Arlington Jazz Festival, 15th annual, April 8-12: full schedule now up, which features the Stanley Jordan Trio

Arlington Jazz Festival, 15th Annual, runs April 8 thru 12, 2026. Entire schedule now finalized, featuring events, most free, that highlight a wide variety of musical styles, w/the Stanley Jordan Trio capping it off on the final day. The <a href="https://www.arlingtonjazz.org/">Arlington Jazz Festival</a> has been held annually since 2012, usually in April, a timeframe that has become known internationally as Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM). Festival originator/organizer/producer and Arlington-resident <a href="https://www.danfox.com/">Dan Fox </a>initially dubbed his vision as the A-Town Jazz Festival, when it was more of a relatively small but ambitious experiment. Fox's first efforts proved to be mighty enough that he has continued programming the Festival on a yearly basis. Even without missing a beat in 2020, when it needed to go virtual. Now the annual Festival has blossomed to the point that the tickets to this year's festival headliner master jazz guitarist <a href="https://stanleyjordan.com/en/">Stanley Jordan</a> and his Trio have been moving very quickly. Evidence that the Arlington Jazz Festival's grapevine has become very robust. The Festival, supported in part by a grant from the Arlington Commission for Arts and Culture (ACAC), also receives organizing and production assistance from Arlington-based <a href="https://www.morningsidemusic.org/">Morningside Music Studio</a>, which is also under the direction of Dan Fox. He has this solid mission: to raise awareness and appreciation of jazz through the confluence of top performers, local rising ensembles, and student groups. He is also dedicated to fostering a sense of community and an appreciation that Arlington and surrounding towns outside of Boston-proper can also be cultural destinations. Morningside's motto: "keep the groove in your life." Arlington Jazz Festival's basic listing info for each concert can be found at <a href="https://www.arlingtonjazz.org/2026-festival-schedule.html">arlingtonjazz.org/2026-festival-schedule.html</a>. Most of the festival concerts, primarily held in Arlington (or adjacent Belmont), are free and open to all. Any questions can be submitted at <a href="https://www.arlingtonjazz.org/contact.html">arlingtonjazz.org/contact.html</a>.

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