SOCIAL JUSTICE
Winter Jazzfest explicitly supports social and racial justice, gender equality, immigrant rights and progress through wellness by presenting courageous consciously engaged artists who have urgent, beautiful and meaningful messages to share through their music. Directly addressing the sense of crisis confronting our nation, the festival stands firmly with #blacklivesmatter, #metoo, and #wehavevoice, and seeks to address mental health, discrimination, sexism, immigration, environmental injustice, and other issues deeply affecting our inclusive music community and beyond.
KEYCHANGE
As a fervent supporter of gender equality, NYC Winter Jazzfest is proud to join Keychange– a European music industry initiative for gender parity. NYCWJF is one of only two North American festivals pledging to participate.
“Pledging our continued gender balanced programming, we hope our progress acts as a beacon to inspire other music festivals beyond our jazz community.”
