

Champaign Urbana
Jazz
Festival
OCT 2026
Oct 15 - 18
HEADLINERS
Thursday Oct 19 - 930pm, Chris Madsen, VandoJAM session
Friday Oct 20 - 8pm, Victor Bastidas and the De Paises Project
Saturday Oct 21 - 9pm, Tom Lippincott trio
Sunday Oct 22 - 11am, Jazz Brunch: Tom Lippincott
7pm, Rachel Therrien Trio

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Pizza M |Oct 6| 5pm
THURSDAY OCT 19
330pm-5pm OLLI Lecture, Chris Madsen
5pm - 7pm Krannert UnCorked, Ron Bridgewater Quartet
and Opening Night Party
930pm - late Iron Post - Chris Madsen and VandoJam $2
FRIDAY OCT 20
4pm-5pm Independant Media Center
Bastidas in Coversation
sponsored by Jazz Education Network
5pm-7pm Pizza M - Jordan VanHemert/Ryan Tomski $5
8-1030pm Iron Post - Des Paises Project, Victor Bastidas
Adam Larson, tenor sax
$12 Rich Moore, alto sax
Wes Morgan, bass
Paul Bedal, piano
SATURDAY OCT 21
2pm-4pm Cohen Building - Young Artist Series $2
-Bradley University Jazz Ensemble
-North-South Ensemble
4pm-530pm Upper Bout, Workshop, Tom Lippincott
6pm-8pm Pizza M - Andrew Walits Sextet $5
9pm-1130pm Iron Post - Tom Lippincott Trio
$8 Matt Endres, Sam Peters
SUNDAY OCT 22
11am-1pm Pizza M, Jazz Lunch, Tom Lippincott
$15 special jazz menu included
130pm-230pm Urbana Free Library, Kevin Hart/Donnie
Heitler Quartet
230pm-330pm Champaign Public Library
7pm-9pm Iron Post, Rachel Therrien Quartet $8