Jazz Festival at The Winona Heritage Room

July 26th, 2025

Join us at The Winona Heritage Room for a day of free live jazz and entertainment.   There will be a wide variety of jazz styles and bands including both large groups and small ensembles.

All ages are welcome to enjoy a day of great music in this scenic location.

The Shawnanigans Food Truck will be onsite serving up their amazing Bison Burgers!

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MUSIC SCHEDULE
11:30pm - 12:30pm - Truth in Jazz Big Band 
1:00pm - 2:30pm - Wally Brath and the Psalms 
2:30pm - 4:00pm - Bill Fresell trio featuring Gregory Tardy & Tim Angle 

Join us for the Village at Winona Jazz Fest, July 27, 11:30 - 4:00p, at the Miller Sunset Pavilion, featuring: Truth in Jazz Big Band; Wally Brath and the Psalms Connexion ensemble; and our headliner - the Bill Frisell trio featuring Gregory Tardy & Tim Angulo.
Truth in Jazz, established in 1998 is one of the longest running big bands in Northern Indiana, helping keep jazz alive in Michiana!
Wally Brath currently leads the worship arts and music production programs at Grace College. He will be presenting his jazz Psalms project entitled - Connexion. Brath had the privilege of writing and recording these original settings of the Psalms last year with an amazing lineup of musicians including John Patitucci, Nikki Lerner, Jimmy Greene, Greg Tardy, Alex Norric, and Adam Cruz. Come experience the Psalms like you have never heard before! (wallybrathmusic.com)
Bill Frisell’s career as a guitarist and composer has spanned more than 40 years and many celebrated recordings, whose catalog has been cited by Downbeat as "the best recorded output of the decade."
In recent years, Frisell has forged a distinctive and fruitful collaboration with the Blue Note label, releasing HARMONY, Valentine and FOUR to great acclaim.
"Frisell has had a lot of practice putting high concept into a humble package. Long hailed as one of the most distinctive and original improvising guitarists of our time, he has also earned a reputation for teasing out thematic connections with his music... There’s a reason that Jazz at Lincoln Center had him program a series called Roots of Americana." - New York Times
Recognized as one of America’s 21 most vital and productive performing artists, Frisell was named an inaugural Doris Duke Artist in 2012. He is also a recipient of grants from United States Artists, Meet the Composer among others. In 2016, he was a beneficiary of the first FreshGrass Composition commission to preserve and support innovative grassroots music. Upon San Francisco Jazz opening their doors in 2013, he served as one of their Resident Artistic Directors. Bill is the subject of a documentary film by director Emma Franz, entitled Bill Frisell: A Portrait, which examines his creative process in depth, as well as an extensive biography by Philip Watson, Beautiful Dreamer: The Guitarist Who Changed The Sound of American Music


Other Events in The Village

There is no better time to experience our community than during The Village’s seasonal events. From the exciting Fat and Skinny Tire Fest to our culturally enriching Art Fair, events at The Village have something for the entire family.

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