Help us raise
$10,000
by November 15th

Be part of making sure that
Music is
Made in Alaska !

SPENARD JAZZ FEST is ...

a multi-disciplinary arts festival that celebrates all musical genres. SJF exists to strengthen and celebrate Alaska’s musician community. SJF focuses heavily on original music by Alaskan composers, while also bringing in incredible musicians from everywhere else to collaborate.

RINGS IN WATER
SJF was founded by a fortunate accident in in 2008, when 8 musician/composers tired of playing background music at restaurants went in search of an audience. They found one. The rest is history.
For 20 years SJF has hosted concerts, workshops, movie nights, spoken word evenings and art shows, featured hundreds of musicians and engaged tens of thousands of audience members. Thank you for being one of them!

COLLABORATION, CREATIVITY , COMMUNITY
SJF produces music, movies, dance, spoken word and visual art events. A strong focus is on encouraging Alaska based artists to create and present new work for the festival, we want to make sure we are keeping the creative forces bubbling in the community.

SHAPE SHIFTER
SJF is rooted in improvisation - we change every year, scope, programming, focus.
But the music is always good, and YOU make it BETTER!

ALASKA FOCUSED
Although rooted in the Anchorage community SJF brings in artists from around the state: Ketchikan, Sitka, Haines, Juneau, Fairbanks, Mat-Su Valley, Homer, Seward, Kenai, Soldotna, Bethel and Nome.
Visiting headliners from outside collaborate with Alaskan musicians and often form strong, lasting connections.
SJF is all about giving Alaskan musicians and audiences meaningful experiences of musical connection.

PUBLISHING MUSIC BY ALASKANS
SJF publishes THE ALASKA REAL BOOK
with over 200 charts by 50+ Alaskan composers, song writers and culture bearers.

SPENARD JAZZ FEST 20th Annual Festival - Funding Drive