Please donate to this Givebutter campaign to offset the cost of producing the 19th season of the FREE Salem Jazz and Soul Festival this summer. The volunteer-run, nonprofit is dedicated to fostering music education and bringing world-class live performances to the Salem Willows each year.

Your support will help offset the cost of producing the festival and make it possible for us to fund music programs for local students, provide grants to schools, and create opportunities for young musicians to learn and grow.

Thanks to past donations, we've donated almost $80,000 in support of music education on the North Shore since 2007. We currently run a music-learning workshop at the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Salem, and in 2025 provided $3,000 to support music programs in Salem schools. Local schools, Plummer Youth Promise, On Point, Northeast ARC, North Shore Recovery High School, Salem State University Jazz camps, and other North Shore programs have benefitted from this community support.

We need your help to continue this work and make the 2025 festival a success! Please consider donating before August 15 – this year’s concert date at Salem Willows -- to ensure that music education and free community concerts remain a vibrant part of our region.

Music is a gift. Let’s share it with the next generation.

We deeply appreciate your support.—Salem Jazz and Soul Festival Board of Directors