Joe Lovano © Andrea Canter

More than 30 jazz, Latin, blues, and groove acts will perform at Symphony Hall, Scullers Jazz Club, the Beehive, and outdoor stages along Columbus Avenue. The BeanTown Jazz Festival is sponsored by Sovereign Bank and Target. For a complete list of all events, venues, and performers, visit beantownjazz.org.

The crown jewel is the September 28 opening night concert directed by Newport Jazz Festival founder George Wein entitled A Celebration of Jazz and Joyce - A Concert to Establish the Joyce Alexander Wein Scholarship Fund. Promising to be one of the great jazz concerts in Boston history, the lineup features Roy Haynes, Branford Marsalis, Jon Faddis, Joe Lovano, Lizz Wright, Geri Allen, Regina Carter, Toshiko Akiyoshi and Lew Tabackin, Kenny Werner, Howard Alden, Jimmy Cobb and Ray Drummond. More names will be announced soon. The concert takes place at Symphony Hall at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $100, $70, $55, and $40.00 and are on sale now at bso.org, or by calling 888-266-1200. The Symphony Hall box office opens on September 4.

Lew Tabackin © Howard A. Gitelson

On Saturday, September 29, the free BeanTown Jazz Festival will take place from noon to 6:00 p.m. on three stages over six blocks on Columbus Avenue, starting at Massachusetts Avenue, with a shimmering array of talent. Appearing will be the Mike Stern Band, Bobby Hutcherson, the Charles Toliver Big Band, Blues After Dark, Entrain, the Greg Hopkins Jazz Orchestra, Claudia Acuna, the Berklee Rainbow Band, and Conrad Herwig and Brian Lynch presenting Latin arrangements of music by Miles Davis.

Roy Haynes © Andrea Canter

“Producing the BeanTown Jazz Festival feels like Berklee is throwing a big party for Boston,” says Larry Simpson, Berklee senior vice president for academic affairs and BeanTown Jazz Festival executive director. “And our party has all of the essential ingredients for a memorable time: stunning live music that will make you move, a diverse mix of engaging people, a variety of delicious foods, and plenty to keep the kids entertained.” The BeanTown Jazz Festival schedule of all activities

Thursday, September 27:
BeanTown Jazz Warm-Up at the Beehive 9:00 p.m. Free 541 Tremont St., Boston. 617-423-0069 A JazzFest-eve club set by some of Boston’s hottest rising talent at the city’s buzzing new night spot.

Friday, September 28:

Regina Carter © Howard A. Gitelson

Saturday, September 29:
BeanTown Jazz Festival presented by Sovereign Bank and Target. Noon – 6:00 p.m. Free. On Columbus Ave, starting at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue. Accessible on the T by the Mass. Ave. Orange Line stop, the Symphony stop on the Green Line’s E car, the # 1 bus at Mass. and Columbus Aves., and the Silver Line at Washington St. and Mass. Ave.

Sovereign Stage

• 12:00 –1:15 p.m. Sean Jones Quintet
• 1:35 – 2:50 p.m. "The Latin side of Miles" Conrad Herwig and Brian Lynch
• 3:10 - 4:25 p.m Bobby Hutcherson
• 4:45 - 6:00 p.m. Mike Stern Band

Target Stage

• 12:00 –12:30 p.m. Berklee City Music All-Stars
• 12:45 - 1:30 p.m. New England Conservatory Jazz Composers Ensemble
• 1:45 - 3:00 p.m. Greg Hopkins Jazz Orchestra
• 3:15 – 4:30 p.m. The Berklee Rainbow Band and Phil Wilson
• 4:45 - 6:00 p.m. Charles Tolliver Big Band

Global Stage

Claudia Acuna

• 12:00 - 12:55 pm. Entrain
• 1:10 – 2:10 p.m. DK Ibomeka
• 2:20 - 3:15 p.m. The Conscious Band
• 3:30 – 4:25 p.m. Blues After Dark, featuring Bob Doezema and Dennis Montgomery
• 4:45 – 6:00 p.m. Claudia Acuna

Street performers

• 1:00 and 3:00 Sandro Scoccia - Bloco AfroBrazil

Saturday, September 29:
BeanTown Jazz Cool Down at Scullers Jazz Club, 400 Soldiers Field Road, Boston, 617-562-4111 8:00 & 10:30 p.m. Monty Alexander’s Jazz & Roots Ensemble will perform two shows at Boston’s world-class nightclub.