Charleston Jazz Festival announces 2022 lineup
Charleston Jazz is excited to announce the lineup for the Charleston Jazz Festival, April 21-24, 2022.
The festival draws fans from around the world for a four-day celebration of the Holy City’s rich jazz heritage and thriving music scene. It started in 2015 and since, jazz fans throughout the country flock to Charleston to celebrate the Holy City’s rich jazz heritage and thriving jazz scene.
Previous festival performers have included Bobby McFerrin, Ranky Tanky, Regina Carter, Freddy Cole, Nnenna Freelon, Arturo Sandoval, and Manhattan Transfer to name a few.
2022 Festival Highlights
From April 21-24, the 2022 Charleston Jazz Festival will feature student musicians, local jazz groups, and internationally acclaimed performers including the Emmet Cohen Trio, the Jorge Luis Pacheco Quartet, Kandace Springs and Etienne Charles in multiple venues around Charleston.
The festival will open on April 21 with Lowcountry Jazz Day, hosted by Forte Jazz Lounge. Expect a host of Charleston’s own top musical talent and an appearance by the city Poet Laureate, Marcus Amaker.
From April 22-23, the Charleston Music Hall will host internationally-acclaimed artists Emmet Cohen Trio (pictured above, with Lucy Yeghiazaryan and Bruce Harris), the Jorge Luis Pacheco Quartet, Kandace Springs, and Etienne Charles & Creole Soul.
The festival will close with Family Jazz Day on Sunday, April 24 as Charleston’s brightest young musicians carry on the torch of the city’s jazz art form in a special showcase at Royal Missionary Baptist Church.
The Charleston Jazz Festival is made possible, in part, by the Medical University of South Carolina.
Get the entire festival lineup and, importantly, ticket information right here.