5TH ANNUAL TBAAL RIVERFRONT JAZZ FESTIVAL, Sept 2 – 4 in Dallas

August 12, 2022

The Black Academy of Arts and Letters (TBAAL) presents the 5th Annual Riverfront Jazz Festival, Sept 2 – 4 in Dallas, Texas.   For three days over the Labor Day weekend, on three stages at the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center (309 Canton Street, Dallas, TX 75201) the Festival will present over 50 of the world’s best mainstream, cutting-edge, traditional and contemporary artists including Erykah Badu, Cameo, Dianne Reeves, Boney James, Eric Benet, Avery Sunshine, Hiroshima, Robert Glasper, Incognito, Paul Taylor, Kim Burrell, Spyro Gyra, B.Slade, Cory Henry, Marion Meadows, Arturo Sandoval, J. J. Sansaverino, Bob James, Poogie Bell, Jazzmeia Horn, Michael Lington, Alex Bugnon, Natural Change, Karyn White, Gerald Veasley, Keith Anderson, Nasty Brass Band, Carroll-Simmons-Sparks, Members of DSO, and John McLaughlin Williams.

Grammy Award Winner Erykah Badu and NAACP Image Award Winner Malik Yoba are the Honorary Chairs of the 2022 TBAAL Riverfront Jazz Festival.

In addition to the extensive and eclectic music offerings, attendees will browse and shop at vendor booths, and experience delectable and diverse food. Produced by TBAAL, the Riverfront Jazz Festival promises to be one of Dallas’ annual major attractions for patrons, tourists and Dallas citizens.

“Accessibly located in the center of the country, Dallas is the prime spot for this year’s exciting national festival,” says Curtis King, founder and president of The Black Academy of Arts and Letters, Inc. (TBAAL). “For the 5th year, this year’s TBAAL Riverfront Jazz Festival feature an array of renowned music artists from around the world where patrons will experience a gumbo of jazz, blues, R&B, soul, pop and neo-soul music. Also, there will be a showcase stage for Promising Young Artists from the Dallas/Fort Worth area schools and music programs in day-long back-to-back performances.”

The music program for the 2022 TBAAL Riverfront Jazz Festival:

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 at VISIT DALLAS JAZZ MAIN STAGE – ARENA

Pre-show: 6PM

THE JEEP JAZZ JAM

Set 1: 7 – 8:30PM

THE DALLAS HOT BAND

Featuring REUBEN LAEL, JADA ARNELL, KWOODS,  LUCKI AZARIAH, ETERNIA, LAWYER TURNER, AYIAM, E-MELODI, MANDIE. DANIEL JONES, Music Director

Set 2: 9 – 10:30PM

ERYKAH BADU

​​SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 at VISIT DALLAS JAZZ MAIN STAGE – ARENA

Set 1: 2 – 3PM

NATURAL CHANGE

Set 2: 3:30 – 4:30pm

MICHAEL LINGTON & PAUL TAYLOR

Set 3: 5 – 6PM

​AVERY SUNSHINE

Set 4: 6:30 – 7:30PM

INCOGNITO

Set 5: 8:15 – 9:15PM

CAMEO

​​SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 at BLUES AND SOUL MAIN STAGE – NAOMI BRUTON THEATRE

Set 1: 1 – 2PM

THE NASTY BRASS BAND

featuring MARCUS PARKS

Set 2: 2:30 – -3:30PM

ARTURO SANDOVAL

Set 3: 4 – 5PM

DIANNE REEVES

Set 4: 5:30 – 6:30PM

SPYRO GYRA

Set 5: 7 – 8PM

ERIC BENE

​​SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 at PROMISING YOUNG ARTISTS STAGE – MUSE CAFE THEATRE

Set 1: 2:30 – 2:45PM

JAIDYN BROWN

Set 2: 2:50 – 3:05PM

REED HOWARD

Set 3: 3:10 – 3:25PM

KELLISON CUMBY

Set 4: 3:30 – 3:45PM

CADENCE DIGGS

Set 5: 3:50 – 4:05 pm

KENNEDI MCCLURE

Set 6: 4:10 – 4:25PM

RYLIE HARDIN

Set 7: 4:3 – 4:45 pm

ISAIAH WILLIAMS

Set 8: 4:50 – 5:05PM

KEYSHAWN KEYS

Set 9: 5:10 – 5:25PM

AMBRYA GRACE

Set 10: 5:30 – 5:45PM

TAJA ALCANTAR

Set 11: 5:50 – 6:05PM

KENNEDI WILLIAMS

Set 12: 6:10 – 6:25PM

BRIA BROWN

Set 13: 6:30 – 6:45PM

DARLENE OLUGBALA

Set 14: 6:50 – 7:05PM

SYDNEY THOMAS

Set 15: 7:10 – 7:25 pm

LYRIC DAVIS

Set 16: 7:30 – 7:45PM

ENYUNAM OSAE

Set 17: 7:50 – 8:05PM

JEFFREY BERRY

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 at VISIT DALLAS JAZZ MAIN STAGE – ARENA

Set 1: 2 – 3PM

KEITH ANDERSON

Set 2: 3:30 – 4:30PM

BOB JAMES

Set 3: 5:00 – 6PM

ROBERT GLASPER

Set 4: 6:30 – 8PM

MASTERS OF SMOOTH

Featuring MARION MEADOWS, ALEX BUGNON, GERALD VEASLEY, POOGIE BELL, KARYN WHITE and J. J. SANSAVERINO

Set 5: 8:45 – 9:45PM

BONEY JAMES

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 at BLUES AND SOUL MAIN STAGE – NAOMI BRUTON THEATRE

Set 1: 1 – 2PM

CARROL, SIMMONS & SPARKS

Featuring JAY MCK (Shelley Carrol, Mark Simmons & Bobby Sparks)

Set 2: 2:30 – 3:30PM

JAZZMEIA HORN

Set 3: 4 – 5PM

KIM BURRELL & CORY HENRY

Set 4: 5:30 – 6:30PM

HIROSHIMA

Set 5: 7:30 – 8:30PM

TRIBUTE TO JAZZ

MEMBERS OF THE DALLAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Featuring B.SLADE. JOHN MCLAUGHLIN, Guest Conductor

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 at PROMISING YOUNG ARTISTS STAGE – MUSE CAFE THEATRE

Set 1: 2 – 2:20PM

Myles Sturns & Miles Johnson

Set 2: 2:30 – 2:50PM

Alexis Berry

Set 3: 3 – 3:20PM

Ja’Kira Richardson

Set 4: 3:30 – 3:50PM

Wryane Simmons

Set 5: 4 – 4:20PM

Karri Sneed

Set 6: 4:30 – 4:50PM

Hale Butcher

Set 7: 5 – 5:20PM

Demarcia Walton

Set 8: 5:30 – 5:50PM

Honey

Set 9: 6 – 6:20PM

Tukevia

Set 10: 6:30 – 6:50PM

Nychelle Wynters

Set 11: 7 – 7:20PM

John Aqua

HOTEL AND CITY VENUE AFTER PARTIES, SEPT. 2, 3 & 4, 10:30PM – 1AM

ALOFT DALLAS DOWNTOWN

1033 Young Street, Dallas, TX 75201

Set: MARTHA BURKS JAZZ BAND

COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT DALLAS DOWNTOWN

310 South Houston Street, Dallas, TX 75202

Set: BIG SUG

FAIRMONT DALLAS

1717 North Akard, Dallas, Texas 75201

Set: MAHOGANY THE ARTIST

OMNI DALLAS HOTEL

555 South Lamar Street, Dallas, TX 75202

Set: JENIFFER CRISS JAZZ TRIO

DALLAS HOLOCAUST AND HUMAN RIGHTS MUSEUM (Saturday Only)

300 North Houston Street, Dallas, TX 75202

Set: ANDREA WALLACE

To view the complete Festival schedule online, click here.

For further details about the Festival’s vendors, participating hotels, and sponsors visit www.tbaalriverfrontjazzfestival.org.

The 5th Annual Riverfront Jazz Festival is sponsored by Visit Dallas, Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center and Dallas Mavericks. Festival Benefactors are City of Dallas Office of Arts & Culture; Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Lexus; Dallas Tourism Public Improvement District; Black McDonald’s Operators Association, North Texas & Oklahoma; and Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART). Festival Benefactors are Tito’s Homemade Vodka and HSC Black Alzheimer’s Brain Study. Majic 94.5; Smooth R&B 105.7, KRNB; CBS DFW, Cheryl Magazine, NTheKnow.com and TicketsMaster.com are media sponsors of the 2022 Festival.

The Black Academy of Arts and Letters, Inc. is a multi-discipline arts institution whose mission is to create and enhance an awareness and understanding of artistic, cultural and aesthetic differences utilizing the framework of African, African American and Caribbean Arts and Letters. Additionally, its purpose is to promote, cultivate, foster, preserve and perpetuate the African, African American and Caribbean Arts and letters in the Fine, Literary, Visual, Performing and Cinematic Arts. www.tbaal.org