The 61st Annual Jazzmobile Summerfest 2026 | July 8th – Sept. 23rd, 2026 (FREE ADMISSION!)
Jazzmobile Presents Free Concerts
with Jazz Legends, Greats and Emerging Artists,
Centennial Tributes and more at SUMMERFEST61
These Free concerts run July 8–September 23 across all five boroughs
The Series celebrates Melba Liston, Miles Davis, Randy Weston, John Coltrane, Jimmy Heath, with Tributes to the Late Danny Mixon and Sonny Rollins, and the 125th Birthday of Louis “Pops” Armstrong at his Home in Corona, Queens
Other Highlights Include The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Camille Thurman and the Darrell Green Quartet, Big Chief NEA Jazz Master Donald Harrison, Wycliffe Gordon, Sean Mason, and The Jimmy Heath Big Band
HARLEM, NY, July 6, 2026 – Jazzmobile is proud to announce the return of Summerfest 2026, its landmark free outdoor jazz series now in its 61st year, bringing world-class live music to parks and public spaces across New York City throughout July and August. With a special Centennial tribute to Jazz legend, John Coltrane on September 23. SUMMERFEST is New York State’s longest-running jazz concert series.
This year’s Summerfest features concerts at Grant’s Tomb, Marcus Garvey Park, Brooklyn’s 500 Block MacDonough Street, The Louis Armstrong House Museum, Snug Harbor, and the Bronx Music Heritage Center, with performances by an extraordinary lineup of artists including Winard Harper, Craig Harris, Jeremy Pelt, the Sean Mason Trio, Antoinette Montague Experience, Houston Person, Steve Oquendo, Jay Hoggard Quartet, Bobby Sanabria Multi-Verse Big Band, and more artists.
Summerfest continues Jazzmobile’s mission of making great jazz free accessible to the public while celebrating the music’s history, present, and future. The series invites long-time jazz lovers, new audiences, families, and neighbors from across the city to experience live music in welcoming outdoor settings.
Jazzmobile continues its longtime partnerships with the greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce during Harlem Week; City Park’s Foundation|SummerStage; NYC Parks and Recreation; National Parks Service; the New Heritage Theatre Group; and on Friday evenings in July, Jazzmobile with the Classical Theater in Harlem (CTH) invites the audience to enjoy an evening of jazz and theater at Marcus Garvey Park. Following the JZM concert, CTH is presenting a brilliant performance of OTHELLO!
SUMMERFEST remains a free concert series thanks, in part, to our generous donors including: The Mellon Foundation, the Howard Gilman Foundation, the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, The Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, The New York State Council on the Arts, the Harlem Community Development Corporation, West Harlem Development Corporation, and Joyce and George Wein Foundation. For program updates: www.jazzmobile.org
SUMMERFEST61 SCHEDULE
All concerts are weather permitting and subject to change.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 8 | 7:00-8:30 pm
WINARD HARPER & JELI POSSE
GRANT’S TOMB | Bring a Chair
RIVERSIDE DR & WEST 122ND ST., HARLEM
FRIDAY, JULY 10 | 7:00-8:15 pm
CRAIG HARRIS QUINTET
MARCUS GARVEY PARK
THE RICHARD RODGERS AMPHITHEATER
5TH AVE. & WEST 124TH ST., HARLEM
SATURDAY, JULY 11 | 3:00-4:30 pm
ANTOINETTE MONTAGUE EXPERIENCE | WITH A TRIBUTE TO DANNY MIXON
500 MACDONOUGH ST. BLOCK ASSOCIATION’S ANNUAL PARTY, BROOKLYN
WEDNESDAY, JULY 15 | 7:00-8:30 pm
WYCLIFFE GORDON & FRIENDS
GRANT’S TOMB | Bring a Chair
RIVERSIDE DR. & WEST 122ND ST., HARLEM
FRIDAY, JULY 17 | 7:00-8:15 pm
JEREMY PELT QUARTET
MARCUS GARVEY PARK
THE RICHARD RODGERS AMPHITHEATER
5TH AVE. & WEST 124TH ST., HARLEM
WEDNESDAY JULY 22 | 7:00-8:30 pm
GRANT’S TOMB | Bring a Chair
RIVERSIDE DR. & WEST 122ND ST, HARLEM
FRIDAY, JULY 24 | 7:00-8:15 pm
THE SEAN MASON TRIO
MARCUS GARVEY PARK
THE RICHARD RODGERS AMPHITHEATER
5TH AVE. & WEST 124TH ST., HARLEM
WEDNESDAY, JULY 29 | 7:00-8:30 pm
CHARENEE WADE & FRIENDS
GRANT’S TOMB | Bring a Chair
RIVERSIDE DR. & WEST 122ND ST, HARLEM
FRIDAY, JULY 31 | 7:00-8:30PM
ANTOINETTE MONTAGUE EXPERIENCE
MARCUS GARVEY PARK
THE RICHARD RODGERS AMPHITHEATER
5th AVE. & WEST 124TH ST., HARLEM
TUESDAY, AUGUST 4 | 7:00-8:30 pm
“NATIONAL NIGHT OUT” | 32ND Police Precinct
WINARD HARPER & JELI POSSE
“A Salsa and Swing Dance Party”
WEST 135th STREET, HARLEM
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5 | 7:00-8:30 pm
HOUSTON PERSON QUARTET
GRANT’S TOMB | Bring a Chair
RIVERSIDE DR. & WEST 122ND ST., HARLEM
FRIDAY, AUGUST 7 | 7:00-8:30 pm
JAY HOGGARD QUARTET
MARCUS GARVEY PARK
THE RICHARD RODGERS AMPHITHEATER
5th AVE. & WEST 124TH ST., HARLEM
SATURDAY, AUGUST 8 | 3:00-5:00 pm
DAVID OSTWALD’S LOUIS ARMSTRONG ETERNITY BAND
And SPECIAL GUESTS
THE LOUIS ARMSTRONG HOUSE MUSEUM
34-56 107TH STREET
CORONA, QUEENS
SUNDAY, AUGUST 9 | 5:00-9:00 pm
JAZZMOBILE | SUMMERFEST Presents:
BOBBY SANABRIA MULTIVERSE BIG BAND
CITY PARKS FOUNDATION | SUMMERSTAGE Presents:
CHARLIE APONTE | EL GRAN COMBO de PUERTO RICO
JUDY SANTOS | BACHATA
In Collaboration With
SNUG HARBOR CULTURAL CENTER & THE UNIVERSAL TEMPLE FOR THE ARTS
ON THE SOUTH MEADOW
1000 RICHMOND TERRACE, STATEN ISLAND
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12 | 7:00-8:30PM
STEVE OQUENDO NONET
GRANT’S TOMB | Bring a Chair
RIVERSIDE DR. & WEST 122ND ST
FRIDAY, AUGUST 14 | 7:00-8:30PM
A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
T.K. BLUE | RANDY WESTON’S AFRICAN RHYTHM ALUMNI QUINTET
ANTONIO HART | JIMMY HEATH BIG BAND
MARCUS GARVEY PARK
THE RICHARD RODGERS AMPHITHEATER
5TH AVE. & WEST 124TH ST., HARLEM
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19 | 7:00-8:30PM
CAMILLE THURMAN & THE DARRELL GREEN QUARTET
GRANT’S TOMB | Bring a Chair
RIVERSIDE DR & WEST 122ND ST., HARLEM
FRIDAY, AUGUST 21 | 7:00-8:30PM
THE VOICES OF MILES A SYMPHONIC CELEBRATION | WITH 35 PIECES
A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH JAZZMOBILE & SUMMERSTAGE
MARCUS GARVEY PARK
THE RICHARD RODGERS AMPHITHEATER
5TH AVE. & WEST 124TH ST., HARLEM
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26 | 7:00-8:30PM
NEA JAZZ MASTER AND BIG CHIEF DONALD HARRISON QUARTET
WITH A TRIBUTE TO NEA JAZZ MASTER SONNY ROLLINS!
GRANT’S TOMB | Bring a Chair
RIVERSIDE DR & WEST 122ND ST., HARLEM
FRIDAY, AUGUST 28 | 7:00-9:00PM
PRESENTING: THE JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA
BILL SAXTON AND THE HARLEM ALL-STARS
CHARLIE PARKER JAZZ FESTIVAL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY PARKS FOUNDATION, SUMMERSTAGE
MARCUS GARVEY PARK
THE RICHARD RODGERS AMPHITHEATER
5TH AVE. & WEST 124TH ST., HARLEM
MORE CONCERTS TO BE ANNOUNCED!
ABOUT JAZZMOBILE:
Jazzmobile is the first established organization of its kind, still in existence, dedicated to presenting, preserving, promoting, and propagating America’s classical music: jazz. Through its free core programs, Jazzmobile continues to carry forward the enduring mission of its founders.
Now entering its 62nd year, Jazzmobile proudly honors the vision of our founders, both champions of social justice: philanthropist, arts and cultural advocate, and administrator Daphne Arnstein, and pianist, composer, producer, pioneering educator, and NEA Jazz Master Dr. Billy Taylor.
Co-founded by Dr. Billy Taylor and fellow NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Heath, SUMMERFEST reflects Jazzmobile’s longstanding commitment to presenting accessible, world-class performance programming. Its pioneering education initiatives, developed from Billy Taylor’s concepts in the 1950s and reimagined to meet the needs of New York City’s underserved communities, have since been replicated and adapted by organizations and individuals across the nation and around the world.
For more than 50 years, SJW | Saturday Jazz Workshops has provided theory classes and performance training for young students and emerging performers, helping train the next generation of jazz artists. For non-musicians, Jazzmobile offers Jazz in the First Person, a lecture-demonstration series designed to introduce jazz as a music appreciation experience for audiences from toddlers to seniors. Jazzmobile’s education programs are free to all students enrolled in these programs.
Over the years, Jazzmobile and its programs have toured nationally and internationally, supported by corporate and government partners.
Carolyn McClair Public Relations