Champaign Urbana
Jazz
Festival
OCT 2026
Oct 15 - 18
LINEUP
Featuring
John Moulder
Quartet
Paul Wertico
Vijay Tellis Nayak
Larry Gray
Michael Blum +
Jim Stinnett
THURSDAY OCT 13
5pm - 7pm Big Grove Tavern - Derek Cordoba Quartet
730pm - 830pm VIP Party - Upper Bout
845pm - 10pm Upper Bout - Michael Blum and John Stinnett
1030pm - late C4a - Stream of Consciousness
FRIDAY OCT 14
1130am-1pm OLLI lecture, John Stinnett
2pm-3pm University of Illinois, Smith Hall, Michael Blum
430pm-530pm Urbana Free Library - Michael Blum, artist talk
5pm-7pm Iron Post - Jazz Friends
Big Grove Tavern - Ron Bridgewater Trio
730pm-930pm Pizza M - Justin Copeland Quintet
10pm-late Iron Post VANDOJam featuring Alex Beltran
SATURDAY OCT 15
1pm-4pm IMC - Young Artist Series - Groups TBA
Edison Middle School
Eastern Illinois Unversity
4pm-5pm Upper Bout, Workshop, John Moulder
6pm-8pm Upper Bout, Young Artist Combos
TBA
5pm-7pm Pizza M, Leigh Meador Trio
8pm-930pm Iron Post - John Moulder Quartet featuring
Vijay Tellis Nayak, organ
$10 Larry Gray, acoustic bass
Paul Wertico, drums
10pm-1130pm Pizza M, Big Easy Brass
SUNDAY OCT 16
11am-1pm Pizza M, Jazz Lunch
$15 John Moulder + Larry Gray Duo
2pm-3pm Champaign Public Library, Dimitrije Vasilijevic Quartet