FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
BRIC Announces Electrifying Lineup for 2025 BRIC JazzFest: A Global Celebration of Sound, From Brooklyn to the World
October 17–18 | BRIC House Ballroom & Stoop, Downtown Brooklyn
Dee Dee Bridgewater, Chief Adjuah, Nubya Garcia + More to Headline BRIC JazzFest 2025
With Artist Curator Adrian Younge
Additional curation and programming support by Brice Rosenbloom, Penelope Gould, and Deron Johnston
EARLY BIRD TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW HERE!
Brooklyn, NY (July 25, 2025) — BRIC, a leading arts and media institution deeply rooted in Brooklyn’s cultural fabric, proudly unveils the 2025 BRIC JazzFest lineup, returning for its 11th year with a bold, boundary-breaking program that reflects the borough’s identity as a global crossroads. Under the banner of BRIC’s 2025–26 programming vision, Brooklyn, To The World!, this year’s festival showcases jazz as a living, global language—one shaped by migration, resistance, and collaboration.
At the heart of this year’s festival are two monumental headliners: Dee Dee Bridgewater, a living legend whose voice has shaped jazz across generations, and Chief Adjuah (formerly Christian Scott), a visionary bandleader redefining the genre through Afro-futurist soundscapes and spiritual resonance. Their inclusion cements BRIC JazzFest’s standing as a vital stage for both jazz’s enduring legacy and its next evolution.
“BRIC JazzFest continues to reflect the world we live in — expansive, rooted, and ever-evolving. This year’s lineup celebrates the global communities and cultural movements shaping jazz today,” says Deron Johnston, the Chief Program Officer at BRIC. “With Adrian Younge as guest curator, we’re proud to honor the icons while boldly spotlighting the next wave of innovation. Across two nights, audiences will be immersed in a dynamic, two-stage jazz experience and the energy of discovery in every corner of BRIC House.”
Curated by visionary producer and composer Adrian Younge, whose recent and upcoming work spans Brazilian psychedelia to West African highlife, the 2025 JazzFest brings together legends, innovators, and rising stars over two electrifying nights of performances at BRIC House in Downtown Brooklyn. Alongside Ali Shaheed Muhammad of A Tribe Called Quest, Younge co-founded Jazz is Dead, a groundbreaking multimedia project that has become a creative home for jazz, hip-hop, and soul music legends. His work as a composer and producer spans television and film — from Luke Cage to Black Dynamite to Sugar — and his unmistakable sonic imprint can be heard in collaborations with Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar, Ghostface Killah, Roy Ayers, Jean Carne, Common, and The Delfonics, among many others.
“I am honored to have helped in curating the lineup for the BRIC Jazzfest,” states Adrian Younge. “We need to continue shining light on jazz artists that are pushing boundaries as well as give flowers to those legends that are still here. Very much looking forward to this musical experience with fellow artists and icons.”
Tickets & Passes
Limited quantities of early bird tickets for BRIC JazzFest 2025 are available starting today, purchase HERE.
Early bird pricing includes
- Single-Day Tickets: $49.50
- Two-Day Passes: $90
2025 BRIC JazzFest Lineup
Friday, October 17 | BRIC House Ballroom + Stoop
STOOP STAGE
- Saha Gnawa – Channeling the spiritual power of Moroccan trance into hypnotic jazz fusion
- Meklit Hadero – Ethio-jazz visionary weaving migration, memory, and melody
- Dida Pelled – Israeli guitarist reinventing vintage jazz with cinematic flair
BALLROOM STAGE
- Chief Adjuah – Pushing the bounds of jazz through Afro-futurism and sonic ritual
- Adrian Younge – JazzFest’s guest curator makes a sonic imprint throughout the evening
- Vuyo Sotashe & Chris Pattishall – South African jazz meets New York soul in a new collaboration
Saturday, October 18 | BRIC House Ballroom + Stoop
STOOP STAGE
- Adrian Younge – Returns to helm the night’s surprise-filled closing jam session with genre-defying drummer and producer Karriem Riggins
- OKAN – Afro-Cuban Canadian duo igniting tradition with bold, feminist fire
- New Jazz Underground – Born from the NYC subways, bringing jazz back to the people
BALLROOM STAGE
- Dee Dee Bridgewater – A living legend honoring the genre’s deep legacy
- Nubya Garcia– London saxophonist fusing jazz, club culture, and diasporic roots
- Endea Owens– Bassist and bandleader reshaping the future of jazz from Colbert’s stage to her own.
With over half the lineup led by women and sounds spanning six continents, BRIC JazzFest 2025 reflects contemporary jazz’s true diversity. The dual-stage format creates intimate artist-audience connections while fostering the spontaneous musical dialogue that defines great jazz.
Festival Dates: October 17–18, 2025
Location: BRIC House, 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11217
PurchaseTickets and get more information, HERE
Apply for Media Credentials,HERE
HI-RES Images of artists, HERE
For More Information Contact:
Wendy Washington
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Joe Wiggins
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About BRIC Arts Media
BRIC is a leading arts and media institution anchored in Brooklyn that incubates, showcases, and champions creative expression and community-building. Through exhibitions, performances, public media, and education, BRIC amplifies diverse voices and cultural narratives from Brooklyn and beyond.