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Festival proceeds and Donations support music education for area youth. Including providing brand new instruments!

John Coltrane was a master musician who practiced hours daily to achieve his level of excellence.

Our efforts connect that legacy with the community of young people striving to hone their skills and develop their craft.

Friends of John Coltrane, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt public charity. All donations are tax deductible.

High Point, NC

Oak Hollow Festival Park
1841 Eastchester Dr.
High Point, NC 27265

(336) 819-JAZZ
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Labor Day Weekend September 5-6 2026

High Point, NC    |    Oak Hollow Festival Park

Esperanza Spalding

Esperanza Spalding

Exclusively this fall, Esperanza Spalding will present a jazz concert not to miss. She is joining forces with jazz greats and friends Leo Genovese, Dan Blake, and Francisco Mela to perform a selection of original compositions, very specifically selected for only The...
Kenny G

Kenny G

In a recording career that spans almost three decades and 23 albums, Grammy® Award-winning saxophonist Kenny G has grafted elements of R&B, pop, and Latin to a jazz foundation solidifying his reputation as the premiere artist in contemporary jazz. Since the early...
Gregory Porter

Gregory Porter

Gregory Porter’s body of work consists of four albums, one of which won’t be officially released until May. Two of those albums have been Grammy nominated and one, LIQUID SPIRIT, won the 2014 Grammy Award for best jazz vocal album. This has all happened in a four-year...
Eric Gales

Eric Gales

Eric Gales grew up in a musical family with four brothers, two of them who learned to play the guitar upside down and left handed in the same fashion that Eric does. Eric’s brother Eugene Gales played bass in the Eric Gales Band and his brother Jimmy King had a...
The Latin Jazz All Stars

The Latin Jazz All Stars

The Latin Jazz All Stars are a phenomenal ensemble that features the current masters of Afro Cuban, Salsa, Brazilian, and Latin Jazz. Steve Turre, Pete Escovedo, Nestor Torres, Sammy Figueroa, Elio Villafranca, Yunior Terry, Diego Lopez, Guido Gonzales & Jorge...