Edgefest 29: Speaking Out | Wednesday-Saturday, Oct. 8-11, 2025, 8 October | Event in Ann Arbor | AllEvents

Edgefest 29: Speaking Out | Wednesday-Saturday, Oct. 8-11, 2025

Kerrytown Concert House

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Wed, 08 Oct, 2025 at 07:00 pm

415 North Fourth Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Michigan 48104

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Date & Location

Wed, 08 Oct, 2025 at 07:00 pm - Sat, 11 Oct, 2025 at 10:00 pm (EDT)

415 North Fourth Avenue, Michigan 48104

415 N 4th Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1103, United States

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Edgefest 29: Speaking Out | Wednesday-Saturday, Oct. 8-11, 2025
"The annual rite of fall in Michigan music...off the beaten tracks." – DownBeat Magazine

"...accomplished music in an intimate space...Edgefest is the place to be." – New York City Jazz Record


Kerrytown Concert House announces Edgefest 2025, its 29th annual 4-day festival; an exploration of new music, improvised and composed. A diverse and deeply inclusive roster of innovative artists (local to international, emerging to established) bring their inspirational new music and collaborations which always contain messages relevant to our lives and the world today.

2025 Featured Artists & Ensembles (subject to change):
Ches Smith Quartet
(with Mary Halvorson, Liberty Ellman & Nick Dunston)

Ben Miller’s 11th Hour Quartet
(Ben Miller, Marlena Boegdigheimer, Joel Peterson, Dave Hurley)

Darius Jones Trio

Marc Hannaford, solo piano

Jason Hwang’s Soliloques

Air Legacy
(Marty Ehrlich, Hill Greene & Pheeroan Aklaff)

Myra Melford / Ches Smith / Michael Formanek

Truss Quartet
(Dave Rempis, Pandelis Karayorgis, Jakob Heinemann & Bill Harris)

Jason Hwang’s EDGE
(with Ken Filiano, Taylor Ho Bynum & Andrew Drury)

Gwen Laster’s NewMuse 4Tet
(with Melanie Dyer, Teddy Rankin & Andrey Drury)

Michael Malis Quartet

Kenneth Green Project

Marilyn Crispell, solo piano

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See more information, including Festival Pass information at kerrytownconcerthouse.com/edgefest.

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Edgefest 29: Speaking Out | Wednesday-Saturday, Oct. 8-11, 2025, 8 October | Event in Ann Arbor | AllEvents
Edgefest 29: Speaking Out | Wednesday-Saturday, Oct. 8-11, 2025
Wed, 08 Oct, 2025 at 07:00 pm