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Jazz & Beyond 2026
August 21 @ 11:30 am - 9:00 pm PDT
The Jazz & Beyond festival will include 25 free concerts at various Carson City venues. It opens with the Reno Jazz Orchestra led by its exciting music director and arranger, Greg Johnson, on Friday, Aug. 14, outdoors at the Governor’s Mansion.
The Country-themed “An Afternoon at the Silver Saddle Ranch” with music, cowboy poetry, and mule rides will be on Sunday, Aug. 16. Some festival highlights are the dynamic six-piece Latin-jazz ensemble, No Comprende, on Tuesday, Aug. 18, at McFadden Plaza; Lucky Diamond and the Incontinentals and Cherie and John Shipley’s Take This on Wednesday, Aug. 19, at the Bliss Mansion; Mile High Jazz Band’s Basie’s Birthday concert on Friday, Aug. 21; and the all-female big-band, Sapphire Jazz Ensemble on Sunday, Aug. 23.
The full schedule of events on the websites Jazzcarsoncity.com and Milehighjazz.com will be updated frequently. Annual Jazz & Beyond Festivals are presented by the Mile High Jazz Band Association and are supported by grants from Carson City, the Nevada Arts Council and National Endowment for the Arts, and by private donations.
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