SFJAZZ GALA 2025 HONORING DON WAS

All-Star Gala Concert featuring:

* Terence Blanchard
* Don Was
* Ambrose Akinmusire
* Melissa Aldana
* Gabrielle Cavassa
* Kurt Elling
* Bill Frisell
* Charles Lloyd
* Jason Moran
* Larry Grenadier
* Eric Harland
* Salar Nader
* Alam Khan
* SFJAZZ Collective + more!

After Party featuring:

* DJ Andre Power
* DJ Wonway Posibul
* SFJAZZ High School All-Stars + more!

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Join us on Thursday, June 12 for the SFJAZZ Gala 2025 with Executive Artistic Director Terence Blanchard honoring legendary producer, musician, and Blue Note Records President Don Was with the SFJAZZ Lifetime Achievement Award.

The Gala is SFJAZZ's largest fundraiser of the year and includes a number of exciting events, including our festive VIP Cocktail Reception and Dinner catered by Paula LeDuc Fine Catering located at our Gala Tent, our Luminary Reception at SFJAZZ Center, an All-Star Gala Concert featuring Terence Blanchard, honoree Don Was, jazz vocal great Kurt Elling, trumpet superstar Ambrose Akinmusire, saxophonist Melissa Aldana, guitar icon Bill Frisell, jazz legend Charles Lloyd and his Sky Quartet with pianist Jason Moran, bassist Larry Grenadier, and drummer Eric Harland, the award-winning ensemble SFJAZZ Collective, rising star vocalist Gabrielle Cavassa and more to be announced soon. The festivities will continue into the night with the lively Gala After Party, an unforgettable dance party with renowned Los Angeles-based deejay Andre Power, as well as late-night bites, wine, beer, and craft cocktails throughout the SFJAZZ Center.

Be an integral supporter of SFJAZZ's artistic and education initiatives as we further the reach of jazz throughout our Bay Area community and beyond.