Capital Jazz Fest Tickets

The entire experience was amazing! I traveled there for the first time with my sister, every act was amazing the crowd was completely respectful and everyone loved the performances. I’ll definitely be there for the 2025 festival!

My experience at this jazz festival was so wonderful and lots of fun. I laughed with my friends and we spent a good time together!!

Pros-The lineup was great. Cons- They needed more jumbo screens strategically placed throughout the park. They needed a bigger tented area. They need more food variety including healthy choices. Everything doesn’t need to be fried. More vendors, so the lines aren’t so long.

The Jazz fest was really nice and very entertaining with every aspect of music. It was a beautiful warm weekend. The music was great, the people were friendly so all was well. I did however encounter one hiccup. I came from out of town so of course I bought tickets on line for pavillion seating which was fine but found out after arriving that there were two stages and most of the artist that we wanted to see were on the second stage with first come first serve seating. Well why did I spend money on pavillion seats when we sat in those seats for the whole two days for maybe 3 hrs. I did not particularly care for that part of the festival along with going back and forth to both stages and looking for a spot or a seat at other stage. Maybe work on that aspect of the festival. Other than that the performers were excellent.

I am beyond thrilled that the CJF has brought over 25+ years of amazing contemporary Jazz Artists performing live to my great state of Maryland. In the past years, the main stage brought top legendary jazz musicians headlining both Saturday and Sunday for a full day. However, that’s not the case anymore it seems like there is a struggle to get more than 2 jazz musicians on either day. We love R&B but would like to see more Jazz artists performing once again. I still try to support this festival but it’s getting harder every year.

I went to see Jodeci performed but all the performers including KEM was amazing. Raheem DeVaugh gives 100% in his performance. Meshell Ndegeocello is a unique artist. Capital Jazz Festival is a wonderful entertainment experience.

This was my second year at the Fest and I was really looking forward to it however, this year it seems the breaks in between sets was much longer and audio for those of us in tent city was not good all the time . The screen would go dark at times during performances, etc I expected better but I did enjoy many of the artists.I think maybe there weren’t as many artisitd this year and that would explain the breaks

Some performances had challenges with sound. A person had medical emergency and empty took a long time to respond.

I have attended the Capital Jazz Festival for the past 23 years. I love the new option to purchase a 3day pass. There are a lot of changes. My preference is more jazz artists over the R&B. I miss seeing artists like Rachelle Ferrell, Maysa, Marion Meadows and the likes. The new stage is nice but the stage hands need to be mindful to close the pipe and drape on the side so that we are not distracted by them moving equipment.

Entertainment was great! Food selection not so great. Long lines to get in the event was disgraceful. No air condition in the bathrooms. It seemed to cramped the way it was set up when walking around. I liked it much better when the other staged area was open. Not spacious at all.