Sonoma County's premier jazz presenter Healdsburg Jazz announces a brand-new winter festival in the heart of Northern California's internationally-renowned wine country with the inaugural Healdsburg Jazz Winter Fest 2025. Taking place from January 30 - February 2, 2025, Healdsburg Jazz Winter Fest 2025 features an array of today's top-performing jazz artists shaping the future of the genre. Held in intimate Healdsburg music venues, boutique hotels and acclaimed Sonoma County wineries and restaurants, Healdsburg Jazz Winter Fest 2025 is a one-in-a-kind destination festival held amongst the picturesque Sonoma hills and valleys while the mustard fields are in full bloom and world-class wineries host visitors in their off-season with exceptional hospitality. The Healdsburg Jazz Festival is under the direction of lauded composer/bassist Marcus Shelby.

Healdsburg Jazz Winter Fest 2025 presents shows in warm and cozy settings with rare performances with intimate audiences. Ranging in venues from the Montage Healdsburg's ballroom, majestic Michel-Schlumberger Wine Estate, the Spoonbar inside the H2Hotel, Paul Mahder Gallery and St. Paul's Episcopal Church, the winter edition of their renowned summer festival includes headliners Jason Moran Plays Ellington; Paula West Quartet; Sasha Berliner & Paul Cornish (special luncheon concert); Edward Simon Trio; Stella Heath Swings Ella Fitzgerald; and Harlem of the West Jazz Party with pianists Tammy Hall and Darrell Grant, bassists Marcus Shelby and Amina Scott, vibraphonist Sasha Berliner, drummers Lorca Hart & Akira Tana, powerhouse vocalists Jamie Davis, Tiffany Austin, and Stella Heath, poet Enid Pickett and writer Lewis Watts (co-author of the seminal oral history Harlem of the West).

"2025 marks the 27th anniversary of the Healdsburg Jazz Festival and will be my 5th year as artistic director," says Marcus Shelby, Artistic Director of Healdsburg Jazz Festival. "To kick things off, we are thrilled to launch our first-ever Healdsburg Jazz Winter Fest as we celebrate Black History Month with nationally acclaimed artists as well as some of the SF Bay Area's top up-and-coming artists. We pride ourselves on presenting musically, artistically, and culturally diverse programming throughout Healdsburg's incredibly beautiful wineries, public spaces, clubs, and theaters. Healdsburg Jazz Winter Fest is a destination, where people can come and experience all that the festival and region have to offer. Though smaller than our summer festival, Winter Fest is still mighty with unbelievably talented artists that'll certainly bring world-class entertainment to the North Bay. We look forward to having jazz fans from across the state travel to experience all that Healdsburg has to offer."

Additional information about the Healdsburg Jazz Winter Fest 2025 can be found HERE