This summer the Newport Jazz Festival will return to Fort Adams State Park in Rhode Island for the iconic cultural institution’s 71st edition. One of the longest running and most storied festivals in America will return August 1-3 where it will continue to host once in a lifetime performances that only Newport’s unique alchemy of intimacy and artistic community can bring. Newport Jazz Festival is produced by the Newport Festival Foundation in collaboration with Newport Jazz Artistic Director Christian McBride.
This year’s lineup has been unveiled and will highlight a slate of boundary-pushing, genre-defying, multi-hyphenate, award-winning artists like Janelle Monáe, The Roots, and Jacob Collier. British vocalists RAYE and Jorja Smith will make their Newport Jazz debuts. The festival will also host Esperanza Spalding, Dianne Reeves and The Yussef Dayes Experience. Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Thee Sacred Souls, De La Soul and LA LOM. Artistic Director Christian McBride will assemble an all-star cast for a rousing Big Band set. The full line-up is listed below.
Specially priced 3 Day Tickets will go on sale today, April 15th at 1:00 PM ET for 48 hours only. All other ticket types go on sale April 17th at 1PM ET via DICE. Full pricing listed below. A limited number of specially priced 3-Day Tickets are available for purchase on a first come first serve basis. Student tickets are only for students aged 10-25. Current College students are required to present a student photo ID. Middle and High School students are not required to show ID. All students must enter through the student gate only. Children 9 and under are free except for Jazz Lounge Tickets. Only 2 children allowed per ticketed adult. All children 10 and over will need a full priced admission ticket.
Ticket Pricing
**All Prices Listed include all fees
LIMITED THREE DAY TICKET-TIER 1 $265.74
THREE DAY WEEKEND TICKET – TIER 2 $312.09
LIMITED THREE DAY STUDENT TICKET $188.49
THREE DAY JAZZ LOUNGE TICKET $1,488.35
SINGLE DAY TICKET $111.24
SINGLE DAY TICKET STUDENT $63.86
THREE DAY PARKING $84.46
SINGLE DAY PARKING $30.90
For complete information visit https://newportjazz.org/
Newport Jazz Festival 2025 Full Line-Up
Janelle Monáe
The Roots
Jacob Collier
RAYE
Jorja Smith
Esperanza Spalding
Willow
Thee Sacred Souls
De La Soul
The Yussef Dayes Experience
Rachael & Vilray
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Dianne Reeves
Christian McBride Big Band
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Bela Fleck, Edmar Castañeda, Antonio Sanchez Trio
Louis Cato, John Scofield, & Marcus Miller
SOFI TUKKER (butter set)
The Philadelphia Experiment
LA LOM
KNOWER
Samm Henshaw
Terence Blanchard: Flow
Cymande
Hiromi’s Sonicwonder
Kenny Garrett
Stanley Jordan Solo
Ron Carter Quartet
CARRTOONS
Kokoroko
Kiefer
Moses Yoofee Trio
Emmet Cohen Trio
Lakecia Benjamin
Rich Ruth
Pérez Patitucci Calvaire Trio
Ekep Nkwelle
Maimouna Youssef
Etienne Charles & Creole Soul
BCUC
Marcus Gilmore Presents: A Centennial Tribute to Roy Haynes
Darius Jones Trio
Aaron Parks Little Big
Isaiah Sharkey
Tyshawn Sorey Trio
Bobby Sanabria & Sexteto Ibiano
Parlor Greens
New Jazz Underground
Tyreek McDole
