The three historic pillars of American jazz festivals.
This is a calendar, not a road trip.
Nearly two centuries of combined history, three fairgrounds, one continuous argument that jazz festivals are American civic architecture. New Orleans invents the season, Newport invents the outdoor jazz weekend, Monterey proves it can last a lifetime. Follow all three and you've walked the load-bearing walls of the form.
Stops
3 festival stops · Apr–Sep. Months from each festival record.
Rhode Island lawn chairs and a coastline breeze — the outdoor jazz weekend that every later festival still echoes. Bring layers; ocean air doesn't care about your itinerary.
