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2025 Bradley Beach Jazz Festival

Name: 2025 Bradley Beach Jazz Festival
Start: 2025-02-08T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-02-08T22:00:00-05:00
Location: Bradley Beach Elementary School

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February 8, 2025 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm EST

Hey Jazz Fans, the Bradley Beach Jazz Festival is a new winter event held in Bradley Beach, New Jersey and is produced by Amy Hall, Director of Tourism, Borough of Bradley Beach Tourism Industry. Scheduled for February 7-8, 2025, the festival will take place at the Bradley Beach Elementary School Theatre from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM Friday and 6:000 PM to 10:00 PM on Saturday evening. The event is designed to support arts and culture, celebrate Black History Month, and benefit local organizations.

The festival will feature performances by talented jazz bands, including local emerging artist the Marel Hidalgo Jazz Quartet and the CMJ Jazz Band. Regional favorites performing are the James Moody Scholars and Charisa the Violin Diva along with international performers, the iconic history maker, music arranger and pianist Nat Adderley Jr, and world renowned jazz drummer and bandleader Winard Harper and Jeli Posse. The event will support local businesses and provide a vibrant cultural experience for the community.

Exciting news! Top names in the jazz industry will be hosting and emceeing the festival. Among them are National Endowment for the Arts NEA Jazz Master Dorthaan Kirk and Wayne Winborne, Executive Director of the Rutgers Institute of Jazz Studies which is largest and most comprehensive library and archives of jazz and jazz-related materials in the world. They will be joined by Director of The Mental Health Association of NJ MHANJ and Jazz Singer and Actress Lynette Sheard.