*SWING / JAZZ / CONCERTS*
Jazz at Lincoln Center / The House of Swing / 2025-26 & 2026-27 Seasons
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2025-6 Concert Season ... thru Jun 20, 2026 (Details/Tickets)
The 2025/26 season, Mother Africa, offers a vibrant journey through the sounds, histories, and cultural roots of jazz shaped by the African diaspora with popular shows like Wynton Marsalis' Afro!, Steve Miller, and Duke in Africa!
With 80 electrifying concerts, with a world premiere by Wynton Marsalis, the season takes you on a powerful musical journey-back to jazz's roots, across its transatlantic evolution, and through the vibrant diversity of its geography, all the way to the exciting new sounds emerging today.
Remaining Schedule:
. May 8-9 / Oscar Peterson: A Centennial Celebration
. May 14-16, 2026 @Rose Theater / Sketches of Miles: Miles Davis at 100 w/The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
. May 29-30 / Jazzmeia Horn and Her Noble Force
. Jun 5-6 / Etienne Charles: Folklore LIVE Vol. 2
. Jun 12-13, 2026 @Rose Theater / Sounds of Brazil with Hamilton de Holanda: w/ the JLCO with Wynton Marsalis
. Jun 18-20, 2026, 7:30pm @Rose Theater / Kingfish's Blues Jam
Location: Rose or Appel Theater, Lincoln Center, NYC
Before select performances, join free pre-concert lectures that bring the music to life in new ways. Guided by musicologists and scholars, these conversations explore the history, themes, and inspirations behind each program, giving you a deeper connection to what you'll hear onstage.
. 2026 / May 8-9; Jun 12-13
Concert lectures begin at 6:30 p.m., before each performance.
Location: The Agnes Varis and Karl Leichtman Studio at Frederick P. Rose Hall
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2026-27 Concert Season (Details/Tickets)
Be there for Wynton Marsalis' final season as Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. Join in for a powerful closing chapter that brings together the full range of jazz today, from unforgettable big band performances to intimate collaborations. It's a season shaped by the artists defining the music now, all under Wynton's enduring vision, featuring the Wynton Marsalis Quintet, Cecile McLorin Salvant, Catherine Russell, Paquito D'Rivera, and more...
Schedule:
. Jul 23-24 / Ellington's Greatest Masterpiece: Black, Brown and Beige w/ The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
. Sep 17-19 / Marsalis and the Masters: The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
. Oct 2-3 / Catherine Russell and Friends
. Oct 9-10 / Steve Miller
. Oct 9-10 / Wycliffe Gordon: Welcome to Georgia Town
. Oct 16-17 / Chucho Valdes Quintet: Plays the Standards
. Oct 23-24 / From Cuba to the Crescent City: The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
. Nov 7 / Family Concert: Who Is Duke Ellington?
. Nov 6-7 / Marsalis' Swinging Cities: The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
. Nov 13-14 / Eddie Palmieri Experience: An All-Star Celebration
. Nov 20?21 / Journey Through Jazz, The Great American Songbook: The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
. Dec 15?20 / Big Band Holidays: The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
. Jan 7-9 / Wynton Marsalis Quintet
. Jan 15-16 / Unity Jazz Festival
. Jan 21-23 / Folk, Blues, and Spirituals: The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
. Jan 29-30 / Eliane Elias: Jobim Centennial Celebration
. Jan 29-30 / Elio Villafranca: Florentina
. Feb 5-6 / Portraits of Bards, Titans, and Legends
. Feb 12-13 / Dianne Reeves
. Feb 26-27 / Emmet Cohen and Friends
. Mar 5-6 / The Art of the Song: Kate Kortum and Ekep Nkwelle
. Mar 12-13 / Paquito D'Rivera Plays the Music of Chick Corea
. Mar 20 / Family Concert: What Is Freedom?
. Mar 19-20 / Heroines, Desire, and the Pursuit of Happiness: The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
. Apr 2-3 / Celebrating John Coltrane at 100
. Apr 8-10 / The Ever Fonky Lowdown: The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
. Apr 30-May 1 / The World in Swing: The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
. May 13-15 / Cecile McLorin Salvant
. May 20-22 / Marsalis: Jazz Is Dance: The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
. Jun 4-5 / Gerry Mulligan Centennial: Mulligan and Me
. Jun 10-12 / Call and Response: The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
. Jun 17-19 / Wynton Marsalis Septet
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