Jazz Club of Sarasota

May 1981 - First Sarasota Jazz Festival

May 1982 - 2nd Festival dedicated to Louis Armstrong

May 1983 -3rd SRQ Festival

May 1984 4th Festival Tribute to Benny Goodman

May 1985 - 5th Festival Tribute to Milt Hinton

May 1990 - 10th Festival - Amazing Dick Hyman

April 1992 - 12th Festival - George Wein Director

April 1994 - 14th Festival - Dick Hyman, Director

March-April 1993 - 13th Jazz Festival

March/April 1995- 15th Jazz Festival Bobby Rosengarden, Dir

April 1996 - 16th Sarasota Jazz Festival

March 1997 - 17th Jazz Festival - theme - New York, NY

March 1998 - 18th Sarasota Jazz Festival x

March 1999- 19th Jazz Festival - John & Jeff Clayton, Directors

March 2000 - 20th Sarasota Jazz Festival

March 2001 -21st Sarasota Jazz Festival co-directors John & Jeff Clayton

March 2002 - 22nd SRQ Jazz Festival - Kenny Soderblom, Dir.

March 2003 - 23rd Sarasota Jazz Festival Produced by Louise Guido

March 2005 - 25th Sarasota Jazz Festival Produced by Jerry Roucher

March 2006 - 26th Sarasota Jazz Festival

March 2007 - 27th Sarasota Jazz Festival co-produced by the Van Wezel

March 2008 - 28th Sarasota Jazz Festival- co-produced by the Van Wezel

March 2009 - 29th Sarasota Jazz Festival

Feb/Mar 2010 30th Sarasota Jazz Fest

March 2013 - 33rd Sarasota Jazz Festival

Feb/Mar 2014 34th Sarasota Jazz Festival

March 2015 - 35th Sarasota Jazz Festival

March 2016 - 36th Sarasota Jazz Festival

March 2017 37th Sarasota Jazz Festival honors Dick Hyman 90 B'day

March 2018 - 38th SRQ Jazz Festival - World of Jazz - Ken Peplowski, Director

March 2019 - 39th Jazz Festival Generations of Jazz, Ken Peplowski, Dir.

Proposed 40th Sarasota Jazz Festival Ken Peplowski Music director -canceled covid

The Proposed 41st Jazz Festival was canceled due to VIRUS CONCERNS - May 2021 Ken Peplowski, Director

March 2022-42nd Sarasota Jazz Festival Berg-Peplowski co-directors

March 2023 43rd Sarasota Jazz Fest - Terell Stafford, Director

44th Festival - Terell Stafford, Artistic Director