Featured Performances @ the 9th Annual John Coltrane International Jazz & Blues Festival
Coltrane Jazzfest Presents Its Inaugural Livestream!
Keyboardist and composer Lao Tizer will lead his band that features GRAMMY Award winning saxophonist Eric Marienthal and the mesmerizing world music violinist Karen Briggs in a concert to benefit the John Coltrane International Jazz and Blues Festival’s Student...
Congratulations To Our Winners!
Members of the Friends of John Coltrane, Inc. announce the 2020 Student Instrument Essay Contest winners to celebrate the birthday of John Coltrane, saxophonist, composer, jazz icon and High Point, NC native son! September 23rd would have been Trane's 94th birthday....
Remembering Coltrane…
Guest Blog by Nancy Bowman This year is one for the history books. Fall is upon us and we are daily trying to anticipate what’s ahead. Looking to last year, in High Point, we'd be talking about the 9th Annual John Coltrane International Jazz and Blues...
10th Anniversary Festival Rescheduled: Sept 4-5, 2021
As we in our local and national community contend with the extraordinary set of circumstances from the social upheaval engulfing the country and the unrelenting coronavirus pandemic, the decision has been made to postpone the 10th Annual John Coltrane International...
Student Musicians, It’s Time To Write!
With schools closed and young people doing distance learning at home, student musicians have more time each day to practice. If they are not, it may be because their instrument isn’t in the best shape. That can be frustrating to anyone. It can be an obstacle for a...
The 2020 Coltrane Jazzfest Will Happen!
There is a special feeling that permeates Oak Hollow Festival Park in High Point, NC each year when the John Coltrane International Jazz and Blues Festival is held. If you’ve ever attended, you have felt it. We are channeling that positive feeling as we look ahead....
2020: Coltrane Jazzfest 10th Anniversary
We ask your help at this time of the year. Go to the Donate page and make a tax deductible contribution. If you would like to meet to discuss the Festival and how the event can help promote your business, please call us at (336) 819-5299.
2019 Festival Review
The new year 2020 will mark our 10th anniversary of bringing live jazz and blues performed by the world's top musical artists. So, we take a moment to look back at the last festival through the words of Scott Homewood who attended on Sunday, Sept. 1st and wrote the...
Dyana Williams Returns to Host 2019 Coltrane Jazzfest
This is the third year Dyana Williams will host the John Coltrane International Jazz and Blues Festival. She has been very busy since she was last here in 2018. A music activist, celebrity strategist and broadcaster, she returns as the national host for the 9th...
Tour Coltrane’s Childhood Home While You’re In High Point, N.C.
The house where John Coltrane and his family lived as a child will be open for tours during the weekend of the Coltrane Jazz Festival. A historical marker will be dedicated at the home on 118 Underhill Street, High Point, NC in a ceremony on Friday, Aug. 30, 2019...
Traffic Alert
Because of road construction, there will be NO left turns into the venue. All cars must make a right turn into the park. We encourage attendees to enter from the north side of the venue by taking I-40 to Highway 68 or by taking Wendover Avenue to Highway 68. If you...
Jazz Threefold
When vocalist Michelle Coltrane performs at this year’s John Coltrane International Jazz and Blues Festival she will be backed by the Piedmont Triad Jazz Orchestra and joined by High Point, native son Jason Palmer. It’s a threefold music experience rare for jazz...
Touched and Touched By…
A music festival like the John Coltrane International Jazz and Blues Festival in High Point, NC often gets overlooked for the significant avenues of exposure to jazz history it provides. This year that significance increases exponentially with the scheduled...
Owning An Instrument Changes Lives
"I had never held a horn until middle school night before I started sixth grade. That night, the band teacher had the band room open to allow interested students to try different instruments. I knew that I wanted to play in the band, but I had not decided...
Music Festival, Cotrane, Interior Flare… That’s High Point
The John Coltrane International Jazz and Blues Festival is celebrated in High Point, NC because the iconic jazz musician and composer grew up here. In fact, the idea for a music festival came after the group that came to be named the Friends of John Coltrane achieved...
Boney James
Boney James will spend his birthday in High Point, NC. The four-time Grammy-Award nominee and multi-platinum selling artist, will headline the second day of the John Coltrane International Jazz and Blues Festival on Sunday, Sept.1, 2019. James' last album...
Brian Culbertson
Brian Culbertson is an award-winning multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer known for his distinct brand of genre-crossing contemporary jazz, R&B and funk. He will bring his sizzling sound to the 9th Annual John Coltrane International Jazz and Blues...
Joey DeFrancesco
World-renowned jazz organist and four-time Grammy Award nominee, Joey DeFrancesco, joined by saxophonist and jazz icon Pharoah Sanders, will headline the 9th Annual John Coltrane International Jazz and Blues Festival on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019 Joey DeFrancesco’s...