Schedule

The 59th annual Elmhurst University Jazz Festival will take place February 26 – March 1, 2026.

Tickets go on sale Monday, December 1, 2025.

Thursday, February 26

9:30 a.m. CST

• High School Invitational
  • TBD
• Denis DiBlasio and Ulysses S. Owens Jr. with the Elmhurst University Jazz Band (at approx. 12:00 p.m. CST)

Friday, February 27

11:30 a.m. CST

• University Performances
  • TBD

7:30 p.m. CST

• University Group
  • TBD
• Jeff Hamilton Trio

Saturday, February 28

9:30 a.m. CST

• Free clinic/masterclass Denis DiBlasio and Ulysses S. Owens Jr.

11:30 a.m. CST

• University Performances

  • TBD

7:30 p.m. CST

• • University Group
  • Anat Cohen Tentet

Sunday, March 1

11:30 a.m. CST

• University Performances
  • TBD