Savannah Music Festival

SMF is one of the region’s leading arts presenters, producing an internationally acclaimed cross-genre music festival, education programs for local schoolchildren and budding musicians in jazz and acoustic music, a weekly public radio series and off-season concert events.

Schedule of Events:

4:30 pm - 6:40 pm: Faircloth Jazz Series - Warren Wolf & Wolfpack: History of the Vibes / Isaiah J. Thompson Quartet

Isaiah J. Thompson is the 2023 Cole Porter Fellow with the American Pianists Association. Thompson has performed with many acclaimed jazz artists, including Ron Carter, John Pizzarelli, Christian McBride, Cécile McLorin Salvant and Buster Williams. As a performer, he focuses on emitting love, spirit and respect, and conveying his own experiences and his everlasting love of jazz.

Bandleader and vibraphonist Warren Wolf has gained recognition for his remarkable technical abilities and versatile style. He has performed with Wynton Marsalis, Christian McBride, Aaron Diehl, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Etienne Charles and Bobby Watson, among others. Fresh off a tour as a member of the SFJAZZ Collective, Warren Wolf brings his band Wolfpack back to Savannah Music Festival for the first time since 2015.

Location: Metal Building at Trustees' Garden 660 East Broughton Street, Savannah, GA 31401.

Cost: $42.00

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7:30 pm - 9:00 pm: Rosanne Cash with John Leventhal

Rosanne Cash is a composer and singer-songwriter with four Grammy Awards, in addition to having partnered in programming collaborations with Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, SFJAZZ, the Minnesota Orchestra, and the Library of Congress. She is also an author, whose 2010 memoir “Composed” landed on The New York Times bestseller list. In 2021, she became the first female composer to receive the MacDowell Medal, awarded since 1960 to an artist who has made an outstanding contribution to American culture. Cash is joined by her husband and longtime creative partner John Leventhal for their first SMF performance in six years, this time celebrating the 30th anniversary of her acclaimed album The Wheel, which the duo co-produced and which led to their partnership. Leventhal is a six-time Grammy Award-winning musician, songwriter, composer and producer.

Location: Lucas Theatre for the Arts 32 Abercorn Street, Savannah, GA 31401.

Cost: $39 - $81

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8:00 pm - 10:10 pm: Faircloth Jazz Series - Warren Wolf & Wolfpack: History of the Vibes / Isaiah J. Thompson Quartet

Isaiah J. Thompson is the 2023 Cole Porter Fellow with the American Pianists Association. Thompson has performed with many acclaimed jazz artists, including Ron Carter, John Pizzarelli, Christian McBride, Cécile McLorin Salvant and Buster Williams. As a performer, he focuses on emitting love, spirit and respect, and conveying his own experiences and his everlasting love of jazz.

Bandleader and vibraphonist Warren Wolf has gained recognition for his remarkable technical abilities and versatile style. He has performed with Wynton Marsalis, Christian McBride, Aaron Diehl, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Etienne Charles and Bobby Watson, among others. Fresh off a tour as a member of the SFJAZZ Collective, Warren Wolf brings his band Wolfpack back to Savannah Music Festival for the first time since 2015.

Location: Metal Building at Trustees' Garden 660 East Broughton Street, Savannah, GA 31401.

Cost: $42

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