The first University of Idaho Jazz Festival began in 1967 and has been bringing students, community members and jazz musicians together ever since. While the first festival only consisted of a dozen student groups and one guest artist, the annual UI event quickly took off and began attracting prominent jazz artists, such as Ella Fitzgerald, who visited in 1981. A few years later, renowned American jazz musician Lionel Hampton visited Moscow and endorsed the festival. In 1985, the festival was renamed in his honor.
Parking restrictions
- Deakin Avenue and Student Union Building Parking
- Limited parking on Deakin Avenue in front of Bruce Pitman Center and VandalStore
- Deakin Avenue will be converted to a one-way southbound street from Sixth Street to University Avenue between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. The street might be closed entirely to accommodate buses during high traffic loading and unloading times
- The VandalStore and post office will be accessible from behind the VandalStore building via College and Railroad avenues. The entrance to the parking lot on Deakin Avenue will be closed
- The SMART Transit busses and the Vandal Access Shuttle will not stop on Deakin Avenue on Thursday or Friday. Both transit providers will continue to stop at Railroad Street at the Intermodal Transit Center building on Thursday and Friday. All connections to local transit can be made at that location
- Portions of the Pitman Center parking lot will be closed each day of the festival
- ASUI-Kibbie Activity Center Parking
- The blue gravel lot 57, west of the ASUI-Kibbie Activity Center, will be reserved for bus parking Thursday through Saturday and closed to all regular vehicles
- The red paved lot 34, west of the ASUI-Kibbie Activity Center, will be available for general parking and no permit will be required Thursday through Saturday.
- The red parking lot 24, west of the College of Law, will be reserved for Jazz Festival permit holders only after 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
- The large graveled area (lot 110) north of lot 57 will be general parking for regular vehicles Friday and Saturday; no bus parking allowed in this area
- The gold lot 31, east of the ASUI-Kibbie Activity Center, will be closed to gold permit holders and reserved after noon Thursday and Friday. The lot is reserved all day Saturday.
- Festival Bus Loading Zones
- Deakin Avenue at the Bruce Pitman Center
- Railroad Street behind the LDS Center
- Blake Avenue at the Lionel Hampton School of Music/Haddock Hall
- Rayburn Street at the Memorial Gym and Agricultural Science Building
- University Avenue and Line Street at the Idaho Commons Building
- Stadium Drive near the Hartung Theatre
- Main Street between Fifth and Sixth Streets
Jazz Fest schedule
A full schedule can be found here.
Wednesday, Feb. 24
- 5:30-7 p.m. – Jazz Festival community kick-off, 414 S. Main St.
- 7-9 p.m. – Ignacio Berroa and the All-Star Quartet plus special guests Vern Sielert and Dave Hagelganz, International Ballroom North, Bruce Pitman Center
- 9:15-10:15 p.m. – Lionel Hampton School of Music Jazz Band 1 featuring Ignacio Berroa and Dee Daniels, Bruce Pitman Center
Thursday, Feb. 25
- 1-2 p.m. – Lionel Hampton School of Music Jazz Band 2, International Ballroom, Haddock Performance Hall, Lionel Hampton School of Music
- 2-3 p.m. – Lionel Hampton School of Music Jazz Band 1, Haddock Performance Hall, Lionel Hampton School of Music
- 3-4 p.m. – Lionel Hampton School of Music Jazz Band 3, Haddock Performance Hall, Lionel Hampton School of Music
- 3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. – Lionel Hampton School of Music Jazz Band 1 & 2
- 4-5 p.m. – Lionel Hampton School of Music Trombone Ensemble
- 4:30-5:30 p.m. – Young Artists Concert with UI Jazz Band Kickoff
- 7-8 p.m. – Hamp”s Club, Kibbie Dome
- 8-9 p.m. – Justin Kauflin Trio, Haddock Performance Hall
- 8:30-9:30 p.m. – Dee Daniels Quartet, International Ballroom, Bruce Pitman
- 9-10 p.m. – Ignacio Berroa Quartet, Vandal Ballroom, Bruce Pitman Center
- 9:30-10:30 p.m. – Justin Kauflin Trio, Paddock Hall, Lionel Hampton School of Music
- 10-11 p.m. – Dee Daniels Quartet, International Ballroom, Bruce Pitman center
- 10:30-11:30 p.m. – Ignacio Berroa Quartet, Vandal Ballroom, Bruce Pitman Center
Friday, Feb. 26
- 3:30-4:30 – Lionel Hampton School of Music Jazz Choirs, Kibbie Dome
- 4:30-5:30 p.m. – Young Artists Concert, Kibbie Dome
- 7-8 p.m. – Hamp”s Club, Kibbie Dome
- 8:30-9:45 p.m. – Monty Alexander Trio, Kibbie Dome
- 10:15-11:30 p.m. – Tower of Power, Kibbie Dome
Saturday, Feb. 27
- 3:45-4:15 p.m. – University of Idaho Jazz Band 2, Kibbie Dome
- 4:15-4:30 p.m. – University of Idaho Jazz Band 2, Kibbie Dome
- 4:30-5:30 p.m. – Young Artists Club, Kibbie Dome
- 7-8 p.m. – Hamp”s Club, Kibvie Dome
- 8:30-9:30 p.m. – Lionel Hampton Big Band with Warren Wolf and Barbara Morrison, Kibbie Dome
- 10:15-11:15 p.m.: Cherry Poppin” Daddies, Kibbie Dome
Tickets
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