Mother Nature may have delivered mixed signals this past month about whether or not winter is coming, but the planners for the Twin Cities Winter Jazz Festival have nevertheless locked in all of their performers. The lineups for the four festival stages at the Saint Paul Hotel are:

Ballroom Dance
2:00 PM: Acme Jazz Company
3:30 PM: Schubert Club Hour presents Ancia Saxophone Quartet
5:00 PM: Jazz Central All Stars featuring Debbie Duncan
6:45 PM: Cyrus Chestnut with Francisco Mela and Gerald Cannon

Summit Room Stage
2:00 PM: Dakota Foundation for Jazz Education Youth Showcase.
3:00 PM: John Penny Trio

M Street Café Stage
4:00 PM: Patty Peterson with Dave Karr
5:30 PM: Solomon Parham with Steve Kenny

Lobby Bar Lounge
1:00 PM to 4:00 PM: Joann Funk

The Winter Jazz Festival is presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota and takes place at the Saint Paul Hotel starting at 2:00 PM on Sunday, January 31, 2016. Tickets are $30 in advance and $35 at the door. The festival is part of the St. Paul Winter Carnival and is organized as a partner event with the Leigh Kamman Legacy Foundation, with a portion of the proceeds going to the Foundation.

• About
• Latest Posts

Twin Cities Arts Reader

The Twin Cities Arts Reader is an arts and lifestyles magazine whose coverage examines arts and selected activities in the state of Minnesota and across the country. It provides in-depth, critical arts coverage and reaches more than 600,000 readers per year.

Latest posts by Twin Cities Arts Reader (see all)

• FRINGE FILE #8: The Golden Lanyard Awards - August 13, 2024
• FRINGE FILE #7: Reviews, Pt. 4 - August 11, 2024
• FRINGE FILE #6: Reviews, Pt. 3 - August 10, 2024