San Francisco Jazz Festival
SAT, JUNE 14 DAILY PASSES
SAT, JUNE 14 DAILY PASSES
1PM-10PM
Daily passes are available for each day of the Fri-Sun, June 13-15 San Francisco Jazz Festival, including passes for both the SFJAZZ Center and Festival Tent, as well as venue specific options. Each day will also include DJs, food, wine, and beer vendors, art, and vinyl merchants throughout all venues.
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Artist specific concert tickets and reserved seating are unavailable. Festival access wristbands will be available for pickup at the SFJAZZ Center to all ticket holders on May 31-June 8.
VENUES
SFJAZZ Center
Miner Auditorium & Joe Henderson Lab
201 Franklin St.
Festival Tent
& Outdoor Festival Street Market
110 Franklin St.
Corner of Franklin St. & Oak St.
All ticket holders will have access to both the Outdoor Festival Street Market on the corner of Oak St. and Franklin St., and the Community Art Market on the 2nd Floor Lobby of the SFJAZZ Center.
SATURDAY ONLY PASSES
1PM-10PM
JUNE 14 DAILY FULL ACCESS PASSES
$325
► Access to All Concerts at SFJAZZ Center & Festival Tent
JUNE 14 DAILY SFJAZZ CENTER PASSES
$200
► Access to SFJAZZ Center Concerts Only: Miner Auditorium & Joe Henderson Lab
► Concerts Include: Stanley Clarke & Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Lisa Fischer w/ Grand Baton, Nicholas Payton, SOMI, New Jazz Underground, Jahari Stampley Trio
JUNE 14 DAILY SFJAZZ CENTER BALCONY PASSES
$150
► Access to SFJAZZ Center Concerts Only: Balcony Section Seats in Miner Auditorium & Access to Joe Henderson Lab
► Concerts Include: Stanley Clarke & Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Lisa Fischer w/ Grand Baton, Nicholas Payton, SOMI, New Jazz Underground, Jahari Stampley Trio
JUNE 14 DAILY FESTIVAL TENT PASSES
$185
► Access to Festival Tent Concerts Only
► Concerts Include: The Soul Rebels, Zig Zag Power Trio, Mohini Dey, SML (Small Medium Large)
Saturday's Artists
Miner Auditorium | 7:30PM
Stanley Clarke & Gonzalo Rubalcaba
Virtuoso bassist and 2022 NEA Jazz Master Stanley Clarke is a peerless innovator, a five-time GRAMMY winner, and primary developer of jazz fusion as a founding member of the iconic band Return to Forever. He is joined by Cuban piano genius Gonzalo Rubalcaba for this incomparable evening of instrumental mastery to close Saturday’s events.
Miner Auditorium | 7:30PM
Stanley Clarke & Gonzalo Rubalcaba
Virtuoso bassist and 2022 NEA Jazz Master Stanley Clarke is a peerless innovator, a five-time GRAMMY winner, and primary developer of jazz fusion as a founding member of the iconic band Return to Forever. He is joined by Cuban piano genius Gonzalo Rubalcaba for this incomparable evening of instrumental mastery to close Saturday’s events.
Miner Auditorium | 5:15PM
Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton
“Hers is a voice so big and so spine-tinglingly beautiful that on a nightly basis it does the near impossible” (The Guardian). The two-time GRAMMY winner and 25-year collaborator with the Rolling Stones returns with her trio Grand Baton to put a fresh spin on rock anthems and blues standards, fusing them to African, Middle Eastern, and Caribbean rhythms.
Miner Auditorium | 5:15PM
Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton
“Hers is a voice so big and so spine-tinglingly beautiful that on a nightly basis it does the near impossible” (The Guardian). The two-time GRAMMY winner and 25-year collaborator with the Rolling Stones returns with her trio Grand Baton to put a fresh spin on rock anthems and blues standards, fusing them to African, Middle Eastern, and Caribbean rhythms.
Miner Auditorium | 3:15PM
Nicholas Payton
Among the most acclaimed and wide-ranging virtuosos of his generation, Nicholas Payton is “a ferociously gifted trumpeter who has spent much of his career sidestepping expectations” (NY Times). His newest album 'Drip' is a celebration of the grooves and feel of his youth, featuring Robert Glasper, Michael Franks, and fellow Festival performer Patrice Rushen.
Miner Auditorium | 3:15PM
Nicholas Payton
Among the most acclaimed and wide-ranging virtuosos of his generation, Nicholas Payton is “a ferociously gifted trumpeter who has spent much of his career sidestepping expectations” (NY Times). His newest album 'Drip' is a celebration of the grooves and feel of his youth, featuring Robert Glasper, Michael Franks, and fellow Festival performer Patrice Rushen.
Miner Auditorium | 1:15PM
SOMI
Vocalist, composer, actor, and playwright Somi Kakoma is a sublimely gifted artist possessed of rare power and clarity. A Doris Duke winner, TED Senior Fellow, and the first African artist nominated for a Best Jazz Vocal Album GRAMMY award, she is “a virtuosic performer in full command of her instrument and powers” (The New York Times).
Miner Auditorium | 1:15PM
SOMI
Vocalist, composer, actor, and playwright Somi Kakoma is a sublimely gifted artist possessed of rare power and clarity. A Doris Duke winner, TED Senior Fellow, and the first African artist nominated for a Best Jazz Vocal Album GRAMMY award, she is “a virtuosic performer in full command of her instrument and powers” (The New York Times).
Joe Henderson Lab | 6:30PM & 8PM
New Jazz Underground
A trio of brilliant young Floridians transplanted to NYC, New Jazz Underground is forging an expansive 21st century sound steeped in post-bop idioms, hip-hop, house, Afrobeat and Afro-Cuban rhythms. With a modernist swagger and youthful attitude, they bring “a foundation of solid groove, enabled by a remarkable synergy between the players” (DownBeat).
Joe Henderson Lab | 6:30PM & 8PM
New Jazz Underground
A trio of brilliant young Floridians transplanted to NYC, New Jazz Underground is forging an expansive 21st century sound steeped in post-bop idioms, hip-hop, house, Afrobeat and Afro-Cuban rhythms. With a modernist swagger and youthful attitude, they bring “a foundation of solid groove, enabled by a remarkable synergy between the players” (DownBeat).
Joe Henderson Lab | 2:45PM & 4:15PM
Jahari Stampley Family trio
Winner of the 2023 Herbie Hancock Institute International Piano Competition, virtuoso Chicago-born keyboardist and composer Jahari Stampley is known to SFJAZZ audiences for his appearances with bass icon Stanley Clarke. His Family Trio performs music from his bandleading debut, 'Still Listening', which hit #1 on the Apple iTunes jazz chart.
Joe Henderson Lab | 2:45PM & 4:15PM
Jahari Stampley Family trio
Winner of the 2023 Herbie Hancock Institute International Piano Competition, virtuoso Chicago-born keyboardist and composer Jahari Stampley is known to SFJAZZ audiences for his appearances with bass icon Stanley Clarke. His Family Trio performs music from his bandleading debut, 'Still Listening', which hit #1 on the Apple iTunes jazz chart.
Festival Tent | 7PM
Soul Rebels
A New Orleans institution that blends the high-energy brass band tradition with funk, soul, and hip-hop, the Soul Rebels close the festival tent on Saturday with their infectious uplift and soul-stirring vibes. Called “the missing link between Public Enemy and Louis Armstrong” (Village Voice), the band has collaborated with everyone from Lauryn Hill to Metallica.
Festival Tent | 7PM
Soul Rebels
A New Orleans institution that blends the high-energy brass band tradition with funk, soul, and hip-hop, the Soul Rebels close the festival tent on Saturday with their infectious uplift and soul-stirring vibes. Called “the missing link between Public Enemy and Louis Armstrong” (Village Voice), the band has collaborated with everyone from Lauryn Hill to Metallica.
Festival Tent | 5PM
Zig Zag Power Trio
Playing “jazz repertoire by Pharoah Sanders and Ornette Coleman in an incendiary, post-Hendrix style” (NY Times), guitarist Vernon Reid and drummer Will Calhoun of iconic rock band Living Colour join legendary bassist Melvin Gibbs for a blistering set blending instrumental virtuosity, powerful interplay, and infectious grooves.
Festival Tent | 5PM
Zig Zag Power Trio
Playing “jazz repertoire by Pharoah Sanders and Ornette Coleman in an incendiary, post-Hendrix style” (NY Times), guitarist Vernon Reid and drummer Will Calhoun of iconic rock band Living Colour join legendary bassist Melvin Gibbs for a blistering set blending instrumental virtuosity, powerful interplay, and infectious grooves.
Festival Tent | 3:30PM
Theo Croker Quartet
Easily among the most exciting and innovative musicians on the scene, Theo Croker is an artist who “exemplifies this moment in jazz” (DownBeat). The trumpeter and his working quartet including Idris Frederick, Eric Wheeler, and Miguel Marcel Russell perform with a genre-defying spirit that expands the bounds of the music.
Festival Tent | 3:30PM
Theo Croker Quartet
Easily among the most exciting and innovative musicians on the scene, Theo Croker is an artist who “exemplifies this moment in jazz” (DownBeat). The trumpeter and his working quartet including Idris Frederick, Eric Wheeler, and Miguel Marcel Russell perform with a genre-defying spirit that expands the bounds of the music.
Festival Tent | 2PM
SML
An ingenious blend of electronics and live improvisation, the L.A.-based quintet SML “make strikingly original—and wildly evocative—art-fusion" (SPIN). Featuring a lineup of musicians known for work with Jeff Parker, Makaya McCraven, and Meshell Ndegeocello, their 2024 debut for International Anthem was named to Pitchfork’s list of Most Anticipated Albums of Summer.
Festival Tent | 2PM
SML
An ingenious blend of electronics and live improvisation, the L.A.-based quintet SML “make strikingly original—and wildly evocative—art-fusion" (SPIN). Featuring a lineup of musicians known for work with Jeff Parker, Makaya McCraven, and Meshell Ndegeocello, their 2024 debut for International Anthem was named to Pitchfork’s list of Most Anticipated Albums of Summer.