duke Ellington, Earl Hines, and Art Tatum, Emmet Cohen would be the first to acknowledge he hasn’t bested these heavyweights….but by deciding to play ball, he surely honors what they

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Save The Date, Jazz & Friends is BACK – May 3

This summer marks the 25th anniversary of the Litchfield Jazz Festival.  The lead up to it will begin with a fundraising gala for Litchfield Jazz Camp scholarships. On May 3, Litchfield Jazz will bring back its popular Jazz & Friends fundraiser party, this time at a South Kent estate.  The

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