Newport Jazz Festival has unveiled the initial artist lineup for its 2024 presentation, set to return to Newport, R.I.’s Fort Adams State Park from August 2-4. This year, the standard-setting festival will celebrate its 70th anniversary with a downright stacked program curated in collaboration with Newport Jazz Artistic Director Christian McBride, featuring a vast array of genres related to the event’s jazz core. André 3000, Nile Rodgers & CHIC, Kamasi Washington and Elvis Costello will lead this historic presentation, topping a bill of more than fifty iconic acts with further still to be announced.
Beyond the impressive cohort of headliners, Newport Jazz Festival’s 2024 lineup also boasts solo presentations from artists and bandleaders like Robert Glasper, Brittany Howard, Cory Wong, Laufey, Noname, Meshell Ndegeocello, Chief Adjuah, Samara Joy, aja monet and more. In keeping with its history, the three-day celebration will also welcome some of the premiere ensembles from jazz’s myriad microcosms, including Ghost-Note, Christian McBride’s Jam Jawn, Bill Frisell Four, The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis, the Grammy-nominated Dinner Party–featuring Kamasi Washington, Terrace Martin and Robert Glasper–and a celebration of the legacy of the great Wayne Shorter.
Other standouts from this year’s lineup include a special duo performance from Makaya McCraven and Jeff Parker, the debut of Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad’s Acid Jazz is Dead, NOLA funk pioneers Galactic with the legendary Irma Thomas, genre-bending downtempo duo Thievery Corporation and the ever-evolving Sun Ra Arkestra, led by the soon-to-be 100-year-old multi-instrumentalist Marshall Allen. This bold bill continues Newport Jazz Festival’s legacy as perhaps the most esteemed music festival in the country, and indeed the grandfather of all American music festivals.
Specially priced 3-Day tickets for this year’s festival are available now via DICE; this offer will conclude with the launch of all other ticket types tomorrow, April 10, at 1:00 p.m. ET. For more information on the festival and updates on its developing lineup, visit newportjazz.org/.
Read on for the complete list of Newport Jazz Festival’s initial 2024 artist lineup.
Newport Jazz Festival 2024 Full Line-Up
André 3000
Nile Rodgers & CHIC
Kamasi Washington
Elvis Costello
Laufey
Robert Glasper
Brittany Howard
Cory Wong
Dinner Party feat.Terrace Martin, Robert Glasper, Kamasi Washington
Thievery Corporation
Samara Joy
Noname
PJ Morton
Galactic with Irma Thomas
Moonchild
Terrace Martin & Calvin Keys
Cimafunk
Ghost-Note
Shabaka
Christian McBride’s Jam Jawn (Special Guests TBA)
Meshell Ndegeocello
Artemis
Chief Adjuah
aja monet
Sun Ra Arkestra
Julius Rodriguez
Makaya McCraven & Jeff Parker
Stankey Clarke N4EVER
Lianne La Havas
Bill Frisell FOUR feat. Johnathan Blake, Gerald Clayton, & Gregory Tardy
ACID JAZZ IS DEAD w/ DJ’s Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad (A Tribe Called Quest), & Special Guests
Alex Isley
Anat Cohen Quartetinho
Kenny Barron Trio
Jaleel Shaw
Legacy of Wayne Shorter (Danilo Pérez, John Patitucci, Terri Lyne Carrington, & Ravi Coltrane)
Kassa Overall
Theo Croker
Aneesa Strings
Johnathan Blake Pentad
Cisco Swank
The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis
Amaro Freitas
Nicole Zuraitis
Riley Mulherkar
Sunday Jazz
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