“…music wafted through the streets, and Hudson suddenly felt like the hippest place in NY”
– New York City Jazz Record
Experience a weekend of virtuosic jazz in unique venues across one of the Hudson Valley’s most charming and walkable small towns. Catch established and rising stars on Hudson Hall’s historic mainstage and encounter music in venues, parks, bars, restaurants, stores, and farmers markets all weekend long.
2026 HUDSON JAZZ FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
All Sounds Around Town performances are free. See the Sounds Around Town lineup here.
Thursday, October 1
Festival Eve:
6 PM: Free Community Kickoff
Venue: The Hudson Harmonic
Friday, October 2
Sounds Around Town
1:30–3:30 PM: John Esposito
Venue: Hudson Hall
Sounds Around Town
4–6 PM: Leo Belsky
Venue: Hudson Amtrak Station
Sounds Around Town
4–6 PM: Maia Jarrett Quartet
Venue: Hudson Brewing Co.
Hudson Hall Mainstage
Sponsored by Chronogram
7 PM: DAFNIS PRIETO: Sí o Sí Quartet
Venue: Hudson Hall
6–7 PM: Festival Lounge open for passholders and members
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Sounds Around Town
6–9 PM: John Esposito
Venue: Isaan Thai Star
Opening Night Afterparty
9 PM: The Late Set
Venue: The Spark of Hudson
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Saturday, October 3
Sounds Around Town
9:15–10:45 AM: Nico Bald Trio
Venue: Hudson Farmer’s Market
Sounds Around Town
11 AM–1 PM: Pocket Merchant
Venue: Pocket Park (300 Block)
Sounds Around Town
11:15 AM–1 PM: Sparrow Lore
Venue: Hudson Farmer’s Market
Lunch & Learn
1 PM: Conversation with Keanna Faircloth, Vuyo Sotashe & Chris Pattishall
Venue: The Spark of Hudson
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Sounds Around Town
1:30–3:30 PM: Sam Bernhardt Quartet
Venue: Pocket Park (300 Block)
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3:30–5:30 PM: Lillie Rivera Rosario Duo
Venue: Padrona
Sounds Around Town
4–6 PM: Erin Hobson / Jasmine Caperton Duo
Venue: The Hudson Milliner
Sounds Around Town
4:30–6 PM: Leo Belsky / Max Barnes Duo
Venue: Marine Penvern Atelier
Sounds Around Town
6–9 PM: Leo Belsky
Venue: Isaan Thai Star
Hudson Hall Mainstage
7 PM: VUYO SOTASHE & CHRIS PATTISHALL
Venue: Hudson Hall
6–7 PM: Festival Lounge open for passholders and members
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Late Night
9 PM: Mino 4 Miles: Inspired by Miles Davis
Venue: Park Theater
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Sunday, October 4
Sounds Around Town
11 AM–1 PM: Adriana Tampasis / Omer Shemesh
Venue: The Secret Gardener
Sounds Around Town
12 –2 PM: Bard College Jazz Ensemble
Venue: Pocket Park (300 Block)
Jazz Brunch
11 AM: Vinícius Gomes
Venue: Pocketbook Hudson
Family Concert
1 PM: Lady Moon & Friends
Venue: The Half Moon
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Hudson Hall Mainstage
5 PM: SHENEL JOHNS
Venue: Hudson Hall Mainstage
4–5 PM: Festival Lounge open for passholders and members
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Sounds Around Town
5:30–8:30 PM: Armen Donelian
Venue: Isaan Thai Star
TICKETS & MAINSTAGE PASSES
Mainstage Passholders – SOLD OUT
- Tickets to all 3 mainstage performances at Hudson Hall
- 20% off tickets to performances at partner venues
- Access to the Hudson Jazz Festival Lounge for patron check-in and complimentary prosecco. The Festival Lounge is open one hour prior to each Mainstage show
Mainstage single tickets start at $40. Ticket buyers 25 and under can purchase theater seat tickets for $15 using code UNDER25.
Partner Venue tickets start at $10. Visit each event page for more information.
Become a Member to receive 10% off and early access to tickets year-round.
FOOD & DRINKS
At the Hudson Hall mainstage shows, enjoy food for purchase by Good Mood Foods and a cash bar by Hudson Wine Merchants.
Good Mood Foods Cheese & Treats Boxes $15:
Aged cheddar and Gouda, crackers, house-made rosemary-Parmesan shortbread, dried figs and tart cherries, maple-chili roasted nuts, and dark chocolate bark with hazelnuts and flaky salt.
Media Sponsors
Thanks to our Festival Sponsors
Thank you to our friends and local business leaders for their generous and enthusiastic support of the Hudson Jazz Festival: Farm Shoppe, Rebus, The Secret Gardener Nursery, The Law Office of John K. Friedman, GOTHAM, and Pocketbook Hudson Hotel and Baths.
Support for the 2026 Hudson Jazz Festival has been provided by the City of Hudson.
Hudson Hall’s programs are made possible with support from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts