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CRAWLING FOR MORE: E.C. Jazz Crawl Introduces New Summer Event

the well-loved spring jazz event will make a summertime appearance on July 15

Sawyer Hoff, photos by Andrea Paulseth |

TIME TO CRAWL AGAIN! The Eau Claire Jazz Festival is holding a second Jazz Crawl date, this time on July 15.
TIME TO CRAWL AGAIN! The Eau Claire Jazz Festival is holding a second Jazz Crawl date, this time on July 15.

The Eau Claire Jazz Festival is a favorite for local music lovers, with its annual Jazz Crawl being a groovy late-night event filled with tons of musical performances all throughout downtown Eau Claire in the spring – this year’s taking place on April 21. The event was such a success that organizers decided to hold a new jazz crawl just months later, coming up on Saturday, July 15.

From 5pm-1:45am, Summer Jazz Crawl participants can enjoy a full night of jazz and fun starting in Phoenix Park with main stage performances and food trucks before moving across the river to several downtown venues including Olson's Ice Cream, The Reboot Social, Revival Records, The Local Store, and others, all bustling with live music.

Presented by Royal Credit Union, the Jazz Crawl transforms downtown Eau Claire into a New York-style jazz scene. Patrons enjoy over 40 mystifying music groups at 18 different venues (all ages and 21+). The Summer Jazz Crawl will feature more than 25 groups across 13 venues.

Schedule: 

  • Downtown Farmer's Pavilion Mainstage Concerts:
    • 5-6pm: Weapons of Brass Destruction
    • 6-7pm: Confluence Big Band
    • 7-8pm: 7- Swing
    • 8-9pm: 7- Swing
    • 9-10pm: UWEC Jazz Ensemble I, directed by Mr. Robert Baca
  • Barstow Street:
    • 7-8:45pm: Weapons of Brass Destruction
    • 9-10:45pm: Gentlebrass
  • The Lakely:
    • 7-8:45pm: Tyler Lustek Confluence
    • 9-9:45pm: Tyler Lustek Confluence
  • Oxbow Gallery:
    • 7-8:45pm: Larry McDonough and Richard Terrill
    • 9-9:45pm: Rogers Stoughton Duo
  • The Local Store:
    • 7-8:45pm: Free Garbage
  • Olson's Ice Cream:
    • 7-8:45pm: Chuck Everest Sectect
    • 9-10:45: Analise & Friends
  • Revival Records:
    • 7-8:45pm: Artem Jazz Group
    • 9-9:45pm: Open Jam
  • Pizza Plus:
    • 7-7:45pm: Recliner
    • 8-9:45pm: Golden Morrison
    • 10-11:45pm: Uncommon Denominator
  • Lismore Ballroom:
    • 7-8:45pm: Troppo Big Band
  • The Rev (21+ only): 
    • 7-8:45pm: Cathy Herndon
    • 9-10:45pm: Bartlett & Way
  • The Firehouse (21+ only): 
    • 7-8:45pm: Christian Moreno Cova Collective
    • 9-10:45pm: Jazz Flux
    • 11-11:45pm: UWEC Hornheads
    • 12-1:45am: DLC
  • The Reboot Social (21+ only):
    • 8-10pm: Jazz In Vivo
    • 11pm-12:45am: Nick Plays Chick
  • The Reboot Social Basement Venue (21+ only): 
    • 8-10pm: Sweater People
    • 11pm-12:45am: The Clearwaters

Presale wristbands are on sale now for $15 a person at eventbrite.com or snag tickets for $20 on the night of. Ticket proceeds go towards the Eau Claire Jazz Festival’s educational programs. The next spring Jazz Crawl will be held on April 19-20, 2024.