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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

Eric Darius

Eric Darius

Eric Darius will bring his dynamic saxophone playing to the 12th John Coltrane International Jazz and Blues Festival on Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023. He will perform with Dave Koz, Maysa and Candy Dulfer as the Summer Horns. Eric Darius was born in Livingston, New Jersey,...
Maysa

Maysa

Maysa is the kind of singer who takes hold of a song and with it, enraptures her audience as she delivers lyrics, phrases, melodies and harmonies in a way that only she can. The brilliant vocalist will perform with Dave Koz and the Summer Horns at the 12th John...
Matthew Whitaker

Matthew Whitaker

Matthew Whitaker was a 15 year-old keyboardist who had generated serious industry buzz, when he performed at the 2017 John Coltrane International Jazz and Blues Festival. Since then he has recorded three chart topping albums and become a sought after composer and...
Mr. Sipp

Mr. Sipp

Mr. Sipp,” the Mississippi Blues Child,” is the alter ego of gospel guitarist Castro Coleman. He will bring his energy and lightning guitar licks to the 12th John Coltrane International Jazz and Blues Festival, on Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023.  INTO THE BLUES He made...
Wachovia Winds

Wachovia Winds

For almost 20 years the Wachovia Winds Youth Wind Ensemble has given nearly 2000 young people from throughout the North Carolina Piedmont the opportunity to rehearse, perform and fellowship with talented, like-minded youth musicians. Members of the ensemble will open...
Marlow Rosado

Marlow Rosado

Two Grammy Award-winning artists who have each embraced the cultural resonance of the Latin Jazz genre, bring the rhythm and swing to the 11th John Coltrane International Jazz and Blues Festival. Marlow Rosado, pianist, composer and  arranger will be joined by...