Atom Jazz Fest 2026
📅 Aug 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
📍 Left Hand Brewing Garden, Longmont, CO
The inaugural Atom Jazz Fest brings three days of live jazz to the Left Hand Brewing Garden in Longmont, with a lineup that spans student ensembles and Front Range professionals alongside nationally touring acts. Headlining performances come from the Ken Walker Tribute Sextet and Electric Giz, with sets from the Health Walton Quintet, Adam Bodine Quartet, Stafford Hunter Quintet, Alex Loran Sextet, Guerrilla Fanfare, Deborah Stafford Swingtet, and more than a dozen other groups. The Atom Jazz Network, a Northern Colorado 501(c)(3) nonprofit, produces the festival as a direct investment in regional jazz education, mentorship, and gig opportunities for emerging musicians. Admission is free and the event is open to all ages.
Jazz Festival in Colorado: what to expect
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Improvised music built on swing rhythm and rich harmony, where soloists spontaneously invent melodies over a rhythm section's shifting chords and players trade ideas in real time.
Spans a packed lineup of many acts across one or more days. You roam between stages and sets at your own pace rather than sitting through a single program.
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