Pittsburgh's iconic saxophonist Kenny Blake
Jazz Crawl Is Back
at the 15th Edition of Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival
with Live Music at Venues Around Town
Co-presented by Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield,
the Festival Takes Place September 18-21, 2025,
with Free Outdoor Concerts on Liberty Avenue and Paid Events
at August Wilson African American Cultural Center
PITTSBURGH, PA, September 11, 2025 – Jazz Crawl is Back at the 15th Edition of the Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival and the August Wilson African American Cultural Center has added Jazz Around Town to give music lovers multiple options to support live music. Special thanks to sponsors Carnegie Libraries, the Pittsburgh International Airport and the City of Pittsburgh for supporting regional artists.
For more information, see the list below or visit: https://pittsburghjazzfest.org/lineup/jazz-crawl/
For more information, see the list below or visit: https://pittsburghjazzfest.org/lineup/jazz-crawl/
JAZZ CRAWL
SEPTEMBER 15-21, 2025
CHECK OUT LIVE MUSIC AROUND TOWN
AUGUST WILSON AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER
980 Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Awaacc.org
Thursday, 9/18, 6-10p INTERMISSION ft. Anita Levels
HOSTS: Emmai Alaquiva & Friends (Dr. Edda Fields-Black; Damon Young)
BURN by ROCKY PATEL PITTSBURGH
346 North Shore Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
(412) 586-5854
Burnbyrockypatel.com
Friday, 9/19, 7p-10p (band); 10p-2a (DJ)
Saturday, 9/20, 7p-10p (band); 10p-2a (DJ)
CITY WINERY
1627 Smallman Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
(412) 246-1000
citywinery.com/pittsburgh
Tuesday, 9/16, 7:30p | Joe Henry & Mike Reid
Wednesday, 9/17, 7:30p | SPAGA
Thursday, 9/18, 6:30p | Michael Rapp (original cast of RENT)
CON ALMA
613 Penn Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
conalmapgh.com
(412) 932-2387
Thursday, 9/18, 7:30-10p | David Throckmorton Quartet
Friday, 9/19, 7-10p | The Boilermaker Jazz Band
Saturday, 9/20, 7-10p | Jonathan Michel and Friends
Sunday, 9/21, 7-10p | The Indestructible Sextet (tribute to Art Blakey and Horace Silver)
EDDIE V’S
501 Grant Street, Ste #100
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
eddiev.com
(412) 391-1714
Thursday, 9/18, 6:30-9:30p | Mary Kay Riley Trio
Friday, 9/19, 6-10:30p | Maria Becoates - Bey Trio
Saturday, 9/20, 6:30-10:30p | Grace Elliott Trio
Sunday, 9/21, 6-9p | Alex Peck Trio
GENUINE PUB
111 Sandy Creek Road
Verona, PA 15147
(412) 744-15147
Tuesday, 9/16 | Genuine Soul with Howie Alexander, John Hall, Dennis Garner
THE JAZZ WORKSHOP PRESENTS JAZZ ON LARIMER
Village Green Amphitheatre
Corner of Larimer Avenue and Mayflower Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15206
(Rain Location: The Kingsley Center, 6435 Frankstown Avenue)
Wednesday, 9/17, 5:30-7p | Renn Woods
JAZZ @ THE LIBRARY
CLP-Homewood
7101 Hamilton Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15208
(412) 731-3080
8/30, 2p | Ericka Denae J
CLP-Brookline
708 Brookline Blvd.
Pittsburgh, PA 15226
(412) 561-1003
9/2, 6p | Jacquea Mae -Brookline
CLP-Hill District
2177 Centre Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
(412) 281-3753
9/6, 12p | Anyah Nancy
CLP-Mt. Washington
315 Grandview Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15211
(412) 381-3380
9/13, 12p | Vii Dorsey
JAZZPORT @ THE PITTSBURGH NATIONAL AIRPORT
1000 Airport Blvd.
Pittsburgh, PA 15231
(412) 472-3525
Thursday, 9/4 10a-12p | Sean Baker
Thursday, 9/11, 3-5p | Caleb Smith
Thursday, 9/18 at 3-5p | Josh Stone
KINGFLY SPIRITS
2613 Smallman Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
(412) 392-8928
Kingflyspirits.com
Thursday, 9/18, 7-10p | RH Factor Band ft. Roger Humphries
Sunday, 9/21, 7-10p | Cuban Night ft. Hugo Cruz and Caminos!
OMNI WILLIAM PENN HOTEL
530 William Penn Place
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
(412) 253-4921
Friday, 9/19 | Speakeasy (Lower Level), 5-11p, limited capacity; Live Jazz (Lobby), 5-7p
SENIOR JAZZ CONNECTION PRESENTS JAZZING INTO FALL
FNB
626 Washington Place
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Wear Orange and Brown
Friday, 9/19, 12-2p | Kenny Blake & The New Hip
The 15th edition of the Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival co-presented by Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, produced by the August Wilson African American Cultural Center, takes place September 18 – 21, 2025 inside AWAACC with free concerts on Saturday and Sunday in front of the Center. In addition to the ticketed events featuring a Salute to George Benson with Dan Wilson and Jonathan Butler and the Taste of Jazz Party, the weekend’s artists include Branford Marsalis, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Eric Benét, Bilal, Jazzmeia Horn, Etienne Charles & Creole Soul, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Tarbaby, Obed Calvaire, Keith David, Be’la Dona, Kandace Springs, Ella Bric, Nathan-Paul Davis, Michael Mayo, John Shannon, Ekep Nkwelle and more.
SPONSORS
The 2025 Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival is co-presented by Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, with generous support from the Mellon Foundation. Additional sponsors include The Wilson Group, UPMC and UPMC Health Plan, BMW of Pittsburgh, Visit Pittsburgh, Duolingo, and Carnegie Mellon University. Presenting Sponsor for the Libation Station Tent is Bacardi.
August Wilson African American Cultural Center's presentation of the Jazzmeia Horn Quartet is supported through a Chamber Music America Presenter Consortium for Jazz grant in collaboration with Jazz House Kids and DC Jazz Festival. A component of the Doris Duke Jazz Ensembles Project, Presenter Consortium for Jazz is funded by the Doris Duke Foundation.
Major support for AWAACC’s operations is provided by Richard King Mellon Foundation, Henry L. Hillman Foundation, Heinz Endowments, and the Allegheny Regional Asset District (RAD).
AWAACC’s programming is made possible by generous support from its donors. For a complete list, visit awaacc.org.
ABOUT HIGHMARK INC.
An independent licensee of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, Highmark Inc., together with its Blue-branded affiliates, collectively comprise the fifth largest overall Blue Cross Blue Shield-affiliated organization in the country with approximately 7 million members in Pennsylvania, Delaware, West Virginia and western and northeastern New York. Its diversified businesses serve group customer and individual needs across the United States through dental insurance and other related businesses. For more information, visit www.highmark.com.
The Highmark Bright Blue Futures program‘s goal is to ensure healthier, brighter, stronger futures for all, and it focuses on improving access to care, quality of life, and economic resilience in the communities the enterprise serves. For more information, visit Highmark Bright Blue Futures.
ABOUT AUGUST WILSON AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER
The August Wilson African American Cultural Center is a nonprofit cultural organization located in Pittsburgh’s cultural district that generates artistic, educational, and community initiatives that advance the legacy of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson. One of the largest cultural centers in the country focused exclusively on the African American experience and the celebration of Black culture and the African diaspora, the non-profit organization welcomes more than 100,000 visitors locally and nationally. Through year-round programming across multiple genres, such as the annual Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival, Black Bottom Film Festival, AWCommunity Days, TRUTHSayers speaker series, and rotating art exhibits in its galleries, the Center provides a platform for established and emerging artists of color whose work reflects the universal issues of identity that Wilson tackled, and which still resonate today.
For tickets and more information on the 15th Anniversary edition of the Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival co-presented by Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, log on to https://pittsburghjazzfest.org.
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Media Contacts:
Carolyn McClair PR
(212) 721-3341 | [email protected]
Khalil Waldron, Director - Marketing and Communications, AWAACC
(412) 742-4771 | [email protected]
SEPTEMBER 15-21, 2025
CHECK OUT LIVE MUSIC AROUND TOWN
AUGUST WILSON AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER
980 Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Awaacc.org
Thursday, 9/18, 6-10p INTERMISSION ft. Anita Levels
HOSTS: Emmai Alaquiva & Friends (Dr. Edda Fields-Black; Damon Young)
BURN by ROCKY PATEL PITTSBURGH
346 North Shore Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
(412) 586-5854
Burnbyrockypatel.com
Friday, 9/19, 7p-10p (band); 10p-2a (DJ)
Saturday, 9/20, 7p-10p (band); 10p-2a (DJ)
CITY WINERY
1627 Smallman Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
(412) 246-1000
citywinery.com/pittsburgh
Tuesday, 9/16, 7:30p | Joe Henry & Mike Reid
Wednesday, 9/17, 7:30p | SPAGA
Thursday, 9/18, 6:30p | Michael Rapp (original cast of RENT)
CON ALMA
613 Penn Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
conalmapgh.com
(412) 932-2387
Thursday, 9/18, 7:30-10p | David Throckmorton Quartet
Friday, 9/19, 7-10p | The Boilermaker Jazz Band
Saturday, 9/20, 7-10p | Jonathan Michel and Friends
Sunday, 9/21, 7-10p | The Indestructible Sextet (tribute to Art Blakey and Horace Silver)
EDDIE V’S
501 Grant Street, Ste #100
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
eddiev.com
(412) 391-1714
Thursday, 9/18, 6:30-9:30p | Mary Kay Riley Trio
Friday, 9/19, 6-10:30p | Maria Becoates - Bey Trio
Saturday, 9/20, 6:30-10:30p | Grace Elliott Trio
Sunday, 9/21, 6-9p | Alex Peck Trio
GENUINE PUB
111 Sandy Creek Road
Verona, PA 15147
(412) 744-15147
Tuesday, 9/16 | Genuine Soul with Howie Alexander, John Hall, Dennis Garner
THE JAZZ WORKSHOP PRESENTS JAZZ ON LARIMER
Village Green Amphitheatre
Corner of Larimer Avenue and Mayflower Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15206
(Rain Location: The Kingsley Center, 6435 Frankstown Avenue)
Wednesday, 9/17, 5:30-7p | Renn Woods
JAZZ @ THE LIBRARY
CLP-Homewood
7101 Hamilton Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15208
(412) 731-3080
8/30, 2p | Ericka Denae J
CLP-Brookline
708 Brookline Blvd.
Pittsburgh, PA 15226
(412) 561-1003
9/2, 6p | Jacquea Mae -Brookline
CLP-Hill District
2177 Centre Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
(412) 281-3753
9/6, 12p | Anyah Nancy
CLP-Mt. Washington
315 Grandview Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15211
(412) 381-3380
9/13, 12p | Vii Dorsey
JAZZPORT @ THE PITTSBURGH NATIONAL AIRPORT
1000 Airport Blvd.
Pittsburgh, PA 15231
(412) 472-3525
Thursday, 9/4 10a-12p | Sean Baker
Thursday, 9/11, 3-5p | Caleb Smith
Thursday, 9/18 at 3-5p | Josh Stone
KINGFLY SPIRITS
2613 Smallman Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
(412) 392-8928
Kingflyspirits.com
Thursday, 9/18, 7-10p | RH Factor Band ft. Roger Humphries
Sunday, 9/21, 7-10p | Cuban Night ft. Hugo Cruz and Caminos!
OMNI WILLIAM PENN HOTEL
530 William Penn Place
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
(412) 253-4921
Friday, 9/19 | Speakeasy (Lower Level), 5-11p, limited capacity; Live Jazz (Lobby), 5-7p
SENIOR JAZZ CONNECTION PRESENTS JAZZING INTO FALL
FNB
626 Washington Place
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Wear Orange and Brown
Friday, 9/19, 12-2p | Kenny Blake & The New Hip
The 15th edition of the Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival co-presented by Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, produced by the August Wilson African American Cultural Center, takes place September 18 – 21, 2025 inside AWAACC with free concerts on Saturday and Sunday in front of the Center. In addition to the ticketed events featuring a Salute to George Benson with Dan Wilson and Jonathan Butler and the Taste of Jazz Party, the weekend’s artists include Branford Marsalis, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Eric Benét, Bilal, Jazzmeia Horn, Etienne Charles & Creole Soul, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Tarbaby, Obed Calvaire, Keith David, Be’la Dona, Kandace Springs, Ella Bric, Nathan-Paul Davis, Michael Mayo, John Shannon, Ekep Nkwelle and more.
SPONSORS
The 2025 Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival is co-presented by Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, with generous support from the Mellon Foundation. Additional sponsors include The Wilson Group, UPMC and UPMC Health Plan, BMW of Pittsburgh, Visit Pittsburgh, Duolingo, and Carnegie Mellon University. Presenting Sponsor for the Libation Station Tent is Bacardi.
August Wilson African American Cultural Center's presentation of the Jazzmeia Horn Quartet is supported through a Chamber Music America Presenter Consortium for Jazz grant in collaboration with Jazz House Kids and DC Jazz Festival. A component of the Doris Duke Jazz Ensembles Project, Presenter Consortium for Jazz is funded by the Doris Duke Foundation.
Major support for AWAACC’s operations is provided by Richard King Mellon Foundation, Henry L. Hillman Foundation, Heinz Endowments, and the Allegheny Regional Asset District (RAD).
AWAACC’s programming is made possible by generous support from its donors. For a complete list, visit awaacc.org.
ABOUT HIGHMARK INC.
An independent licensee of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, Highmark Inc., together with its Blue-branded affiliates, collectively comprise the fifth largest overall Blue Cross Blue Shield-affiliated organization in the country with approximately 7 million members in Pennsylvania, Delaware, West Virginia and western and northeastern New York. Its diversified businesses serve group customer and individual needs across the United States through dental insurance and other related businesses. For more information, visit www.highmark.com.
The Highmark Bright Blue Futures program‘s goal is to ensure healthier, brighter, stronger futures for all, and it focuses on improving access to care, quality of life, and economic resilience in the communities the enterprise serves. For more information, visit Highmark Bright Blue Futures.
ABOUT AUGUST WILSON AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER
The August Wilson African American Cultural Center is a nonprofit cultural organization located in Pittsburgh’s cultural district that generates artistic, educational, and community initiatives that advance the legacy of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson. One of the largest cultural centers in the country focused exclusively on the African American experience and the celebration of Black culture and the African diaspora, the non-profit organization welcomes more than 100,000 visitors locally and nationally. Through year-round programming across multiple genres, such as the annual Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival, Black Bottom Film Festival, AWCommunity Days, TRUTHSayers speaker series, and rotating art exhibits in its galleries, the Center provides a platform for established and emerging artists of color whose work reflects the universal issues of identity that Wilson tackled, and which still resonate today.
For tickets and more information on the 15th Anniversary edition of the Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival co-presented by Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, log on to https://pittsburghjazzfest.org.
# # #
Media Contacts:
Carolyn McClair PR
(212) 721-3341 | [email protected]
Khalil Waldron, Director - Marketing and Communications, AWAACC
(412) 742-4771 | [email protected]
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