The 2025 Summer Series is right around the corner!
Enjoy a day at the outdoor cabaret. Terrific music and fine Wisconsin evenings. Conversation and comradery are encouraged. Jazz at Five’s Summer Performance Series is a free neighborhood concert event on King Street walkway of the State Capitol grounds in downtown Madison, WI.
Food trucks on site include the Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream and Quick Chef. Beer, wine and non-alcoholic drinks are available for purchase from our beer tent located on E Main St. All proceeds from the beer tent go to Jazz at Five.
In the case of bad weather, the show will be canceled. Rainout calls are made by 2pm the day of the performance – our website/social media will be updated and a newsletter will be sent out.
The season kicks off on Wednesday, August 6th with the McFarland High School youth group at 4pm, followed by two-time Madison Are Music Award winner, Charlie Painter Quartet at 5pm, followed by a group that started as the meeting of two veteran band leaders and composers, Take That Back ft. Joan Hutton & Sue Orfield.
August 13th – Starting with the Cayden Jones Quintet as our 4pm youth group. The straight-ahead jazz collective, Austin Cebuske Quintet starts at 5pm. Followed by the Marques Carroll Quintet, a band driven towards performer-audience headshaking and hard-grooving from Chicago.
The 2025 series continues August 20th with a mixed group of artists from Milwaukee and Madison, the Blue Dyes will start the evening at 4. Feestet will be bringing a fresh display of rhythm and sound at 5pm followed by Milwaukee’s high-energy Eric Jacobson Quintet at 6:45pm.
August 27th is Jazz at Five’s UW Night, kicking off with from the UW Jazz Ensemble All Stars featuring a special guest at 5 pm. And the UW Faculty Band led by Johannes Wallmann at 6:45pm.
Ending out the series on September 3rd is Jazz at Five’s Summit of the Big Bands starting with the Harold Quintet at 4pm. Our grand finale of 2025 is the DB Orchestra and the Madison Jazz Orchestra performing two sets from 5pm – 8pm.
Remember to come early to support our youth performers! See you at the show!
| Date |
4:00 show |
5:00 Show |
6:45 Show |
| August 6 | McFarland High School | Charlie Painter Quartet | Take That Back ft. Joan Hutton & Sue Orfield |
| August 13 | Cayden Jones Quintet | Austin Cebulske Quintet | Marques Carroll Quintet |
| August 20 | Blue Dyes | Feestet | Eric Jacobson Quintet |
| August 27 | TBD | UW Night w/ Johannes Wallmann | |
| September 3 | Harold Quintet | Summit of the Big Band w/ DB Orchestra & Madison Jazz Orchestra | |
