Both fun and educational, Family Matinees provide a window into the exciting world of live jazz. Each one-hour matinee features live performance, audience participation, Q&A and amazing music. Although designed for elementary school students, our Family Matinees are open to music fans of all ages.

This fall, the Marcus Shelby Trio hosts our Matinee series, highlighting the music of the great jazz masters – two of whom will appear at this year’s Festival: Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk and Ornette Coleman. Enjoyed individually or as a series, these Family Matinees will change the way you hear jazz.

The SFJAZZ High School All-Stars program provides advanced-level training and performance opportunities for some of the most talented musicians in the nation. Selected annually by competitive audition, the All-Stars rehearse and perform with today's top jazz educators and artists.

Through the SFJAZZ Meet the Masters program, All-Stars members enjoy regular workshops, master classes and mentoring sessions with leading artists, such as Miguel Zenon and the SFJAZZ Collective, Terence Blanchard, Yusef Lateef, Ravi Coltrane, and Ellis Marsalis.

SFJAZZ Hotplate is a monthly concert series featuring Bay Area’s most gifted musicians re-imagining the music of jazz legends at the Joe Henderson Lab. The 2nd Thursday of every month, Hotplate aims to show another side of SFJAZZ, an informal setting where you can drop in for a drink and hear some of the best jazz the local scene has to offer. Make sure to show up early for each set as DJ Pat Les Stache spins some of the legend's best-known tracks before the live music begins. This is a seriously fun jazz hang and the joint is always packed!

Each night will consist of 3 separate sets: 7PM, 8:30PM & 10PM. General admission tickets are now on sale for the May 9 Hotplate featuring Mads Tolling performing the music of Stéphane Grappelli.

General Admission Ticket Prices:
7pm set: $15
8:30pm set: $10
10pm set: $5

Tickets are also available at the door.