We are Jazz Forward Initiative.  We present

the 2023 Mo Jazz Music Festival


This year's main event . . .


Lao Tizer Band

featuring Eric Marienthal & Elliott Yamin


Ladies and Gentleman:

We have a lineup!


SAMANTHA FIERKE

Start Time 1:00 PM



THE BEL AIRS

Start Time 2:20 PM



DAWN WEBER &

GOOD COMPANY

Start Time 3:40 PM



JONATHAN SCALES

FOURCHESTRA

Start Time 5:05 PM



LAO TIZER BAND

Start Time 6:30 PM


Mo Jazz

Music Festival

Saturday, 9-9-23

Doors open at Noon

Music Starts at 1:00 pm


The Outdoor Stage in



Forrest Rose Park at Rose Music Hall

1013 Park Ave.

Columbia, Missouri


Columbia, Missouri Directions


Jazz Forward Initiative

3621 Augusta

Columbia, MO  65203

Our mission statement: "Jazz Forward Initiative, Inc. (JFI) is dedicated to the support, preservation, and continuation of America’s national treasure, Jazz music. Our mission is to provide the citizens of mid-Missouri with the opportunity to see and hear excellent live performances of this original American art form in a safe, comfortable setting, by presenting the best locally based, regional and national Jazz musicians Missouri and the world has to offer to expand their understanding and appreciation of the art form."

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Photo by Alex Solca