Wine & Jazz Festival

Wine & Jazz Festival

Summer Series
Closeup of a hand plucking strings on a bass, next to hands playing with drumsticks.
William Hill

Date & Price

Saturday, September 14, 2024

2:00–9:00 pm


Pre-Sale On Now

Gardens Preferred, Gardens Premium Members, and Innovators receive access to the Pre-sale. If you are eligible, you have received a discount code via direct mail or email from Longwood Gardens that can be used for Pre-sale access and to receive your discounted pricing.


Public Sale

March 19, 2024. Sale begins at 10:00 am.


Tickets

Ages 21 & over: $65

Ages 5–20 and designated drivers: $43

Members (all levels) and Innovators
Ages 21 & over: $54

Members (all levels) and Innovators
Ages 5–20 and designated drivers: $32


All Stars, Friday, September 13, 2024

Reserved Seating: $49

Gardens Preferred, Gardens Premium Members, and Innovators: $44


Save when you purchase our Wine & Jazz Bundle Ticket to both events (Festival and All Stars)

Ages 21 & over: $97

Ages 5–20 and designated drivers: $75


You are welcome to set up your chair at performance locations while you enjoy the Gardens and festival.

This is a rain or shine event. No outside food allowed in the Gardens.

All sales are final. Tickets are non-refundable and may not be exchanged for another date and time. Lost or stolen tickets will not be refunded or replaced.

2024 Schedule

Pumphouse Plaza

2:15–3:15 pm
4:00–5:00 pm
High & Mighty Brass Band


Beer Garden

2:30–3:30 pm
4:15–5:15 pm
6:00–7:00 pm
The Dale Melton Trio


Open Air Theatre

2:00–3:15 pm
Endea Owens & The Cookout

3:45–5:00 pm
Harold López-Nussa


Orchard

4:15–5:30 pm
Lakecia Benjamin

6:00–7:30 pm
Dianne Reeves


Please note: Schedule is subject to change.

Featuring

Dianne Reeves

Portrait of a smiling person with bronze skin, black curly hair, red lipstick, dangling green earrings, and a sunshine yellow top, embroidered at the neckline with concentric circles of various colors.

6:00–7:30 pm
Orchard

Five-time Grammy Award winner and jazz vocalist Dianne Reeves brings a breathtaking virtuosity, improvisational prowess, and unique jazz and R&B stylings to her performances. Reeves received the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance for three consecutive recordings and won the Best Jazz Vocal Grammy for her feature in the soundtrack of George Clooney’s six-time Academy Award nominated film Good Night, and Good Luck. The first Creative Chair for Jazz for the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the first vocalist to ever perform at the famed Walt Disney Concert Hall, in 2018 Reeves was designated a Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts—the highest honor the United States bestows on jazz artists.

Lakecia Benjamin

Portrait of a dark-skinned person with black curly hair pulled back, wearing a silver and blue top and silver pants, holding a saxophone, and whose sunglasses seem to reflect the bright blue background.

4:15–5:30 pm
Orchard

Voted the 2020 DownBeat Critics Poll Rising Star Alto Saxophonist and Up and Coming Artist of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association, charismatic and dynamic saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin fuses traditional conceptions of jazz, hip hop, and soul. With her electric presence and fiery sax work, Benjamin has shared stages with several legendary artists, including Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys, and The Roots.

Harold López-Nussa

A person with short thick curly hair and beard, wearing a black short-sleeved collared shirt and dark jeans, with an analog watch and tattoos on his left arm, looks at the camera while leaning against the arched brick wall of the interior of a tunnel.

3:45–5:00 pm
Open Air Theatre

Winner of the 2005 Montreux Jazz Piano Competition, composer and pianist Harold López-Nussa has captivated audiences across the world with his thrilling performances that reflect the full range and richness of the Cuban musical tradition, with its distinctive combination of folkloric, popular, and classical elements—as well as its embrace of improvisation.

Endea Owens & The Cookout

A person with bronze skin, long dark curly hair, broad smile, large earrings, and a colorful geometrically patterned dress strikes a dramatically playful pose holding a bass violin and bow.

2:00–3:15 pm
Open Air Theatre

Emmy, Grammy, and George Foster Peabody Award winner Endea Owens is a Detroit-raised recording artist, bassist, and composer, and a member of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert house band, led by Louis Cato. Owens’ work has appeared on Jon Batiste’s Grammy Award-winning album We Are, Oscar-nominated film Judas and the Black Messiah, and H.E.R.’s widely acclaimed Super Bowl LV performance. In 2020, Owens founded The Community Cookout, a nonprofit organization that provides meals and music to underserved neighborhoods worldwide. The 2023 Mac Music Innovator with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Owens is also the curator for the National Arts Club and fellow for “Jazzis Now!” with the National Jazz Museum in Harlem.

The Dale Melton Trio

performer playing a keyboard

2:30–3:30 pm, 4:15–5:15 pm, 6:00–7:00 pm
Beer Garden

The Dale Melton Trio is a tasty sonic and rhythmic stew of New Orleans funk and soulful New York jazz blended with early rock, blues, and bossa nova—creating a truly unique sound with Melton’s one-of-a-kind Hammond organ style, punch-the-rhythm piano, and "it's never the same twice" delivery. Their style is reminiscent of Dr. John, Mose Allison, Fats Waller, Taj Mahal, Boz Skaggs, Lyle Lovett, and Randy Newman.

High and Mighty Brass Band

Eight musicians stand and pose for a photo, holding various instruments, including electric guitar, tuba, trombone, trumpet, drum, and tambourine.

2:15–3:15 pm, 4:00–5:00 pm
Pumphouse Plaza

There’s a reason legendary groups like Galactic, Eli “Paperboy” Reed, and Lake Street Dive have collaborated with New York City’s favorite brass band High and Mighty Brass Band since drummer Evan Howard started the band back in 2009. This rotating cast has toured all over the world including major performances at Bonnaroo, the US Open, Governors Ball Music Festival, and Sonidos Liquidos. They entertain crowds with both their original music and fresh takes on current and classic cover songs.

Check back soon for additional performer announcements and more details.


Dine with Us

 

Snack Tote

Our insulated, reusable Longwood snack tote is packed with a savory sampling of three gourmet cheeses, crackers and pita, hummus, whole strawberries, clusters of grapes, composed salad, two bottles of water, and disposable silverware. Snack totes are available for $75 and serve two people. Guests can pick up the snack tote at the Peirce-du Pont House concessions tent starting at 2:00 pm through 6:00 pm.

Snack totes can be purchased after adding Wine & Jazz Festival tickets to your cart. Purchase of a snack tote does not include entrance to the Wine & Jazz Festival.

Concessions

  • Peirce-du Pont House 1:00–6:00 pm
  • Rose Arbor 1:00–6:00 pm
  • Pumphouse Plaza 1:00–5:00 pm
  • Orchard 3:00–7:30 pm

Please note: Wine tastings end at 7:00 pm