Capital Jazz Fest – Saturday at Merriweather Post Pavilion

Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, Maryland

Jun

07

Capital Jazz Fest at Merriweather Post Pavilion

Jun

07

Capital Jazz Fest – Saturday

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Capital Jazz Fest tickets

Columbia! Mr.Maryland and Ms.Merriweather! Are y’all ready for some soul jams - are you ready for a weekend full of jazz?! Filled with your favorite artists and the best vibes of the season, we’re so excited to bring you another year of Moonlite dancing into the Precious Dawn, a day of bringing you the best Straight From The Gate! It’s always a party, it’s always a vibe - especially when it's Capital Jazz Fest season!

Back for another year of festival fun and the jazz jams, Capital Jazz Festival is back for its 32nd year and we’re better and fresher than ever! The lineup this year is HOT y'all - filled with legendary and up and coming talent all throughout the weekend - Capital Jazz Festival #32, happening Friday June 6th through Sunday June 8th, is going to be the best time ever!

Tickets are on sale RIGHT NOW and, if you just want to go on Saturday, passes are starting at $178 for the Sadderdaze day party. And like we said, this lineup is STACKED - so you’ll want to make sure to get your tickets ASAP. Grab a pair today - and let’s get ready to transcend!

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Capital Jazz Festival 2025

Merriweather Post Pavilion, located in the heart of Columbia and one of the premier venues of our city, is so excited to welcome The 2025 Capital Jazz Festival back to the city for a 32nd year of jazz fun and genre bending pleasure. Filled with friends and loved ones all around, the fest is slated to be one of its best years to date - and has some of the best headliners we’ve seen at the venue too. On Saturday June 7th, there’s nowhere else to be except right here at Merriweather Pavillion. Grab your tickets for the day, or even the whole weekend, right here right now.

The Capital Jazz Festival got its start back in the early 1990s - created of course for the love of Jazz and good vibes, but also to bring in other genres, R&B Soul and Funk, to the forefront and to the community. The festival's core goal was always “Jazz plus soul music... the grown and sexy vibe” and never to make the largest festival in the country - but the most genuine one. And Merriweather is a key partner in creating that vibe - the festival grounds are surrounded by the trees and a real camp vibe, allowing folks to bring their blankets, hang out, meet new people, and connect! The festival has also seen a star studded lineup before - alumni performances include Chaka Khan, Maxwell, Frankie Beverly, and Erykah Badu. 

And this year definitely is no exception - the list of performers is lit! On the docket for Saturday this year includes: 

SATURDAY JUNE 7TH LINE UP : 

Esperanza Spalding

Chris Botti

Will Downing

Avery*Sunshine

Najee

Frank McComb

Urban Guerilla Orchestra

The JoGo Project: “Jazz Meets Go-Go”

Keith Sweat

Teddy Riley

Dru Hill

Bilal

Brownstone

….And that’s just all we have planned for now! But this fest has been known to have people pop out of the woodworks and the trees on a whim when their friends call in favors, so you’ll want to make sure to get here early before headliners Esperanza Spalding and Chris Botti take the stage. 

We can’t wait to see you! And to dance all night to some smooth jazz tunes. Grab your tickets TODAY, and we’ll see you soon! 

About the Venue

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Merriweather Post Pavilion

Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, Maryland, 21044, US