Sep
25
2026
Music
Monterey Jazz Festival — Friday: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, The Eddie Palmieri Experience
Monterey County Fairgrounds · Monterey, CA
Friday, September 25, 2026 · 7:00 – 9:45 PM
🌅 Sunset 6:59 PM
3-day and single-day tickets — see montereyjazz.org for pricing
Opening night of the 69th Monterey Jazz Festival on the Jimmy Lyons arena stage: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis & special guest Cécile McLorin Salvant (7:00 PM), then The Eddie Palmieri Experience: An All-Star Celebration (8:45 PM). Five more stages run concurrently across the Fairgrounds through 9:00 PM. Full lineup and set times: montereyjazz.org/festival/schedule.
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Fairgrounds parking is SOLD OUT for 2026. Paid public parking is at Monterey Peninsula College, 980 Fremont St, with MST shuttles to the gate about every 15 minutes (official: montereyjazz.org/festival/attendee-info).