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DC Jazz Festival 2022: CapitalBop's picks
Matthew Shipp, an icon of creative music, says improvisation is everything
‘About the music, about the people:’ Clarence Ward III Talks Roy Hargrove, the sounds of Baltimore City and his new EP
CAPITALBOP, LONG LIVE GOGO AND WASHINGTON PARKS & PEOPLE ANNOUNCE: NEXTFEST 2022
5 live jazz picks for August in D.C.
Welcoming Jeanette Berry, CapitalBop's new executive director
5 live jazz picks for July in D.C.
Kennedy Center announces 2022-23 jazz season
As DC JazzFest's 2022-23 artist in residence, Orrin Evans is in the business of building bridges
Sons of Kemet took their audiences from the ancient to the future. Now they're passing the torch.

CapitalBop,Inc, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting, presenting and preserving jazz in Washington, D.C. Founded in 2010 and run by young cultural organizers and musicians, CapitalBop grows audiences and builds community around jazz because we believe it is important to the city’s historic identity as well as its contemporary culture. CapitalBop.com is an online magazine and resource designed to help everyone from newcomers to diehards connect with the city’s thriving live jazz scene and musicians. We present grassroots shows that unite diverse audiences while showcasing jazz in nontraditional, outside-the-box scenarios. Our emerging education program seeks to connect D.C.’s great teaching artists with children across the city, helping them access their own creativity by tapping them into the rich cultural legacy of their hometown.

DC Jazz Festival 2022: CapitalBop's picks

Matthew Shipp, an icon of creative music, says improvisation is everything

‘About the music, about the people:’ Clarence Ward III Talks Roy Hargrove, the sounds of Baltimore City and his new EP

CAPITALBOP, LONG LIVE GOGO AND WASHINGTON PARKS & PEOPLE ANNOUNCE: NEXTFEST 2022

5 live jazz picks for August in D.C.

Welcoming Jeanette Berry, CapitalBop's new executive director

5 live jazz picks for July in D.C.

Kennedy Center announces 2022-23 jazz season

As DC JazzFest's 2022-23 artist in residence, Orrin Evans is in the business of building bridges

Sons of Kemet took their audiences from the ancient to the future. Now they're passing the torch.