Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz  
   (July) Bushnell Park, Hartford
    Three nights and two days on two stages;
    since 1992 this festival has become the
    largest jazz event in New England that is free
    to the public, attracting 45,000 music lovers
    to Hartford’s Bushnell Park each July - the
    level of a true destination event. With a
    history of presenting national and international
    mainstream, cutting-edge, traditional and
    contemporary jazz performers; aspiring local
    and regional artists; and some truly wonderful
    young musicians from area schools and
    noteworthy jazz programs, this event is a
    diverse world-class jazz festival that enlivens
    the cultural and economic vitality of Greater 
    Hartford. www.hartfordjazz.com

Hartford International Jazz Festival
    (Columbus Day Weekend, October)
    Three day festival; eight main stages
    throughout downtown Hartford with
    performances by national and international
    musicians; local and regional musicians at
    twenty-two restaurants. Encore stages are  
    free except for Black-eyed Sally's. Main
    attraction stages include Asylum Hill
    Congregational Church, The Bushnell Center
    for the Performing Arts, the Aetna Theater of
    the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art,
    Trinity College's Vernon Center, the Hartford
    Public Library,Riverfront, and City Steam
    Brewery. www.hijf.com

Jazz at the Atheneum
    (October - May)
    In addition to this concert series in the Aetna
     Theater at the Wadsworth, the Hartford Jazz
     Society runs a Jazz Cruise on the Connecticut
     River every September, and a Valentine
     Dance in February as fundraisers for its
     Scholarship Fund.
     www.hartfordjazzsociety.com

Paul Brown Monday Night Jazz Series presented by Prudential Financial (July & August)
Bushnell Park, Hartford
Oldest continuously running jazz festival in the United States that is free to the public (since 1967). This event brings world famous musicians and local aspiring artists to downtown Hartford to perform in an atmosphere of cultural diversity. www.mondaynightjazz.org