Announcing the Band Lineup for the 2023 Salem Jazz and Soul Festival 🎶

We are absolutely thrilled to announce the long-awaited return of the Salem Jazz and Soul Festival! This amazing celebration of music and community is back on August 19th, 2023, at the picturesque Salem Willows. As always, our festival aims to unite us through the power of music, bringing joy and harmony to our vibrant community.

This year, we’re back with a bang, promising a day filled with spectacular live musical performances, enlightening educational workshops, an array of vendors, a beer tent for those adults looking to relax, and so much more. No matter your age or musical preference, this event has something for everyone!

The Salem Jazz and Soul Festival is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with a passionate commitment to offering music and music education opportunities to our North Shore community. We embrace all, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, socioeconomic status, orientation, or gender expression, to join us in this grand celebration of life and music.

Drumroll, Please… 🥁

We are immensely proud to announce the fantastic lineup for this year’s festival:

  • Krewe de Skunk
  • TapRoots
  • Diane Blue All Stars
  • BT/ALC Big Band
  • Salem High School Jazz Band

Plus, the crowd-favorite, DJ SKOTVOID will be returning to spin between sets! This is a lineup you simply can’t afford to miss!

Our Wonderful Sponsors 🎉

We want to extend our heartfelt thanks to our generous sponsors:

  • PEM
  • The City of Salem through the American Rescue Plan Act
  • The Lobster Shanty
  • Wolf Next Door Coffee
  • Creative Collective
  • Rotary Club of Salem
  • SOSS Records
  • Mahi Mahi Cruises

Breweries featured in the Beer Garden (21+)

Far From the Tree Cider

Gentile Brewing Co. 

East Regiment Brewing Co. 

Backbeat Brewing Co.

Their support has been invaluable in making this festival a reality.

Join Us in Celebrating Music 🎷

Mark your calendars, bring your loved ones, and join us in this joyous celebration of Jazz and Soul! The 2023 Salem Jazz and Soul Festival is shaping up to be an unforgettable day, and we can’t wait to share it with you. Let’s support live music, let’s support our community, and let’s have a great time!

Come one, come all – because this is a free event and no one should miss out on this incredible day of music and community. See you there!

Salem Jazz and Soul Festival 2023: A Celebration of Music and Community

We’re thrilled to announce the triumphant return of the Salem Jazz and Soul Festival to the picturesque Salem Willows on August 19th, 2023, from 11 AM to 7 PM!

After a few years of uncertainty due to the global pandemic, we’re ready to bring back the rhythm to the Salem Willows, and invite you to celebrate the enduring spirit of our community, the rich history of jazz, soul, and the love for live music.

An Unforgettable Day of Music

This year’s festival promises to be an extravaganza of live music and much more! You can look forward to thrilling performances from bands like Krewe de Skunk, TapRoots, Diane Blue All Stars, BT/ALC Big Band, and Salem High School Jazz Band.

Adding to the excitement, we’re delighted to announce that DJ SKOTVOID will be returning to spin some tunes between sets, keeping the atmosphere vibrant and energetic all day long!

A Festival for All

Beyond the music, the festival also features educational workshops for budding musicians and enthusiasts, a wide variety of vendors for your shopping delight, and a beer tent for those looking to savor some craft brews. This community event promises a good time for all, irrespective of age or background.

A Mission of Music Education

The Salem Jazz and Soul Festival is more than just a music event. As a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, we provide live music and music education opportunities for the North Shore community, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, socioeconomic status, orientation, or gender expression. This festival is our love letter to music and the community supporting it.

A Big Thank You to Our Sponsors

We’re grateful to our generous sponsors, including the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM), SOSS Records, The Lobster Shanty, and Mahi Mahi Cruises, who have made this event possible. Their support underscores local organizations’ commitment to arts, culture, and our community’s vibrancy and resilience.

Join Us!

We warmly invite you to join us for this free, incredible event and support live music. So mark your calendars, bring your family and friends, and let’s share in the joy of music together! 🎶

The Frotations will perform at SJSF/Berklee Summer Series on July 12 in Derby Square

The Frotations
The Frotations

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The Frotations, a band made up of students from the Berklee College of Music, will play the third SJSF/Berklee Summer Series concert of 2014 in Derby Square, Salem, on Saturday, July 12.

The free show will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. and will feature an educational interview about music and the Berklee experience.

Creative Salem and Social Palates will sponsor the performance.

Forged in 2011 by singer-songwriter Chris Kazarian and bass player Pedro Ribiero (Pedro Zappa), the Frotations were originally called K.A.Z. — A musical experiment centered around the up-and-coming singer songwriter aimed at bringing all of the world’s people together under one sound. Today the Frotations are a concrete blend of Neo-Soul and Rock ’n’ Roll with a little drop of Hip-Hop.  Check out this video from The Frotations.

One more SJSF/Berklee Summer Series concerts will take place this year: Sarah McKenzie on Aug. 9.

The eighth-annual Salem Jazz and Soul Festival will follow during the weekend of Aug. 16-17, featuring 10 bands, a kids’ tent, music-education tent, artisan fair and 21-plus beer pavilion. The two-day concert is free.

The festival is a nonprofit, volunteer-run organization that produces free concerts and raises money for music education causes on the North Shore.

Check salemjazzsoul.org for more information. Photos provided upon request.

Contact: Judy Parisella
Phone: ***-***-7444
Email: jparisella@salemjazzsoul.com

Press Release: Salem Jazz and Soul Festival, city, to put on 5th-annual Jazz Appreciation Day concert

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Salem Jazz and Soul Festival, city, to put on 5th-annual Jazz Appreciation Day concert

The Salem Jazz and Soul Festival will produce its 5th-annual City of Salem Jazz Appreciation Day concert in early April in downtown Salem.

The event kicks off Jazz Appreciation month, April, and is put on in partnership with the City of Salem. Salem Five, a major festival sponsor, has donated the room and the concert is free to the public.

The free show will take place in the Salem Five Community Room on the Essex Street Walking Mall, on Saturday, April 5, from 2 to 4 p.m.

Performing this year will be the North Shore Jazz Project All Stars, a big band made up of the North Shore’s premier high-school jazz musicians, directed by professional saxophonist Mike Tucker..

“The NSJP All Stars play our main festival each year, and the crowd is always blown away by their talent, so we thought we’d invite them to perform at Jazz Appreciation Day,” said Larry Claflin Jr., the festival’s executive director. “Having these young musicians on-stage is represent a part of what we’re trying to do – providing students with an opportunity to perform at no cost to the public.”

This show will open the festival’s eighth season of producing free concerts and supporting music-education causes on the North Shore.

In the coming months, the Salem Jazz and Soul Festival, a volunteer-run nonprofit, will put on:

    A fundraiser at the recently refurbished Ames Hall inside the Salem YMCA, featuring Boston-based Combo Sabroso, a Latin band with reggae influences, on April 26
    The SJSF/Berklee Summer Series at Derby Square, Salem, with Berklee College of Music student bands, on May 10, June 14, July 12 and Aug. 9
    The Salem Jazz and Soul Festival, a two-day concert at the Salem Willows, with 10 bands, a music-education tent, kids tent, 21-plus beer garden and artisans selling hand-made goods, Aug. 16-17

Please go to salemjazzsoul.org for more information.

Contact: Judy Parisella
Phone: ***-***-7444
Email: jparisella@salemjazzsoul.com