Fillmore Jazz Festival
Presented by The Fillmore Merchants Association
2025 is postponed to 2026
PRESS RELEASE
April 3, 2025
Fillmore Merchants Association announces the cancellation of the beloved annual free two day, 12 block 2025 Fillmore Jazz Festival due to lack of funding.
In response to the announcement, there is community building effort to collect funding to support several jazz quartets playing on Fillmore sidewalks and at Calvary Presbyterian Church and at Jones Memorial United Methodist during the July 5 – 6th 2025 weekend.
Your support now will help us to produce a smaller scale jazz event in the neighborhood during the July 4th, 2025 weekend and or for 2026.
Donate
SUPPORT the return of our SF tradition – we need your support more now than ever.
12 Blocks, 5 stages, musicians, security, and so much more generates costs – provided to jazz fans for free.
Please understand every donation really helps tremendously.
Past Sponsors
Location
Fillmore, stretching from Jackson to Eddy Street. 5 venues: Calvary Presbyterian Church Sanctuary, California Stage, Sutter Street performances, Jones Memorial United Methodist Sanctuary at Post Street and Eddy Street.
2024 Performances
Credits
Executive Producer: Karen Lile Productions
We want to thank Jason Olaine – our Musical Director – for his continued support for many years!
Jones Memorial Music Director: Ricardo Scales
Calvary Presbyterian Music Director: Karen Lile
Private Group Transportation
In need of group transportation to the Festival? Our partners at CharterUP offer services in San Jose, San Francisco, and most major cities.
The Fillmore Jazz Festival is a smoke-free event pursuant to SF Health Code Article 19L.
Press/Media
Download the 2024 Press Release
New Fillmore 2024 Preview Article
Media: Check in at INFO booth at Bush & Fillmore
Fillmore Jazz Festival 2023
Photo Credit: Lynn Friedman
Photos from Fillmore Art Walk 2022
Photo Credit: Lynn Friedman
Photos from Art & Jazz on Fillmore 2022
Photo Credit: Lynn Friedman
Questions?
If you have any event related questions, reach out to Fillmore Merchants Association
“If you were walking down San Francisco’s Fillmore Street in the 1950s, chances are you might run into Billie Holiday stepping out of a restaurant. Or Ella Fitzgerald trying on hats. Or Thelonious Monk smoking a cigarette. This wouldn’t be out of the ordinary in the “Harlem of the West.”
Check out this ALL ABOUT JAZZ Festival Review by Walter Atkins
Listen to this wonderful narrative on KQED by Bianca Taylor on the Harlem of the West
