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The Portland Jazz Festival, known this year as the 2020 Biamp PDX Jazz Festival, will be a 12-day affair (February 19 through March 1).

Lineup:

• Mark de Clive-Lowe
• Jaimie Branch
• Ghost-Note
• Liv Warfield
• Omar Sosa & Yilian Cañizares: Aguas Trio featuring Gustavo Ovalles
• Archie Shepp
• Branford Marsalis
• Larry Carlton
• Stanley Jordon
• Terry Riley
• Antibalas
• Kandace Springs
• David Sanborn Jazz Quintet
• Tuck & Patti
• Terrace Martin
• Eric Gales
• Ron Artis II and the Truth
• Kat Edmonson
• Halie Loren
• Miguel Zenón Quartet
• Kenny Barron
• John Medeski
• James Francies
• Aaron Goldberg
• Stanton Moore Trio
• NOLATET
• Thundercat
• Georgia Anne Muldrow
• Donald Harrison-Mike Clark-Wil Blades Trio
• Dan Tepfer: Natural Machines
• Kenny Garret
• María Grand

Portland State University is getting involved in the festival this year, and will host two headline performances.

More details at https://pdxjazz.com/pdx_jazz_festival_2020/

Ron Thorne and I attended the PDX Jazz Festival together back in 2009. It seems to be growing every year. Wish I could make it this time around.