Five Points Jazz Festival is brought to you by Denver Arts & Venues, which uses revenue from events at City venues like Red Rocks Amphitheatre and Denver Performing Arts Complex to make this cultural event and many others possible and to improve access to art, music, and culture for all.

This free event has taken place annually since 2004 in the historic Five Points neighborhood. From its humble first year which featured only three bands, the festival has grown into a day-long event with 100,000 visitors along Welton Street enjoying a culturally diverse experience of music, food, shopping, and entertainment. Residents and visitors groove to the sounds of smooth jazz to bop to swing to funk to blues throughout the day. Throughout the years, the festival has showcased local staples such as Hazel Miller, Buckner Funken Jazz, Jakarta, Conjunto Colores, Purnell Steen, JoFoKe aNem, and Wil Alston, as well as nationally and internationally known musicians such as Dianne Reeves, Ron Miles, and Invisible Bird. It’s a fun, uplifting day for friends and families to come together to enjoy a piece of Denver’s legacy in jazz music.

Once known as the Harlem of the West, Five Points was home to several jazz clubs which played host to many of jazz music’s legends, such as Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, and many more!

Stop by the KUVO booth! We would love to see you.

Entertainment Schedule:
Parade (from 29th to 25th along Welton Street)
12:00-12:15 p.m. – Guerrilla Fanfare Brass Band

White Claw Hard Seltzer Stage (29th and Welton streets)
12:30-1:30 p.m. – The Five Points Jazz Orchestra presented by University of Denver
2:30-3:30 p.m. – Annie Booth Big Band
4:30-5:30 p.m. – The Rajdulari Experience
6:30-7:30 p.m. – Colorado Mambo Orchestra

Denver Arts & Venues Stage (25th and Welton streets)
12:15-1 p.m. – Guerrilla Fanfare Brass Band
1:45-2:45 p.m. – David Bernot Quintet
3:30-4:30 p.m. – Ken Walker Sextet
5:15-3:15 p.m. – Anisha Rush
7:00-8:00 p.m. – Creative Love Happening

Smashburger Stage (27th and California streets)
12:30-1:30 p.m. – Same Cloth
2:00-3:00 p.m. – Joe Smith & The Spicy Pickles
3:30-4:30 p.m. – Remy Le Boeuf Quintet
5:15-6:15 p.m. – Keith Oxman Quartet
7:00-8:00 p.m. – Rico Jones’s Countercurrent

George Morrison Jazz Heritage Stage (Welton Street between 27th and 28th streets)
1:00-2:00 p.m. – James Torres and Amizade
2:45-3:45 p.m. – Medianoche Honrado
4:30-5:30 p.m. – The Delta Sonics
6:15-7:15 p.m. – Stafford Hunter & Latin Jazz Explorations

The Roxy Theatre (2549 Welton Street)
12:30-1:30 p.m. – Connecting Flights
2:00-3:00 p.m. – MaryLynn Gillaspie Quintet
3:30-4:30 p.m. – The Nathan Borton Quartet
5:15-6:15 p.m. – Zach Rich Chamber Jazz Ensemble
7:00-8:00 p.m. – Mestas Abbott Quartet

Cervantes’ Other Side (2637 Welton Street)
12:00-1:00 p.m. – Mistura Fina
1:30-2:30 p.m. – Wellington Bullings

brother jeff’s Cultural Center (2836 Welton Street)
12:30-1:30 p.m. – Concepts
2:15-3:15 p.m. – Latin Soul Express
4:00-5:00 p.m. – Splifftet
5:30-8:00 p.m. – Joe Bonner Legacy Jam Session

The Marigold (2721 Welton Street)
12:30-1:30 p.m. – The Clint Dadian Quintet
2:15-3:15 p.m. – The Renwick Brothers
4:00-5:00 p.m. – Adon Biggs Ensemble
5:45-6:45 p.m. – Briana Harris

The Marigold Roof Deck (2721 Welton Street)
12:30-1:30 p.m. – Julie Koenig Quartet
2:15-3:15 p.m. – Cocktail Revolution
4:00-5:00 p.m. – ManyColors
5:45-6:45 p.m. – Steve Glotzer and Friends

Goed Zuur (2801 Welton Street)
2:30-3:30 p.m. – Mirror Phases
4:15-5:15 p.m. – Camilla Vaitaitis Quartet
6:00-7:00 p.m. – David Mesquitic Trio