Now in its sixth year, Montavilla Jazz Festival is a two-day festival that showcases the freshest, most exciting original compositions from Portland’s eclectic and vibrant jazz scene.

Taking place annually at the nonprofit performing arts space, Portland Metro Arts, MJF offers Portlanders a unique and accessible way to join Portland’s finest musicians as they chart new frontiers in jazz.

Saturday Schedule:

1:30 – Kerry Politzer: Bossa PDX

2:50 – Bryan Smith: Let Me Take You There

4:10 – Dana Reason: Torque Songs

5:30 – Charlie Porter Quintet

6:50 – Mel Brown B3 Organ Group

8:10 – Saturday Headliner: Ezra Weiss Big Band - We Limit Not the Truth of God (tickets sold separately)

Sunday Schedule:

1:30 – Kathleen Hollingsworth: Mad Love

2:50 – Ian Christensen’s Rolling House 

4:10 – Sherry Alves with George Colligan 

5:30 – Bobby Torres Ensemble

6:50 – CMG Sound Foundry presents Wayne Horvitz 

8:10 – Sunday Headliner: Mel Brown and Gordon Lee with the PJCE (tickets sold separately)

About Montavilla Jazz Festival:

The mission of Montavilla Jazz Festival is not only to bolster Portland’s dynamic jazz culture, but also to enrich the local community. Like the neighborhood that serves as its home, MJF is a progressive, diverse, locally minded event that offers Montavilla residents an opportunity to come together, form connections and plug into Portland jazz.

Montavilla Jazz Festival earmarks a portion of each ticket sold to support jazz education programming in Montavilla public schools. Montavilla Jazz Festival is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.