Jazz Fest

Join us for the 53rd Annual PSU Jazz Festival! More than 70 high school bands from across the region will perform for judges in McCray Hall, Memorial Auditorium, and the Overman Student Center all day long, culminating in the festival concert at Memorial Auditorium this evening.

Jazz Band Directors: Register and pay by Feb. 1 to reserve and hold your spot!

Jazz enthusiasts: Stay tuned for announcement on who the headliner artist will be, then make plans (and buy tickets!) for the concert that evening! https://forms.gle/26FKJLdKSfme6LXz8

Beginning at 8 a.m. and continuing throughout the day, student bands will take turns playing for a group of judges who are experienced educators and musicians.

Those performances are free to attend and will take place at the Bicknell Family Center for the Arts, 1711 S. Homer, and at Memorial Auditorium, 503 N. Pine. Those attending should be mindful of audience etiquette; please do not enter or exit the performance space while they are playing.

About the festival

The festival, started in 1974 with just 14 bands, has once again reached capacity with more than 70 school bands from throughout the region on tap to come to Pittsburg to perform and be critiqued.