Rockaway Beach Jazz Festival

So here we are - Summer 2021.. Looks like Rockaway's getting back to normal after last year's weird summer. As for the Festival, it doesn't look like it'll happen this year, but I'm not sure - it still might! The crew that have been super supportive hosting the festival at the Low Tide Bar at 97th St. for the past 5 years have moved on, and there's a new concessionaire running the concessions. Also the Parks Dept. have a new guy running the boardwalk, plus they are building a... bandshell at 94th St, so that's pretty exciting. So we'll see; i'd love to get it going again, and I know tons of Rockawayites, musicians, and DFD's (down for the day for you outsiders!) would love to see it come back too. Stay tuned! Yours truly, Tim Otto On a cold Memorial Day Weekend 2021. See more

Thanks to all the musicians and the stellar bands - Claire Daly Quartet, Spin Cycle, & Lloyd Haber/Andrew Lamb Duo - and to a super appreciative crowd for a great Rockaway Beach Jazz Festival 2019! And thank-you to the Low Tide Bar for hosting for the past 5 years - see you next July!

So sorry folks but unfortunately this years' festival is not going to happen. Crossing my fingers for next year, so stay tuned and hope to see you in 2021.

Dear RB Jazz Fest. fan.. So I'm not sure what's going to happen with this year's festival - I'm hoping that the boardwalk will be open for the summer, but right now we'll just have to wait and see; I'll be sure to update everyone as soon as I know anything, so until then, here's some more photos from 2019. Big thanks to all the great musicians who came out and played - too many to mention here - and to the always appreciative Rockaway crowd..

Hi everyone, So I'm not sure what's going to happen with the festival this year - I still haven't finalized the date, but will as soon as I can - assuming that by summer, this pandemic will have passed somewhat and the world can get back to some semblance of normal. It's usually on the last Saturday in July, so let's see and hope that it may happen. Meanwhile please enjoy some pics from the last festival..more to follow very soon. Stay well! Tim O.

This year's lineup! See the press release below..

Here's the Press Release! Rockaway Beach 97 presents The Rockaway Beach Jazz Festival 2019 Saturday July 27th - 6 to 10pm Featuring three NYC jazz bands right on the boardwalk at the Beach 97th Concessions/Low Tide Bar, overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, this summer’s 2018 Rockaway Beach Jazz Festival presents a lineup of some of the best jazz talent NYC has to offer. ...Continue reading