{"id":6,"date":"2020-11-02T16:56:21","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T16:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.capitaljazz.com\/fest\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2025-06-20T15:17:22","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T20:17:22","slug":"official-site","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.capitaljazz.com\/fest\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"The jazz festival with soul!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Official Site of the<\/h4>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">32nd Annual Capital Jazz Fest<\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>The jazz festival with soul!<br \/>\n<\/i>June 6-8, 2025<\/h2>\n<div><\/div>\n\n<h3>Capital Jazz Fest 2025!<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Thank you!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Thanks to everyone who attended our 32nd annual Capital Jazz Fest on June 6-8, 2025! Mark your calendar for next year&#8217;s festival, to be held June 5-7, 2026!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Held each year during Black Music Month since 1993, the Capital Jazz Fest is one of the longest running festivals in the DMV and one of the premier black music events in the country, featuring over 30 acts over three days. In-between musical sets, enjoy the juried craft vendors at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capitaljazz.com\/fest\/2025\/the-festival-marketplace\/\">Festival Marketplace<\/a>, culinary treats at the food courts, and interactive Q&amp;A sessions with the artists.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capitaljazz.com\/fest\/2025\/official-site\/talent-lineup-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2550 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.capitaljazz.com\/fest\/2025\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2025-Talent-Names-Flyer-1080x1920-1-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.capitaljazz.com\/fest\/2025\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2025-Talent-Names-Flyer-1080x1920-1-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.capitaljazz.com\/fest\/2025\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2025-Talent-Names-Flyer-1080x1920-1-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.capitaljazz.com\/fest\/2025\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2025-Talent-Names-Flyer-1080x1920-1-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.capitaljazz.com\/fest\/2025\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2025-Talent-Names-Flyer-1080x1920-1-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/www.capitaljazz.com\/fest\/2025\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2025-Talent-Names-Flyer-1080x1920-1.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"margin-bottom: 2rem;\">Highlights from the 2025 Festival<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/2115732312&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=true&#038;show_comments=false&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=false\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 2rem; font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/capitaljazz\" title=\"CapitalJazz\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">CapitalJazz<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/capitaljazz\/esparanza-spalding\" title=\"Esperanza Spalding Interview &amp; Q&amp;A Session - 2025 Capital Jazz Fest\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">Esperanza Spalding Interview &amp; Q&amp;A Session &#8211; 2025 Capital Jazz Fest<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/2116721232&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=true&#038;show_comments=false&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=false\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 2rem; font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/capitaljazz\" title=\"CapitalJazz\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">CapitalJazz<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/capitaljazz\/cjf25-q-a-najee\" title=\"Najee Interview &amp; Q&amp;A Session - 2025 Capital Jazz Fest\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">Najee Interview &amp; Q&amp;A Session &#8211; 2025 Capital Jazz Fest<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/2115758070&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=true&#038;show_comments=false&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=false\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 2rem; font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/capitaljazz\" title=\"CapitalJazz\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">CapitalJazz<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/capitaljazz\/eric-benet\" title=\"Eric Ben\u00e9t Interview &amp; Q&amp;A Session - 2025 Capital Jazz Fest\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">Eric Ben\u00e9t Interview &amp; Q&amp;A Session &#8211; 2025 Capital Jazz Fest<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/2114396445&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=true&#038;show_comments=false&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=false\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 2rem; font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/capitaljazz\" title=\"CapitalJazz\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">CapitalJazz<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/capitaljazz\/cjf25-q-a-marcus-miller\" title=\"Marcus Miller Interview &amp; Q&amp;A Session - 2025 Capital Jazz Fest\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">Marcus Miller Interview &amp; Q&amp;A Session &#8211; 2025 Capital Jazz Fest<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/2114408136&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=true&#038;show_comments=false&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=false\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 2rem; font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/capitaljazz\" title=\"CapitalJazz\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">CapitalJazz<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/capitaljazz\/the-blackbyrds-qa-cjf25\" title=\"The Blackbyrds Interview &amp; Q&amp;A Session - 2025 Capital Jazz Fest\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">The Blackbyrds Interview &amp; Q&amp;A Session &#8211; 2025 Capital Jazz Fest<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/2116367304&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=true&#038;show_comments=false&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=false\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 2rem; font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/capitaljazz\" title=\"CapitalJazz\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">CapitalJazz<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/capitaljazz\/cjf25-q-a-will-downing\" title=\"Will Downing Interview &amp; Q&amp;A Session - 2025 Capital Jazz Fest\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">Will Downing Interview &amp; Q&amp;A Session &#8211; 2025 Capital Jazz Fest<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/2116678971&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=true&#038;show_comments=false&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=false\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 2rem; font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/capitaljazz\" title=\"CapitalJazz\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">CapitalJazz<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/capitaljazz\/cjf25-q-a-dexter-wansel\" title=\"Dexter Wansel Interview &amp; Q&amp;A Session - 2025 Capital Jazz Fest\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">Dexter Wansel Interview &amp; Q&amp;A Session &#8211; 2025 Capital Jazz Fest<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/2116863459&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=true&#038;show_comments=false&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=false\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 2rem; font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/capitaljazz\" title=\"CapitalJazz\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">CapitalJazz<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/capitaljazz\/cjf25-q-a-malcolm-jamal-warner\" title=\"Malcolm-Jamal Warner Interview &amp; Q&amp;A Session - 2025 Capital Jazz Fest\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">Malcolm-Jamal Warner Interview &amp; Q&amp;A Session &#8211; 2025 Capital Jazz Fest<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>What is the Capital Jazz Fest?<\/h3>\n<p>Each year in June, tens of thousands of music lovers from throughout the country flock to the suburbs of Washington, D.C. to attend \u201cthe jazz festival with soul\u201d: The Capital Jazz Fest. Started in 1993, this outdoor festival has become the place to be on the first full weekend of June! A place to people-watch, eat, drink, shop, mingle, relax, soak in the rays, make new friends, and of course hear some of the coolest \u00a0music on the planet!<\/p>\n<p>Over the past 30+ years, the festival has showcased a &#8220;Who&#8217;s Who&#8221; of musical talent including everyone from Al Jarreau, Grover Washington, Jr., Nancy Wilson, Ray Charles, Roberta Flack, Isaac Hayes, Chuck Brown, George Duke, Frankie Beverly, and Natalie Cole to Erykah Badu, Snarky Puppy, Musiq Soulchild, Ledisi, Common, John Legend, Robert Glasper, Mary Mary, and Raphael Saadiq.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>See what festival patrons are saying about the Capital Jazz Fest&#8230;<\/h4>\n<div id=\"erdyt-69f5b855e8b1a\" data-id=\"glAU9tAyX_4\" class=\"erd-youtube-responsive\" style=\"display:block;position:relative;clear:both;width:100%;max-width:100%;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom: 2.5rem; border: 1px solid #999;\"><div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\"><div class=\"erd-ytplay\" id=\"erdytp-glAU9tAyX_4-69f5b855e8b1a\" data-vid=\"glAU9tAyX_4\"   data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/glAU9tAyX_4?loop=1&#038;autoplay=1&#038;rel=0\" data-allowfullscreen=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/glAU9tAyX_4\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube Video\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"alert alert-warning text-center\" role=\"alert\">See more video footage from past Capital Jazz events on<br \/>\nour Capital Jazz TV channel at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.capitaljazz.tv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>www.capitaljazz.tv<\/b><\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Official Site of the 32nd Annual Capital Jazz Fest The jazz festival with soul! June 6-8, 2025 Capital Jazz Fest 2025! Thank you! Thanks to everyone who attended our 32nd annual Capital Jazz Fest on June 6-8, 2025! Mark your calendar for next year&#8217;s festival, to be held June 5-7, 2026! Held each year during [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.capitaljazz.com\/fest\/2025\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/right-sidebarpage.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.capitaljazz.com\/fest\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.capitaljazz.com\/fest\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.capitaljazz.com\/fest\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.capitaljazz.com\/fest\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.capitaljazz.com\/fest\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.capitaljazz.com\/fest\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2666,"href":"https:\/\/www.capitaljazz.com\/fest\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions\/2666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.capitaljazz.com\/fest\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}