The High country jazz festival is A COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM OF:
The inaugural 2022 High Country Jazz Festival is a collaborative project to host exceptional and engaging jazz experiences in Boone and Blowing Rock while raising funds to support the arts, education and civic programs of the Appalachian Theatre, Boone Sunrise Rotary, and Jazz Studies Program at the Hayes School of Music.
Sponsored by Explore Boone and Mast General Store, the five-day festival will feature eleven events hosted by ten regional organizations in Boone and Blowing Rock with headliner events taking place inside the newly reopened Appalachian Theatre and under the stars at the Chetola Resort. Festival events are anticipated to run June 8-12, 2022.
The scope of the festival is both intimate and engaging with indoor and outdoor concerts, late night jams, cozy jazz lunches, classic film and jazz talks hosted by the Appalachian State Jazz Studies Program, Appalachian Theatre, Blowing Rock Art & History Museum, Casa Rustica Restaurant, Chetola Resort, High Country Jazz Society, Lost Province, Ransom Pub and Town of Boone.
Headliner events
Sponsored by Allen Wealth Management, Blue Ridge Energy, Creekside Electronics, Footsloggers, Maureen & David Moses, and The Rosemyr Corporation.
Full Festival Schedule
Thank you sponsors!
Duke Ellington Sponsors
Ella Fitzgerald Sponsors
John Coltrane Sponsors
THELONIOUS MONK INDIVIDUAL SPONSORS
Ameriprise Financial - Appalachian State Jazz Program - App Management - Blowing Rock Art & History Museum - Boone Podiatry - Boone Sunrise Rotary - Casa Rustica - G&T Communications - Johnson County Bank - High Country Jazz Society - Lost Province - Monkee’s of Blowing Rock - Ransom Pub - Town of Boone
NINA SIMONE INDIVIDUAL SPONSORS
1st National Bank - Blackburn, Childers, Stegall - Blue Ridge Vision - Mary Black and Nick Friedman - Ridgeline Leadership - Truist - Walter & Jennifer Browning