Fountain City Jazz Festival

Name: Fountain City Jazz Festival
Start: 2026-04-11T09:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-04-11T13:00:00-04:00
Location: Rainey-Mccullers School of the Arts

Schedule

Sat Apr 11 2026 at 09:00 am to 01:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Rainey-Mccullers School of the Arts | Columbus, GA

Doors open for the public at 9 AM. First performance is at 9:30 AM. Groups from the Tri City area will be performing and getting comments to include TriCity Youth Jazz Ensemble, Smiths Station High School Lab Band (variety of instruments), Harris County High School Jazz Band, Smiths Station High School Jazz Band, and a first for us…..The Columbus Jazz Society Big Band and Guests.
Students will be competing for scholarship checks for Jazz solos in each area to include Rhythm Section, Brass, and Woodwinds.
Some top playing students during the Festival will be selected to play in the CJS Big Band and to play some solos.
Our judging panel includes:
Adam Mitchell- Brass
Luther Smalls- Woodwinds
Luca Lombardi- Rhythm Section
The CJS Big Band and Guests will close out our day performing at approximately noon on Saturday.
A huge thanks to Rainey McCullers School of the Arts, Brian Walker, and Bill Rich for assisting with logistics, etc. for this event.