San Francisco’s 40th Summer SFJAZZ festival 2023

This year SFJAZZ celebrates its 40th anniversary and the 10th birthday of the SFJAZZ Center—the first stand-alone structure in the country built specifically for jazz. Located in San Francisco’s cultural corridor, SFJAZZ is presenting hundreds of concerts from artists and musicians that have inspired and guided the organization for decades.

Founded in 1983 (as Jazz in the City) by Randall Kline, SFJAZZ’s goal was simple: to produce a two-day festival that featured Bay Area musicians representing the full scope of music that jazz encompasses. By the mid-1990s, the organization became SFJAZZ, and its San Francisco Jazz Festival was widely recognized as one of the top jazz festivals in the world.