3rd annual

leavenworth jazz festival

May 9 and 10, 2025

swinging for a cause! dance and Give Back

FRIDAY May 9, 6:30 to 8:30 pm @ Cascade High School

all proceeds SUPPORT cascade high SCHOOL’s arts programs

Enjoy for free Swing Dance Lessons at 5:30 pm with award winning swing dance instructor Undre Reed. Then join us for a rousing Swing Dance. Consistent with our missions to showcase young artists, dance music will be performed by the renowned Mead HighSchool Panther Jazz Band led by Rob Lewis. If you joined us last year for the Edmonds-Woodway HighSchool’s dance performance, you will know that the school bands we select perform swing dance music like veteran big bands of 1940’s and 50’s.

  • FREE Dance Instruction @5:30 with the fabulous Undre Reed

  • FREE ADMISSION to students and 18 years old an younger,

  • $15 for the rest of us.

JAZZ MASTERY - SEASONED ARTISTS AND RISING STARS

SATURDAY MAY 10, 7 TO 9PM @ CASCADE HIGH SCHOOL

This year’s featured artists are Jared Hall and young artists Natalie Wagner on alto saxophone and Kai Wagner on bass. Jared, Natalie and Kai will be joined by Ben Markley on piano and Kyle Swan on drums, comprising the Jared Hall Quintet. Click Here for detailed information about the Jared Hall Quintet!

Joining the Quintet on stage will be the Ellensburg Big Band. EBB will feature the original compositions and arrangements by Jared Hall , including big band arrangements of tunes appearing on Jared’s three current album releases, (“Influences” Origin Records, release date pending, “Seen on the Scene” Origin Records, 2021) and “Hallways” (Hollistic MusicWorks, 2017)

  • Featuring the Jared Hall Quintet

  • Showcasing young Artist Natalie and Kai Wagner

  • Accompanied by the Ellensburg Big Band

Freshly off their New Zealand tour where the Ellensburg Big Band was the featured guest performer at the 22nd annual Christchurch Big Band Festival, EBB is an 18 member classic Swing Jazz Band in the tradition of the wonderful dance bands of the 1940’s and 50’s.  EBB’s mission is to provide great live big band music to entertain and educate our community. EBB’s performances fund its Joel Talerico Memorial Scholarship which is awarded to an Ellensburg High School student who exemplifies the value of music in our lives. Click here for more information.

  • FREE ADMISSION to students and 18 years old an younger,

  • $30 for the rest of us.

Saturday MAY 10, 2024 @ Cascade High School

Middle and High School Band Festival

  • Student performances begin at 8:00 AM with a lunch break and Master Classes from 12 noon to 1:40 PM. Afternoon performances recommence at 2:00 PM.

  • Performances are open to the general public.