Summary of Recent Changes

There have been a number of changes with the Healdsburg Jazz Festival, and we’d like to bring our fans up to date. A few years ago, the Healdsburg Jazz Festival leadership determined that in order to continually improve the Festival, it needed to expand. There was sincere interest in increasing the scope and reach of the Jazz Festival through its programming and curatorial concept. In order to practically accomplish these

Sept. 17 Letter from Jessica Felix

Special Appeal: Support the Healdsburg Jazz Festival First of all, I want to thank everyone who stood up for the Healdsburg Jazz Festival and the music it represents. This is a victory for real, true jazz in a time when many jazz festivals have been moving away from the format, even while still calling themselves a “jazz festival.” Thankfully, the local community recognized how important the Festival is to Healdsburg,

July 29 – Sept. 8 Articles & Comments

Thanks to the support of the Healdsburg community, plans are moving forward to produce the next annual Healdsburg Jazz Festival next year, in 2011. Jessica Felix, founder and artistic director of the Festival, is formulating plans not only for the Festival line-up but interim music events, fund-raisers for the Festival, as well as recruiting for a new Board of Directors. In addition, this original website for the Festival, www.healdsburgjazzfestival.org, has been

Sept. 6 Board resigns, reinstates Jessica Felix

Breaking news HJF Board announces reinstatement of artistic director Jessica Felix On Labor Day, September 6, the Board of Directors of the Healsburg Jazz Festival announced that in response to public support for artistic director Jessica Felix, they were reinstating her position and electing her Chairperson of the Board. They then announced their resignation as a Board, clearing the way for Felix to appoint a new board for the Healdsburg Jazz

July 29 Board announcement with comments

Press Release from the Board of Directors The Healdsburg Jazz Festival Announces Hiatus of Jazz Festival for 2011 Season and Renewed Focus on Music Education Program July 29, 2010 Today the Healdsburg Jazz Festival Board of Directors announced that the organization will focus the resources of the organization on its signature music education program, Operation Jazz Band for the 2011 season. Pat Templin the Board Chair said, “Operation Jazz Band