Hyde Park Jazz Festival

Vision and Values:

• We believe the South Side of Chicago is an extraordinary place. We celebrate the culture of the South Side by bringing people together for a free annual jazz festival.
• Jazz is rooted in the Black American experience. We celebrate the legacy of jazz on the South Side, particularly the continuum of Black music, and work to create sustainable support systems for the present and future of the music and its communities.
• Jazz is many things to many people. We believe deeply in this heterogeneity and work to build programming that allows for the many narratives to thrive in both artistic pursuit and audience interest.
• We look to artists and the community to help us shape opportunities for building new possibilities for collaboration in numerous forms and in unexpected ways.
• We are builders. We find opportunities to leverage what exists and create what is needed.
• We listen to communities and artists. Our work is to facilitate opportunities for connection and ongoing development of the art form.
• We trust artists. We believe they determine where the music is going and we support their journey.
• We collaborate. We recognize that there is a lot happening on the South Side and in Chicago. We look to partner in meaningful ways to create programs and partnerships that are more than the sum of their parts.
• We know jazz is a thriving art form. We work to illuminate the creative pursuits of jazz artists by building unique, dynamic platforms to support the work of Chicago jazz artists and beyond.