This fall 2025, JazzFest White Plains returns for its 14th year with more energy and excitement than ever. The 5-day festival presents 18 live performances taking place across downtown White Plains – from emerging talent to world-renowned artists, including seven GRAMMY Award winners and nominees.
Schedule
Wednesday, September 10
Craig Taborn
12-1:15pm | FREE
Downtown Music at Grace (33 Church St.)
Celebrated for his visionary improvisations bordering on jazz and contemporary classical music, and hailed by The New York Times as “one of the best jazz pianists alive,” Craig Taborn makes his White Plains debut in this fully improvised solo piano concert. Taborn has played and recorded with countless luminaries in the fields of jazz, improvised music, new music and electronic music including Roscoe Mitchell, Wadada Leo Smith, Dave Holland, John Zorn, Chris Potter, Vijay Iyer, Kris Davis and many others.
Sherry Winston
12:30-1:30pm | FREE
White Plains Farmers Market (59 Court St.)
Multiple GRAMMY Award-nominee, educator and performer Sherry Winston is one of modern jazz flute’s greatest innovators. She has performed alongside artists and producers like Najee, Roberta Flack, Grover Washington, Jr. and Quincy Jones. She has also graced major stages across the U.S., including Carnegie Hall, Constitution Hall, Lincoln Center and the Kennedy Center, among others.
Wycliffe Gordon Quintet
Including dinner served by Via Garibaldi
6:30pm
Dinner and performance: $75 per person | Cash Bar
price includes reception, performance, tax and gratuity
White Plains Plaza (1 North Broadway)
Wycliffe Gordon is an award-winning trombonist, composer and educator known for his dynamic sound and deep roots in jazz. A former member of the Wynton Marsalis Septet, he continues to inspire audiences worldwide.
Join us for a one-of-a-kind concert reception. Advanced ticket purchase includes:
Live performance
3-course buffet-style dinner (inclusive of tax and gratuity)
Prime seating on the Plaza
This performance will take place outdoors with advanced ticket purchase required for prime viewing. Non-ticket holders are welcome to enjoy the performance on the Plaza, but must bring their own chairs. In the event of rain, this event will be moved indoors.
