Jazz Bridge

🚨 NEW DATE + NEW LOCATION! 🚨
The Fishtown Jazz Festival has been moved due to the weather — but the festival is still on!

Join us Sunday, September 27 at:
📍 The Black Squirrel Club
1049 Sarah St.
Philadelphia, PA

The festival is still FREE and we’ll have a full day of live jazz featuring incredible Philadelphia musicians.

🎶 Fishtown Jazz Festival
📅 Sunday, September 27
📍 The Black Squirrel Club
⏰ 2:00–8:30 PM
🎟 FREE ADMISSION

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Presented by Jazz Bridge, with donations supporting our Musicians’ Assistance Fund, helping local musicians in times of crisis.
We’re incredibly grateful to The Black Squirrel Club for helping us keep the music going. See you Sunday!

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In one week! Ella Gahnt, known as “Philly’s Class Act,” brings her soulful voice and swinging style to Cheltenham!

Join us Wednesday, October 7 for an evening with Ella Gahnt and her band at the Cheltenham Center for the Arts.

📍 439 Ashbourne Rd, Cheltenham, PA
Doors 7 PM | Music 7:30 PM
$20 advance | $25 door
Students FREE!

$5 from every ticket supports Jazz Bridge’s Musician Assistance Fund.

🎟️ Tickets link in bio!

🍂 The wait is over! Our neighborhood concert series is back this fall.

Did you know Jazz Bridge has been bringing live jazz to neighborhood venues for nearly 20 years? We’re excited to welcome you back for another season of great music, featuring an incredible lineup of Philly and NJ-area musicians.

Cheltenham Center for the Arts
439 Ashbourne Rd., Cheltenham, PA
• Oct. 7 | Ella Gahnt
• Dec. 2 | Ruth Naomi Floyd

Collingswood Community Center
30 Collings Ave., Collingswood, NJ
• Nov. 19 | Denis DiBlasio
• Dec. 3 | Aya Smooth Jazz

Doors open at 7 PM | Concerts begin at 7:30 PM
$20 in advance | $25 at the door
$5 from every ticket supports Jazz Bridge’s Musician Assistance Fund

Tickets: jazzbridge.org/tickets

There are three days left to apply!

Philly jazz musicians! If you’re facing a housing hardship, an unexpected medical bill, or your instrument was damaged on the road. Whatever the unexpected expense, Jazz Bridge wants to help.

Our Musician Assistance Grants provide $500 in emergency assistance to Philly-area jazz and blues musicians experiencing financial hardship.

There are three days left to apply! Applications close September 18th.

Apply today! jazzbridge.org/grants

HEY FISHTOWN!

Next Saturday! Jazz Bridge is proud to present the Fishtown Jazz Festival, in partnership with Penn Treaty SSD and Mural City Cellars.

Featuring all Fishtown resident Jazz Musicians! Swipe to learn more about them ➡

Mural City Cellars
1831 Frankford Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19125

The festival is free and open to the public! Come spend your Saturday with us!

Rain date: Sunday, September 27.

We’re wrapping up our summer concert season this Thursday, September 17 with bassist Madison Rast at Hawthorne Park.

Thursday, September 17
Hawthorne Park | 1200 Catharine St
7:00–8:30 PM
Free admission

This is our last summer concert of the season, so don’t miss it! Madison is one of Philadelphia’s most in-demand bassists and has performed with Orrin Evans, Bootsie Barnes, Mickey Roker, Sean Jones, Larry McKenna, and many more.

Then on Saturday, September 19, we’re partnering with Montco Jazz Fest for a special evening at Cigar Republic featuring:

Ralph Bowen, saxophone
Uri Caine, piano
Madison Rast, bass
Tom Cohen, drums

Saturday, September 19
Cigar Republic | 126 Fayette St, Conshohocken
8:00 PM | $25

Proceeds benefit Jazz Bridge and our work supporting Greater Philadelphia jazz and blues musicians.

Tickets are selling fast!
jazzbridge.org/montcojazzfest

Thank you Philly for showing up at Cellar Dog last Thursday to support jazz musicians in our community! With your help, we raised $750 for the Musician Assistance Fund! Woohoo!

The night was amazing. There was so much warmth in the room, and we were so glad to see so many familiar faces. Thank you to everyone who donated, bought a raffle ticket, or even sat in and played with us!

And a BIG thank you to Cellar Dog for hosting us and helping us curate such a wonderful night. 🫶

Thanks the Keswick Theatre and The Cigar Republic for generously donating raffle prizes.

Congrats to the raffle winners 🎉

Hannah L
Bob P
Kevin J
Osaze B
Rina

If we haven’t connected yet to collect your prize, please dm us!

📸: A. Rabbit

COMING UP NEXT WEEK!
We’re excited to partner with MONTCO Jazz Fest for a special evening at Cigar Republic in Conshohocken featuring four standout musicians:

Ralph Bowen , saxophone
Uri Caine , piano
Madison Rast , bass
Tom Cohen , drums

Saturday, September 19
Cigar Republic | 126 Fayette St, Conshohocken, PA
8:00 PM
Tickets: $25

Proceeds from the performance benefit Jazz Bridge and our work supporting Greater Philadelphia jazz and blues musicians through emergency financial assistance, community programming, and paid performance opportunities.

Tickets are selling fast! jazzbridge.org/montcojazzfest

APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN!

Philly jazz musicians, how could $500 help you right now? Maybe you’re facing a housing hardship, an unexpected medical bill, or your instrument was damaged on the road. Whatever the unexpected expense, Jazz Bridge wants to help.

Our Musician Assistance Grants provide $500 in emergency assistance to Philly-area jazz and blues musicians experiencing financial hardship.

Applications are open now through September 18.

If $500 could make a difference right now, don’t wait. Apply today with the link below!

https://forms.gle/ZSRdi7Q65UxoTiFA8