2024 Voyager Passports

  • February 16 - 19, 2024
  • Ronnie Wells Main Stage (All Access) Passport

    Hilton Hotel - 1750 Rockville Pike
    Rockville, Maryland 20852
Ticket Price $155.00-$165.00 This event is now over
Description

 

EVENT STARTS: 2/16 @ 3PM  MID-ATLANTIC JAZZ FESTIVAL RONNIE WELLS MAIN STAGE
(Artists are subject to change)

SESSION 1 - Friday Evening, February 16 

Friday 7:00 PM      Herlin Riley Quartet
Friday  8:30 PM    New Jazz Underground (2023 DC JazzPrix Winner)
Friday 10:00 PM    Delfeayo Marsalis and the Uptown Jazz Orchestra

SESSION 2 - Saturday Afternoon, February 17, 2024

Saturday  12:00 PM     University of Memphis Jazz Ensemble, Director Dr. Jack Cooper
                                         w/special guest Delfeayo Marsalis
Saturday  1:30 PM       Boston College Jazz Ensemble, Director Sebastian Bonaiuto
                                         w/special guest Warren Wolf
Saturday  3:00 PM      North Carolina Central Jazz Ensemble, Director Robert Trowers
                                          w/special guest Joe Locke

 

SESSION 3 - Saturday Evening, February 17, 2024

Saturday  7:00 PM     Paul Carr Jazz Collective - Paul Carr, Vanessa Rubin, Sean Jones,
                                       Allyn Johnson, Ted Ludwig, Michael Bowie and C.V. Dashiell
Saturday  8:30 PM     Orrin Evan’s Captain Black Big Band
                                       w/special guest Lisa Fischer
Saturday 10:00 PM     Drum Summit
                                       w/ Winard Harper, Herlin Riley, and Marvin “Smitty” Smith

 

SESSION 4 - Sunday Afternoon, February 18, 2024

Sunday  11:30 AM     Jazz Academy Orchestra, Director Paul Carr
                                     w/special guest Victor Provost
Sunday   1:00 PM      University of Maryland,, Director Mark Williams 
                                     w/special guest Orrin Evans
Sunday   2:30 PM     West Virginia University Jazz Ensemble, Director Jared Sims
                                       w/special guest Sean Jones
Sunday  4:00 PM     Temple University Jazz Ensemble, Director Terell Stafford
                                    w/special guest Tedd Baker
 

SESSION 5 - Sunday Evening, February 18, 2024

Sunday  7:00 PM     Rene Marie & Experiment in Truth
Sunday  8:30 PM     Warren Wolf
Sunday 10:00 PM     Mid-Atlantic Jazz Orchestra, Director Paul Carr
                                       w/special guest Kurt Elling
 


MID-ATLANTIC JAZZ FESTIVAL THE OVAL  [One (1) Show)]
 

Friday, February 16, 2024
7:30 PM  Barry Moton Quintet
9:30 PM  Alison Crockett


Saturday, February 17, 2024
7:30 PM  Lori Williams
9:30 PM  Lori Williams


Sunday, February 18, 2024
5:30 PM  The Lovejoy Group
7:30 PM  The Ebban & Ephraim Dorsey Quintet
9:30 PM  The Jack Gruber Trio


MID-ATLANTIC JAZZ CLUB SCHEDULE  [Three (3) Shows]

Friday, February 16, 2024

Friday 7:30 PM   Elin Kathleen Melgarejo
Friday 9:00 PM   David Cole and Main Street Blues
Friday 12:00 AM (Grounds Pass) MAJF Midnight Jam Session with the Wes Biles Trio

 

Saturday, February 17, 2024

Saturday 1:00 PM    Stickman
Saturday 2:30 PM   Terry Koger
Saturday 4:00 PM   Ella Gahnt
Saturday 5:30 PM   Tacha Coleman Parr
Saturday 7:00 PM   Deep Water Jazz Band
Saturday 9:00 PM   Maija Rejman and Cheryl Jones
Saturday 12:00 AM (Grounds Pass) MAJF Midnight Jam Session with the Wes Biles Trio

 

Sunday, February 18, 2024

Sunday  2:00 PM  Marcia Baird Burris
Sunday 3:30 PM   Iva Ambush and Ambuscade
Sunday 5:30 PM   Petra Martin
Sunday 7:00 PM   Reggie Upshaw
Sunday 9:00 PM   Anthony “Tony” Compton
Sunday 12:00 AM (Grounds Pass) MAJF Midnight Jam Session with the Wes Biles Trio

 

PLUS THREE (3) MAJF CLUB STAGE SHOWS, ONE (1)  OVAL STAGE SHOW, PANEL DISCUSSIONS, MOVIES, MASTER CLASSES, JAM SESSIONS, A YOUTH JAM, AND EDUCATIONAL PANELS!
 

All Ticket purchases are Final and Non-Refundable.

CLICK THE "BUY PASSPORTS" BUTTON TO PURCHASE  ONE OF THE THREE TYPES OF PASSES AND MAIN STAGE SEATING DESIGNATIONS - PREMIUM, GENERAL OR ECONOMY!

All Access Passport includes: 

  • Five (5) Main Stage Sessions with 3 performance in each Session!
  • Your choice of 3 MAJF Club shows
  • Your choice of 1 Oval Stage show
  • Access to all open stages
  • Master classes
  • Film Screenings
  • Open Aired Atrium Stage
  • Interviews and more…
  • Early Bird Pricing in effect until 11:59am on Sunday, January 8, 2023!  Artists subject to change.  All Ticket Purchases are Final and Non-Refundable.

PASSPORTS

$220 - $275

 

All Passports will be available for pickup in the MAJF Office at 3pm on 2/17/2022.

Reserved Tables
Now offering the option to reserve an entire table in premium and general seating areas.  Premium tables are 4 seats  and general tables are 6 seats and each person receives an All Access Passort.

DAY PASSES

$155 - $185

SATURDAY OR SUNDAY “DAY“ PASS

General Seating : $165.00

Premium Seating:  $185.00

Economy Seating $155.00

The day pass includes:

  • All Main Stage Performances
  • 1 Club Stage Performance
  • 1 Oval Performance
  • Free Access to the Atrium Stage, Jam Session, and all interviews and master classes.
     

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Weekend All Access Payment Plans
Payment Plan Terms:  If you choose to the payment plan option for your tickets, the remaining balance will be charged to your credit card used to make the deposit in two equal installments on 11/30/2023 and 12/30/2023.  All passports must be paid in full by 01/15/2024.  Failure to fulfill your payment obligation by 01/15/2024 will result in cancellation of your Passport(s) and forfeiture of your deposit.  Funds received in excess of the deposit amount will be returned to you within 60 days after the cancellation date of 01/16/2024.

All Ticket purchases are Final and Non-Refundable.

Date & Time

Feb 16, 2024 3:00 PM - Feb 19, 2024 2:00 AM

Venue Details

Ronnie Wells Main Stage (All Access) Passport

Hilton Hotel - 1750 Rockville Pike
Rockville, Maryland 20852 Ronnie Wells Main Stage (All Access) Passport
The Jazz Academy of Music, Inc.

The Jazz Academy of Music Inc, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, established in 2002, is a manifestation of a longtime dream of Paul Carr, its Music Director, to extend the music education opportunities afforded him, as an inner city youth, to others.  The Jazz Academy produces the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival which is an annual "Real Jazz" music program with activities under one roof ... A CRUISE ON LAND! 


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