GOTHAM JAZZ FESTIVAL 2026

The GOTHAM JAZZ FESTIVAL returns for its 8th annual season as NYC's premiere festival of early jazz & swing. It’s the kind of energy that only happens when the city's best hot jazz & swing musicians come together for an unforgettable day, that also happens to be one of the best dance events of the year! The Festival is the culmination of the hundreds of events and musicians we work with throughout the year, and an amazing opportunity to hear many of your favorite bands & musicians on one day in a single gorgeous venue.

We built the Festival for everyone… whether you want to sit and listen, or get up and dance! Plus it’s a jazz festival, that actually only has jazz, with a focus on early or trad jazz (Hot jazz and swing). We return to the stunning & exclusive 3 WEST CLUB, the same location of our sold out NYEE last year. It is a private social club from the Gilded Age of old New York City, similar as our first Festival home at The Players Club… but significantly bigger and an incredible location across from Rockefeller Center, Radio City, & St Patrick’s Cathedral!

The Festival is divided into two halves; you may purchase tickets for each half separately, or get a full day pass. The first half is more focused on listening (but one still has plenty of space to dance), and the second half is more like our swing dance & cocktail parties (but you still can just listen)!

Prohibition Productions is thrilled to co-produce with our new non-profit organization, GOTHAM JAZZ INC, with 501 (c) 3 tax exempt status.

ABOUT

The GOTHAM JAZZ FESTIVAL is an annual all-day music festival featuring over a dozen of New York City's best hot jazz, swing, & blues bands for listening, lounging and dancing. The Festival often features over 100 musicians, often sells out, and is held at stunning locations such as Gilded Age private clubs like The Players Club, The Downtown Association Club, and Three West Club.

The Festival was founded in 2017 by Prohibition Productions (producer Patrick Soluri) who produces 300 events per year on average in NYC with live music, and produced the first festival at the Players Club on April 23, 2017. From 2018 to 2024 Prohibition Productions partnered with New York Hot Jazz Camp (directed by Bria Skonberg & Molly Ryan) to feature performances by their incredible faculty, students, & alumni. In 2025 the non-profit GOTHAM JAZZ INC was created to produce the festival as a 501 (c) 3 charity organization.

Festival Alumni include: Stephane Wrembel, Catherine Russell, Evan Christopher, Hannah Gill, Cynthia Sayer; featured bands: Adrien Chevalier Gypsy Jazz Band, Avalon Jazz Band w. Tatiana Eva-Marie, Baby Soda Jazz Band, Dan Levinson’s Roof Garden Jass Band, Glenn Crytzer All Stars,  Grand St. Stompers, Gordon Webster & Friends, Jason Prover & Sneak Thievery Orchestra, Jon-Erik Kellso's The EarRegulars w. Kat Edmonson, King Solomon Hicks, Mike Davis & The New Wonders, Olli Soikkeli Trio, Professor Cunningham & His Old School, Sweet Megg & The Wayfarers, Hot Toddies Jazz Band with Queen Esther & Hannah Gill, and The Xylopholks; special guests: Terry Waldo, Dandy Wellington, Dalton Ridenhour, Arthur Migliazza, Daryl Sherman, DeWitt Fleming Jr, Jim Fryer, Jesse Gelber, John Dimartino, Jon Weber, Randy Reinhart, Spike Wilner, and Svetlana Shmulyian.