57th Annual Loyola Jazz Festival
March 4–March 6
Dates
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Loyola College of Music & Media Complex
1st Event: Nunemaker Auditorium
2nd Event: Louis J. Roussel Performance Hall
3rd Event: Louis J. Roussel Performance Hall
Times
Cost
$20.00Three Events in One Page!
Event 1: Jazz Underground March 4th @ 7:30 PM in Nunemaker Auditorium
Special Thanks to Connie Elaine Jones for sponsoring this traditional jazz offering.
This is a paid ticketed event for non festival participants.
Festival participants have free admission.
Event 2: Faculty Concert - March 5th @ 4:30 PM in Louis J. Roussel Performance Hall
This event is Free and Open to the Public.
Event 3: Loyola Jazz Ensemble, Crescent Collective, Featuring Ingrid Jensen - March 6th @ 4:30 PM in Louis J. Roussel Performance Hall
This is a Paid Ticketed Event
Attention Educators!!!
Bring your student musicians to a great educational festival experience in the birthplace of jazz!
We are pleased to announce that this year’s festival will be featuring Ingrid Jensen as guest artist and clinician for the 2026 Loyola University Jazz Ensemble Festival.
The festival is open to big bands or jazz combos from the Elementary through College level.
A panel of expert musicians/educators will be available Friday and Saturday to adjudicate your group.
One of these educators will give your group a clinic immediately following their performance.
Groups that receive all I’s for their performance will receive a plaque. Outstanding Musician Awards will be given to exceptional student soloists, arrangers or section leaders.
Scholarships to the Loyola University Summer Jazz Camp will also be awarded.
Included with the Loyola Festival on both Friday at 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 PM & Saturday from 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM are FREE Master Classes for all instruments, taught by Ingrid Jensen and the Loyola Jazz Faculty. The masterclasses will be in the Louis J. Roussel Performance Hall.
Also your students are invited to our Jazz Underground performance on March 4th. More Artist Details to come.
Prices for Big Bands is $400 & Jazz Combos are $275. Prices are subject to change.
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