The Blue Note Jazz Festival is an annual jazz music festival that takes place in June in New York City. Hosted by the Blue Note Jazz Club, the festival features performances by renowned jazz artists at numerous venues throughout New York City, including the Blue Note, the Beacon Theatre, Town Hall, B.B. King Blues Club & Grill, Highline Ballroom, Terminal 5, Joe's Pub, Mercury Lounge, Rose Hall at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Le Poisson Rouge, The Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, and the Katonah Museum of Art.[1]
The inaugural festival is scheduled to take place in June 2011 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the opening of the Blue Note Jazz Club in New York. Dave Brubeck, Chris Botti, Nancy Wilson, Bobby McFerrin, Brian Wilson, The Roots, Chaka Khan, Roberta Flack, El Gran Combo, Jon Hendricks, Kathleen Battle, McCoy Tyner, Youssou N'Dour, Bill Frisell, Meshell Ndegeocello, Madeleine Peyroux, and numerous other prominent artists are expected to perform.[2]