The next chapter of JazzFest will kick off at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 6, at The Fountains at Gateway in Murfreesboro.

The annual Murfreesboro tradition, which for 25 years hosted student jazz ensembles and professional talent on the Murfreesboro Public Square, will keep the jazz playing at its new home.

Many area school jazz bands will participate in this year’s fest, as will Vinnie and the Hitmen—a Nashville-based 14-piece horn band playing instrumental arrangements of classic R&B and pop tunes—the First Fruit Jazz Project, and the Wendel Werner & Terry Schmidt Jazz Duo.

The community music festival is once again presented free to the public; attendees can bring chairs if they like.

The Fountains at Gateway is located at 1500 Medical Center Pkwy., Murfreesboro. For more information on the 2023 Murfreesboro JazzFest, visit borojazzfest.com.

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2023 Murfreesboro JazzFest Schedule
Saturday, May 6

Main Stage
10 a.m. – Wendel Werner & Terry Schmidt Jazz Duo
11 a.m. – MTSU Jazz Band
11:30 a.m. – La Vergne High Jazz Band
12 p.m. – Rockvale High Jazz Band
12:30 p.m. – Riverdale High Jazz Band
1 p.m. – Central Magnet Jazz Band
1:30 p.m. – Oakland High Jazz Band
2 p.m. – Vinnie and the Hitmen
3 p.m. – Siegel High Jazz Band
3:30 p.m. – Blackman High Jazz Band
4 p.m. – Smyrna High Jazz Band
5 p.m. – First Fruit Jazz Project

First Fruit Jazz Project; [pictured at top: Vinnie and the Hitmen]

Second Stage
11 a.m. – Victory Drumline
11:30 a.m. – Stewart’s Creek Middle Jazz Band
12 p.m. – Rocky Fork Middle Jazz Band
12:30 p.m. – Rockvale Middle Jazz Band
1 p.m. – St. Rose Jazz Band
1:30 p.m. – Providence Christian Academy Jazz Band
3 p.m. – Blackman Middle Jazz Band
3:30 p.m. – Oakland Middle Jazz Band