The Detroit Jazz Festival has announced the lineup for its 2024 installment, offering nearly two dozen acts that festival director Chris Collins says “reflects a very dynamic and eclectic combination of next generation and legacy jazz musicians.”

The reveal was made Wednesday evening, April 10, during a preview event at the new Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center on the Wayne State University campus in Detroit where Artist-in-Residence Brian Blade performed with his Fellowship Band.

The Labor Day Weekend festival (Aug. 30-Sept. 2) will open with Blade and the Fellowship Band as well as “Translinear Light: The Music of Alice Coltrane,” a previously announced program saluting the late Detroit native and featuring her son Ravi Coltrane and Brandee Younger. The rest of the weekend will feature many familiar names, including Christian McBride, the Joshua Redman Group, Kyle Eastwood, the Bad Plus and others, as well as younger upstarts such as Cameron Graves and the Snarky Puppy spin-off Ghost-Note.

The Snarky Puppy spin-off Ghost-Note performs at this year’s Detroit Jazz Festival edition during Labor Day Weekend in downtown Detroit (Photo provided by Detroit Jazz Festival)

Also of note are The Vibraphone Summit featuring Warren Wolf, Joe Locke, Jason Marsalis and Chien Chien Lu, and the Zig Zag Power Trio, which including guitarist Vernon Reid and bassist Will Calhoun from the rock band Living Colour and veteran bassist Melvin Gibbs.

Other performers, including some locally based acts, will be announced in the coming weeks.

The Zig Zag Power Trio, featuring two members from the rock band Living Colour, performs at this year’s Detroit Jazz Festival edition during Labor Day Weekend in downtown Detroit (Photo provided by Detroit Jazz Festival)

Performances will take place on multiple stages in Detroit’s Hart Plaza and Campus Martius Park area and will also be livestreamed. Admission will be free as usual, with VIP packages and other details available via detroitjazzfest.org.

The full 2024 Detroit Jazz Festival lineup includes:

Artist-In-Residence Brian Blade

Billy Childs Quartet, Special Guest Sean Jones

Cameron Graves

Carmen Lundy

Charlie Sepulveda & The Turnaround Plus Special Guest

Chief Adjuah (formerly Christian Scott)

Christian McBride

Ghost-Note

Isaiah J. Thompson Quartet

James “Blood” Ulmer Music Revelation Ensemble

Joshua Redman Group featuring Gabrielle Cavassa ‘Where Are We’ Tour

Kyle Eastwood – Eastwood Symphonic

Marquis Hill: Composers Collective

Melanie Charles

Mimi Fox Organ Trio

Monty Alexander D-Day

Nate Smith

Pablo Ziegler Quintet Featuring Roberta Gambarini

The Bad Plus

The Vibraphone Summit: Warren Wolf – Joe Locke – Jason Marsalis & Chien Chien Lu

Translinear Light: The usic of Alice Coltrane featuring Ravi Coltrane with Special Guest Brandee Younger

Zig Zag Power Trio