Music all day and all night is on tap for Friday and Saturday as the Northampton Jazz Festival kicks off its 12th year of free live jazz performances throughout downtown Northampton.
It all begins on Friday with the free Jazz Strut from 4:30 to 11:30 p.m. starting at Pulaski Park, followed by Jazz Day on Saturday. It all ends with the 2023 headlining Max Roach Centennial Celebration with the Joe Farnsworth Quintet, featuring special guest NEA Jazz Master George Coleman on saxophone at 7:30 p.m., in the fest’s only ticketed performance at the Academy of Music.
