Free Community Performance! (Donations accepted and go to the SHPS Instrument Boosters Club)
7pm Listiak Auditorium
FRI 4/20 – Derek Brown’s BEATBoX Sax and the SHHS Jazz Ensemble
South Haven Jazz Festival
The 2026 South Haven Jazz Festival
The festival will take place on Friday 9/18 and Saturday 9/19 in Dyckman Park across from City Hall in South Haven. This free festival is made possible through generous donations and sponsorships. If you would like to help make the festival possible, send an email to foundryhall@gmail.com.
Friday 9/18 in Dyckman Park
6pm Daunt & King ~ WMU vocal jazz duo
7pm Rufus Ferguson Quartet featuring Kenny Watson ~ Brazilian Jazz
Saturday 9/19 in Dyckman Park and the Huron Street Pavilion
5pm Lafayette Gunter Jr. (sax) with Lisa Sung (piano), Dale Bales (bass) and Yuriana Sobrino Garcia (drums)
6pm Yolonda Lavender Ensemble ~ soulful jazz
7pm Brandon Meeks Trio Unsung Giants
8pm Lake Effect Jazz Big Band~ celebrating Miles Davis’s 100th birthday
2026 Jazz Festival Sponsors
Miles Davis Circle
South Haven Community Foundation
Mary Hosley and Jay Campbell
Louis Armstrong Circle
JoAnn and David Putman
Ella Fitzgerald Circle
Town & Country Appraisal Co. of Paw Paw
MyTown Ace Hardware South Haven
Billie Holiday Circle
If you would like to help make the South Haven Jazz Festival happen reach out to us via email foundryhall@gmail.com
You can always send us a support gift through Venmo @foundryhall
SAT 3/24 – Dance of Hope Workshop and Performance
2pm @ The Oak Room at the Citadel (91 Hinkley St, Benton Harbor)
Tickets will be available at the door for workshop and performance ($40 adults/ $20 kids) and performance only($20 adults, kids are free).
Contact Foundry Hall (foundryhall@gmail.com or 269-200-0444 for more info). This event made possible in part by sponsorships from Oak Room at the Citadel and Mosaic Christian Community Development Association in Benton Harbor.
SUN 3/18 – ANNA P.S.
7pm @ the Bailey Museum (903 S. Bailey)
$10 adv tix available online or at Phoenix Records
$15 at the door
SAT 3/17 – South Haven Area Men’s Chorus
St. Patrick’s Day concert 3pm @ the South Haven Memorial Library.
FRI 4/27 – Ashley Daneman and Randy Napoleon
7:30pm @ Phoenix Street Cafe
$10 advance tix available online and at Phoenix Records. $15 tickets available at the door.
Ashley Daneman | Randy Napoleon
FRI 5/4 – Pete Seeger Birthday Folk Jam!
7pm @ Epiphany Church (410 Erie St)
Community music jam (for both players and listeners) to celebrate a folk music legend. Free (donations appreciated)
For more information send an email to foundryhall@gmail.com
SUN 5/6 – McKasson/McDonald
7pm @ The Bailey Museum
$10 adv tix available online or at Phoenix Records
$15 at the door
THU 5/10 – “Ragtime” Jack Radcliffe
7pm @ Scott Club (652 Phoenix St)
$10 advance tickets online and at Pheonix Records. $15 tickets at the door
WED 5/16 7PM – Corn Potato String Band
@ Cognito Brewing Company
(Bangor Elevator 142 W. Monroe)
Concert and Square/Contradance
$10 adv tix available online and at Phoenix Records
$15 at the door
Corn Potato String Band website >
