This Years Festival (also living up to its' name) will include Saint Paul with sponsored events on the weekend of the 18th in Saint Paul clubs, Jazz Fest Art Crawl at over 30 galleries in Lowertown, and free outdoor jazz performances in Mears Park. Uptown amd Plymouth stages will also be added.

Read Jazz Police profiles of some of the artists:
Kristin Korb

David Fathead Newman: Heating Up the Hot Summer Jazz Festival!

Doug Little Helps Kick Off the Hot Summer Jazz Festival

Lew Tabackin

Pat Mallinger

Jimmy McGriff - Live and Free in the Twin CIties

Twin Cities Jazz With Chicago Soul – Von Freeman

Hiromi: “Another Mind,” Another Dimension

Arne Fogel

Ira Sullivan

Bill Carrothers

Terrell Stafford

Lew Tabackin

Connie Evingson

Bettye Lavette



Irv Williams

Starting Monday the 21st the Festival returns to Minneapolis with evening event in clubs and on the 24th there is a 'Jazz Night Out'. The Hot Summer Jazz Festival keeps cooking on the weekend as it returns to Peavey Plaza and other stages downtown, which will host a full weekend of jazz including local stars visitors and special guests: David “Fathead” Newman, Jimmy McGriff, and Chicago's Von Freeman at the "Jack McDuff Memorial" stage (details follow).