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Mary Lou Williams Jazz Festival 2024 - Hosted by NEA Jazz Master Dee Dee Bridgewater


  • John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Terrace Theater 2700 F Street Northwest Washington, DC, 20566 United States (map)

Performances: May 10 & 11 @7:30pm

Join us in honoring the life and work of the “first lady of jazz,” legendary pianist and composer Mary Lou Williams. Hosted by the incomparable Dee Dee Bridgewater, this year’s two-day festival features performances by Eliane Elias, Endea Owens, Ingrid Jensen and the Center Song Project, Julia Keefe’s Indigenous Big Band, and more phenomenal women leading today’s jazz scene.

Later Event: May 10
10,000 Maniacs