Provicetown Jazz Festival

"People are starving for live music... and there's nothing like live music ... it's the live jazz, the spontaneity ... it's  going to be different every time -  that's the way jazz is...."

— Bart Weisman

Musician, Founder Provincetown Jazz Festival

When is the Provincetown Jazz Festival?

27 July 2023 - ORLEANS, MA - The 19th Annual Provincetown Jazz Festival starts July 31 and end August 8.

Where are the concerts?

The Jazz Festival partners with three other non-profit arts organizations: Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Cotuit Center for the Arts, and the Cultural Center of Cape Cod. Each hosts one of the event's concerts.

What does the Provincetown Jazz Festival Support?

The festival celebrate jazz and joys of playing and hearing live music. It also highlights different forms of jazz in each of the performances. Perfomances feature both internaionally reknowned artists as well as powerful locally-based performers.

It also serves as a platform for supporting Jazz in the Schools, which has brought jazz education and awareness with a trio of jazz musicians/educators to almost every elementary and middle school on Cape Cod, at no cost to the schools.

What is Jazz Jam?

Jazz Jam began as part of the Jazz Festival and has now spun off into its own regular monthly event at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod. Musicians of all ages come together for improvised jazz jamming with a live audience.

How did the Provincetown Jazz Festival begin?

When musician Bart Weisman moved to Cape Cod 20 years ago, he realized that although the region had a long jazz history , it had no current festival - and he decided to create one. This year's event marks the 19th edition of the festival.

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Red Nun Talks with Bart Weisman

Half hour podcast also available as video below (click on photo to watch!) exploring the creation of the Provincetown Jazz Festival and the educational work it supports, as well as some conversation about what jazz means and how Bart Weisman followed the music.