One of my favorite events in summer is attending the Michigan Jazz Festival (Wayback Machine archive) at Schoolcraft College in Livonia, Michigan.
Launched in 1995, the free festival has been held at Schoolcraft College since 1999.
Showcasing local jazz musicians, including high school and college jazz musicians, the festival is a wonderful event for jazz fans throughout the area.
Multiple stages are set up inside the college and there’s been an outside venue as well for the past several years.
You can spend almost the entire day at the festival from 10:30AM to 9:00PM listening to soloists, quartets, bands, and orchestras as well as talks by local jazz musicians.
For me, this year’s festival at the Open Air stage outside was the first musical event/concert I’ve attended since pre-pandemic.
