Presented by The Fillmore Merchants Association
July 5-6, 2025
News and Press
2025 Fillmore Jazz Festival is Back On
For Immediate Release April 7, 2025 Dear San Franciscans and Fillmore Jazz Festival Lovers, It was with great sadness that we announced the cancellation of the Fillmore Jazz Festival last week due to the overwhelming [...]
New Fillmore: Jazz festival is back on again
Republished from the New Fillmore Jazz festival is back on again ONE DAY AFTER merchant leaders announced the 2025 Fillmore Jazz Festival was being canceled, a sponsor stepped forward to say he would fund this [...]
KPIX: Fillmore Jazz Festival back on for 2025 after receiving pledges of support
Full article and video at KPIX Less than a week after organizers announced that the Fillmore Jazz Festival would not be held this summer due to financial constrains, officials on Monday were happy to announce [...]
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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
