Category: Lineup News

Saturday – June 30th

Amphitheater

• noon - 1:00: Mario Abney
• 1:20 - 2:20: Christian McBride
• 2:40 - 3:45: Michel Camilo with conguero Giovanni Hidalgo and bassist Charles Flores
• 4:10 - 5:20: Mingus Big Band celebrating the music of Charles Mingus
• 5:50 - 7:00: Esperanza Spalding
• 7:30 - 8:45: Chris Botti
• 9:15 -10:30: Maceo Parker

Gazebo Stage

• 12:15 - 1:15: Hailey Niswanger
• 1:35 - 2:35: Jeremy Pelt Quintet
• 2:55 - 3:55: Catherine Russell
• 4:15 - 5:15: Mario Abney & The Abney Effect
• 5:35 - 6:45: Pedrito Martinez

Sunday – July 1st

Amphitheater

• noon - 1:00: The Trio of Oz featuring Omar Hakim & Rachel Z
• 1:20 - 2:20: The Yellowjackets
• 2:40 - 3:50: Hiromi
• 4:20 - 5:35: Arturo O’Farill
• 6:05 - 7:35: Diana Krall
• 8:05 - 9:20: Trombone Shorty

Gazebo Stage

• 12:15 - 1:15: Edmar Castaneda
• 1:35 - 2:35: Sachal Vasandani
• 3:00 - 4:00: Steve Kroon Sextet
• 4:25 - 5:25: Trio of Oz
• 5:45 - 6:55: Brian Mitchell Band

The entire 2012 festival lineup has been announced! See our 2012 lineup for all of the details.

Festival producer Danny Melnick has explained the rationale behind this year’s Gazebo lineup:

All of the artists on the Gazebo stage have been there within the past 8 years and we brought them back for our first ever “Encore Series” as a “thank you” as so many festival fans have asked us to ‘bring back’ some of the great gazebo artists we’ve showcased at the festival.

Maceo Parker will play Saturday June 30th. Maceo has played the festival twice before, most recently in 2000.

As always, you check our 2012 Lineup Page to see all of the artists confirmed so far.

Pedrito Martinez will perform Sunday July 1st. You may remember Pedrito from his Gazebo stage performance in 2011.

As always, you check our 2012 Lineup Page to see all of the artists confirmed so far.

Two more artists have been announced: Esperanza Spalding on Saturday, and The Trio of Oz featuring Omar Hakim and Rachel Z on Sunday. Both are festival veterans: Esperanza performed on the Gazebo Stage in 2007 and The Trio of Oz performed at the 2010 festival.

As always, you check our 2012 Lineup Page to see all of the artists confirmed so far.

Mario Abney will perform Saturday June 30th on both the Main Stage and the Gazebo Stage, as he did in 2010!

Michel Camilo will be performing Saturday June 30th with conguero Giovanni Hidalgo and bassist Charles Flores.

As always, you check our 2012 Lineup Page to see all of the artists confirmed so far.

I’m pleased to report that two more artists have been announced for the 2012 schedule! Mingus Big Band will play Saturday, and Trombone Shorty will play Sunday!

This makes a total of four artists announced so far! As additional artists are announced we will report the news here. You can always check our 2012 Lineup Page to see all of the artists confirmed so far.

I’m pleased to report that two artists have been announced for the 2012 schedule! Chris Botti will play Saturday, and The Yellowjackets will play Sunday!

As additional artists are announced we will report the news here. You can always check our 2012 Lineup Page to see the latest confirmed lineup.

The 2011 festival line-up has been announced! You can find the details at our 2011 Lineup page, which will be updated with additional details about the performers as the festival approaches.

Additionally, a couple of articles have appeared in the press:

• The Saratogian: Lineup for 2011 Freihofer’s Jazz Festival announced; Jazz Fest founder to return
• Syracuse.com: Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival to feature Michael McDonald among 20 acts