The 2025 Detroit Jazz Festival took place over Labor Day Weekend and featured world-class talent of jazz legends, rising stars, legacy and homecoming artists. Located at Hart Plaza, Campus Martius Park, Cadillac Square and the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center, the lineup included more than 60 performances as remarkable and diverse as the genre itself, as well as spontaneous late-night jam sessions and even an official 90.9 WRCJ tent! We were glad to see many of our listeners stop by. Here are a few pictures we took.
The Jazz Festival entrance on Friday night.
Christa Grix hard at work in the 90.9 WRCJ tent.
Linda Yohn & Ron Nolan having fun.
Mike Buschell and Cecelia Sharpe out in the sun.
Our friends from the Ann Arbor Symphony stopped by!
A view of the Renaissance Center from the Festival.
The dangerous duo of John Zadikian and Ron Nolan.
Visitors walking the festival.
Thanks to Christa, Ron and Adam for the photos!