Clifford Brown Jazz Festival

What is the Clifford Brown Jazz Festival?

The Clifford Brown Jazz Festival is a hugely popular multi-day outdoor marathon of jazz music that takes place at Rodney Square in Wilmington, Delaware every summer. This special festival is held in tribute to the late, great Wilmington native Clifford Brown. 

Presented by the City of Wilmington and Cityfest, the Clifford Brown Jazz Festival is the largest free jazz festival on the east coast. 

The festival features an outstanding line up of performers on its main stage, and you will also find plenty of vendors selling food, wine and craft beers to enjoy while watching the shows.

Need to know

The Rodney Square main stage viewing area is uncovered and includes a large general seating area on both the grass and stairs of Rodney Square. Visitors may bring blankets or low-backed lawn chairs but no tents are allowed in lawn seating areas.

Did you know?

This renowned jazz festival has been entertaining Wilmington and visitors from up and down the east coast for over 25 years. 

We have included the link to the Clifford Brown Jazz Festival here so you can get the full line up and every other detail you need to visit this special celebration of high-quality jazz.

We would like to thank GoWhereWhen.com community member King E for his great shot of the event.

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Coronavirus is causing a number of event cancellations; we provide event website links on each page for you to check the latest updates.

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