BRIC JazzFest 2026

Event Details

The Twelfth Annual BRIC JazzFest presents a lineup that moves across eras and disciplines, from established voices to the artists shaping where the genre goes next. New York has spent the summer in its streets, from block parties to watch parties, joyfully coming together in public spaces. BRIC is channeling that into BRIC JazzFest as part of its “Radical Joy” season theme: two nights for the community, honoring jazz’s roots and the artists carrying it forward.

This year’s BRIC JazzFest aims to expand the circle of what we consider jazz music, and to gather those who have yet to find their home within this tent. Our lineup aims to convey jazz as a music of collective movement. This is jazz to dance to and conjure with.
LINEUP
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Night 1 – Friday, October 16th
Bilal
Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra - Tribute to Randy Weston
Marcus Gilmore
Takuya Kuroda
Sparklmami
Laura Anglade

Night 2 – Saturday, October 17th
Mohini Dey 
Braxton Cook
Tyreek McDole
Salin
Melvis Santa presents Gata Jazz
+ after hours with Toribio & Bring Dat Jazz Orchestra

VIP Lounge curated by Next Gen Jazz
Devon Gates – Night 1
Nathaniel Coben – Night 1
Isaac Byrd – Night 2
Ruby Laks – Night 2
BRIC Members have access to the VIP Lounge at BRIC JazzFest. Become a BRIC Member today!

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