{"id":2138445,"date":"2025-11-06T07:34:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T07:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2138445"},"modified":"2025-11-06T07:34:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T07:34:02","slug":"arizona-jazz-fest-has-been-canceled-at-the-last-minute-what-we-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/arizona-jazz-fest-has-been-canceled-at-the-last-minute-what-we-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona Jazz Fest has been canceled at the last minute. What we know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\"><media-video video-id=\"76951798007\" title=\"Watch The Republic's coverage of Arizona in 2024\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2024\/12\/10\/PPHX\/76885759007-skattabopic.JPG?crop=6571,3696,x0,y528\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\" placement=\"snow-video-story-priority\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">\n<p>Watch The Republic&#8217;s coverage of Arizona in 2024<\/p>\n<p>From the Phoenix Open to Election Day, from &#8216;Gilbert Goon&#8217; violence to ASU&#8217;s Big 12 championship, The Republic covered it all in Arizona in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The Republic<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/media-video><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2025\/11\/05\/arizona-jazz-fest-guide-2025-phoenix\/86733999007\/\">Arizona Jazz Fest<\/a> has been canceled.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<p>The event was scheduled for the weekend of Nov. 7-9 at Tumbleweed Park in Chandler.<\/p>\n<p>Headliners included the beyond-iconic soul sensation Al Green, former Gap Band frontman Charlie Wilson, neo-soul legend Anthony Hamilton, \u201cThe Wiz\u201d singer Stephanie Mills, Robin Thicke, Babyface, Dru Hill and an all-star tribute to the late Frankie Beverly of Maze, who died in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The Arizona Jazz Fest website has posted a message saying the event was canceled \u201cdue to unforeseen circumstances beyond our control.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The note goes on to say all refunds have been processed.<\/p>\n<p><media-gallery-promo asset-id=\"82342220007\" class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe apologize &amp; appreciate your understanding,\u201d the note continues. \u201cFor updates, stay tuned to your Email or visit www.azjazzfest.com.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There is no information on the cancelation on the festival&#8217;s Instagram account, which last posted on Oct. 16 sharing an a poster for the festival with a note that read, &#8220;The energy. The voices. The legends. \ud83c\udfb6 Three unforgettable days of soul, R&amp;B, and jazz.&#8221;<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/><partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">Arizona Jazz Festival ticketholders express concerns about refunds<\/h2>\n<p>Ticketholders started sharing notes about the cancelation in the comments on that post on Oct. 31.<\/p>\n<p>Milt Jones had tickets to the festival, but he had not received a refund as the cancelation note promised.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They were selling tickets as late as last Thursday, and Friday they sent an email saying that the event was cancelled and refunds were processed,&#8221; Jones told The Arizona Republic.<\/p>\n<p><cta-atoms-container-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/cta\" class=\"spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But the only refund I received was for the parking. I have called multiple times. The voicemail was full. This sounds very shady.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There is no way to contact Arizona Jazz Fest from <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/azjazzfest.com\/\">azjazzfest.com<\/a>. The phone number listed in a recent Facebook post goes straight to voicemail, where the outgoing message makes no mention of the cancellation, and the mailbox is full.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<p>The event was originally scheduled for March at the West Valley Event Complex in Glendale. It was postponed, then changed locations.<\/p>\n<partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>The similarly titled <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2015\/10\/16\/arizona-jazz-festival-has-been-canceled\/74085568\/\">Arizona Jazz Festival, scheduled for Rawhide Event Center in Chandler in 2015, was also canceled a week out <\/a>from the event, with fans complaining that they&#8217;d purchased airfare to fly in for the event.<\/p>\n<p>Within three days of announcing that 2015 cancellation, the promoters&#8217; Facebook page and Twitter feed had been deactivated. Calls to the number listed on their website during normal business hours\u00a0went directly to voicemail.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ed has covered pop music for The Republic since 2007, reviewing festivals and concerts, interviewing legends, covering the local scene and more. He did the same in Pittsburgh for more than a decade. Follow him on X and Instagram @edmasley and on Facebook as Ed Masley. Email him at ed.masley@arizonarepublic.com<\/em>.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/><lit-timestamp class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-small\" slot=\"timestamp\" publishdate=\"2025-11-05 17:22:21.739880864 +0000 UTC\" updatedate=\"2025-11-05 17:22:21.739880864 +0000 UTC\"\/><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.azcentral.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch The Republic&#8217;s coverage of Arizona in 2024 From the Phoenix Open to Election Day, from &#8216;Gilbert Goon&#8217; violence to ASU&#8217;s Big 12 championship, The Republic covered it all in Arizona in 2024. The Republic Arizona Jazz Fest has been canceled. 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