The Atlanta Jazz Festival is back for 2024!
The iconic event is one of the largest FREE jazz fests in the nation, and it’s happening Memorial Day Weekend at Piedmont Park. All the details are below.

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We will update each year around mid-March with the current year’s details.

Over the years the Atlanta Jazz Festival has been backdrop to musical legends such as Miles Davis, Dizzie Gillespie and Nina Simone.

The festival includes an Artist Market, featuring arts and crafts, collectibles, vintage items, and local goods.

There will also be plenty of food vendors throughout the festival.

Check out our complete guide to all the spring festivals this year in Atlanta & suburbs!

You may also be interested in our big list of FREE outdoor concerts in 2024.

Here’s what’s new at Jazz Fest for 2024

The 46th Atlanta Jazz Festival will return to Piedmont Park from Saturday, May 25th thru Monday, May 27th, 2024.

This year’s event has extended to three days, but everything is happening on just one stage, to highlight the individual musicians.

You’ll have the opportunity this year to access a special VIP viewing area by buying a Jazz Pass — a major change to a festival that has always been completely free. We’ll update with more info when we can find out the price, etc.

Photo by Terence Rushin, courtesy of City of Atlanta – Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs. Used with permission.

31 Days of Jazz in May

As a kickoff to the Memorial Day Weekend events, the Atlanta Jazz Festival has organized jazz concerts every day in May for 2024. The concerts take place in multiple venues.
Some are ticketed events –but most are FREE.
View the list of FREE concerts in the 31 Days of Jazz series

Atlanta Jazz Festival 2024 Lineup

This year’s event uses just one stage, the Meadow Stage in Piedmont Park. There will be 15 performers featured over 3 days.
See the musician line-up online

Saturday, May 25th

1:00 p.m. 
New Jazz Underground

3:00 p.m.
Sullivan Fortner

5:00 p.m.
Butcher Brown

7:00 p.m.
Cecile McLorin Salvant

9:00 p.m.
Something Else

Sunday, May 26th

1:00 p.m.
Okan

3:00 p.m.
Luca Ciarla Trio

5:00 p.m.
Jacques Schwarz-Bart

7:00 p.m.
Olatuja

9:00 p.m.
Paquito D’Rivera

Monday, May 27th

1:00 p.m.
Justice Michael & The Passage

3:00 p.m.
Kels

5:00 p.m.
Groove Centric

7:00 p.m.
Andre 3000: New Blue Sun LIVE

9:00 p.m.
Liz Wright
Get more info on the festival website

Photo by Terence Rushin, courtesy of City of Atlanta – Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs. Used with permission.

Getting there and parking

As always, it’s better not to bring a car into Midtown on a festival weekend, if you can possibly avoid it. Not only is the traffic congested, but parking is difficult.

If you don’t want to be towed or ticketed, PLEASE don’t park illegally.

If you live in one of the BeltLine-connected neighborhoods, it’s an easy walk along the Eastside Trail to Piedmont Park.

But it’s quite easy to take MARTA to the festival.

MARTA has an excellent, detailed guide with step-by-step walking directions from the rail stations, as well as the bus routes that get you closer to the park.  View it online.

It’s an easy 15 to 20 minute walk to Piedmont Park from either Arts Center Station or Midtown Station.

You can park your car for FREE at the following rail stations:

• Lindbergh
• Lenox
• Brookhaven
• Chamblee
• Doraville
• Dunwoody
• Sandy Springs
• North Springs
• College Point
• East Point
• Lakewood
• West End

TIP:  Purchase a Breeze Card in advance if you don’t have one. If you do, add a round trip fare online, so you don’t have to wait at a fare machine. Remember, trains run every 20 minutes on the weekend. The MARTA ON  THE GO app can put train schedules in your pocket!

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