The Rubber City Jazz & Blues Festival is dedicated to preserving Akron’s rich and vibrant history in jazz and blues and showcasing today’s stars. Our impact reaches far beyond this 3-day festival. We provide music and arts programming to youth in underserved communities throughout Summit, Lorain, Erie, and Cuyahoga Counties.

This year’s festival will feature seven venues in Downtown Akron: Blu Jazz+, Musica, Maiden Lane, High St. Hop House, Akron Civic Theater, Akron Art Museum, and the Akron-Summit County Public Library.