Gregory Porter, Pacific Mambo Orchestra, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Edna Vazquez, Christian McBride and Dianne Reeves are among the acts scheduled to perform at the 39th San Francisco Jazz Festival.

The lineup, which organizers SFJAZZ announced today, also includes Chucho Valdés, Joe Lovano, Kim Nalley, Jane Monheit, Lavay Smith, Molly Miller, Natalie Cressman, Nicolas Bearde, Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, Brandee Younger, Nubya Garcia, Rhiannon Giddens, Issac Delgado, Con Brio, Danilo Pérez, Howard Wiley, Masha Campagne and other artists.

The festival runs June 8-19.

SFJAZZ also announced its Summer Sessions concert series, which runs July 7 to Aug. 14 and features such acts as Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up In My Bones with Turtle Island Quartet, Philip Glass La Belle Et La Bête, Monsieur Periné, Afro-Cuban All Stars Joey Alexander Andy Milne Yuko Mabuchi Tammy L Hall Tommy Castro Joe Louis Walker Marcia Ball CJ Chenier Elvin Bishop Charlie Musselwhite Ruthie Foster Herb Alpert Lani Hall Nellie McKay Sandy Cressman Aki Kumar, Chris Cain and Terrie Odabi.

Concerts mostly take place at SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco.

Tickets for both the festival and the Summer Sessions go on sale to SFJAZZ members at 11 am Feb. 26 and the general on sale begins at 11 am March 3, sfjazz.org.

Also see that website for individual show details, including dates, locations and ticket prices.

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The San Francisco Jazz Festival will be virtual in 2021.

The multi-week event, presented by SFJAZZ, begins June 4th and lasts through June 25th and will include nearly two dozen archive performances.

Artists such as Melissa Aldana, Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band, Jazzmeia Horn, Chucho Valdés, Michel Camilo, Marcus Shelby, Harold López-Nussa and Gonzalo Rubalcaba will perform at the festival.

Fans must be SFJAZZ members to view the program. Digital memberships start at $ 5.

More information is available at SFJAZZ.org.

Here is the list:

Harold López-Nussa Quartet & special guests: 7 p.m. June 3; Re-broadcast at 6 p.m. June 6

Melissa Aldana Quartet: 5 p.m. June 4th; re-aired 10 p.m. June 5

Music in Monk Time: A retrospective homage to Thelonious Sphere Monk: 7:00 p.m. June 10; re-broadcast 6:00 p.m. June 13

Brian Blade and the Fellowship Band: 5:00 p.m. June 11; re-aired 10 am June 12

SFJAZZ Family Matinee with Marcus Shelby Orchestras Duke Ellington Tribute: 11 a.m. June 13

Jazzmeia horn: 5 p.m. June 18; Re-broadcast at 10 a.m. June 19

Marc Bamuthi Joseph’s “The Righteous and the Blind”: 7 p.m. June 19

Marcus Shelby Quartet with Angela Davis: Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: 11 a.m. June 20

SFJAZZ family matinee with SFJAZZ High School All-Stars virtual summer concert: 5 p.m. June 24

Chucho Valdés, Michel Camilo & Gonzalo Rubalcaba: Homage to Ernesto Lecuona: 5 p.m. June 25; re-aired 10 p.m. June 26

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