Rubber City Jazz & Blues Festival
September 4 @ 8:00 pm – September 6 @ 1:30 am
The Rubber City Jazz & Blues Festival is in early September. Musicians and bands play at 10 venues in Akron for this festival across three evenings.

The Rubber City Jazz & Blues Festival brings these music genres to the community. Although the festival has featured world-renowned artists, a major focus is to platform the talent from the Akron-metro area.
These performances are free, usually with the exception of the headliner’s performance. Tickets for that are available online.
The venues where visitors can see the musicians are:
- BLU Jazz+
- Akron Main Library
- Akron Art Museum
- Mustill Store Museum
- High Street Stage
- Musica
- Circle of 5ths
- The Knight Stage
- Jilly’s Music Room
- Baxter’s Speakeasy
The full line-up is available online, on the website, or on the Facebook page.
Here is a map for all venues:
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