The annual jazz celebration in Pittsburgh in support of democracy in action - more than 70 guest artists at the Heinz History Center
Anchored by Roger Humphries and the RH Factor and the Tim Stevens Project
55th Pitt Jazz Seminar and Concerts - Oakland and around Pittsburgh
if you’ve been hankering for some WZUM stuff, here’s your chance! These are items produced for WZUM by Bonfire - the proceeds will support WZUM, but we don’t have to keep an inventory of them in stock.
Check out the WZUM Mug, the WZUM Hoodie. WZUM unisex T-Shirt!
Mindi Abair for MCGJazz Season 39 - A Season of Friends and Family
Kenny Garrett and Sounds from the Ancestors - Kente Arts at the New Hazlett Theater
KENNY GARRETT is easily recognized as one of modern jazz’s brightest and most influential living masters.
The Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival’s Saturday and Sunday outdoor concerts are FREE and take place on Liberty Ave. Tickets are required for all other events, including the Jazz Train, George Benson Tribute Concert, and Taste of Jazz.
Tower of Power at the Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall, Friday September 12th.
The R and B and Soul Band and Horn Section continues from their Oakland, California roots for their 57 years of Funk and Soul Tour.
Friday - September 12th at the Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall in Munhall
WZUM is pleased to be a media sponsor for the Monroeville Jazz Festival - Saturday, August 30th from 12 noon to 8 pm at the Tall Trees Amphitheater in the Monroeville Community Park
Calvin Stemley and the Stemtechs; Brian Edwards Excursion; Tony Campbell; Dwayne Fulton; Etta Cox - Main Stage
Plus Youth Jazz from Center of Life and Urban Impact
MCGJazz Season 39 - A Season of Friends and Family
visit www.mcgjazz.org or call the Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild Jazz Box Office at 412-322-0800 for more information.
Diana Krall at Heinz Hall, Downtown
Pianist and vocalist Diana Krall’s 2025 North American Tour brings her trio to Pittsburgh - the hometown of her mentor - Ray Brown for a night of music from the great American Songbook and more.
Roger Humphries and the RH Factor - Jazz on the Riverboat Ride - Gateway Clipper Fleet
Roger Humphries - drums; Max Leake - keyboard; Ava Lintz - bass; Lou Stellute - tenor sax; Yoko Suzuki - alto sax; Reggie Watkins - trombone; George Jones - Congas
Vocalists Gail “Flo” Saunders and Dred “Perky” Scott and special guest, trumpeter Sean Jones
Proceeds support youth scholarships
WZUM needs to raise $30,000 during June and July to power through a wonderful Summer of Jazz in Pittsburgh.
Make a new, renewing or additional gift, click here to donate, now, or send a check to WZUM; PO Box 456 South Park, PA 15129. You can also call at 412.322.1800.
WZUM is again a Media Sponsor for Jazz Poetry Month At City of Asylum / Alphabet City, North Side
City of Asylum presents the 21st annual celebration of Jazz Poetry Month.
Jazz Poetry Month 2025, May 1–22, features 50+ artists, new and returning, making their way to our stage from near and far. Jazz Poetry Month is a tradition that traces back to the very heart of City of Asylum.
Jazz Poetry Month 2025 will also feature a return for the first COA poet-in-residence, Huang Xiang on May 22.
The line of severe storms that tore through the region Tuesday led to a power outage and electronics damage that has disrupted WZUM’s services. We hope to back up and running by Wednesday afternoon.
We are very sorry for the inconvenience.
Sean Jones and the Baltimore Collective - Kente Arts at the New Hazlett Theater - Northside
Sean Jones is a gifted trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator, and and activist. He has always intertwined music and spirituality into his artistic vision.
Jones will perform with his group The Baltimore Collective, which he created to provide a platform for regional musicians to perform more closely together.
2025 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute from Kennedy Center
Hosted by Kennedy Center Artistic Director for Jazz Jason Moran, the 2025 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert will take place one-night-only on Saturday, April 26, 2025, at 8 p.m. ET at the Kennedy Center. WZUM will have the event on our homepage - and broadcast the concert Sunday night at 8pm after the Billie Holiday series, “No Regrets.”
Jazz Funk Soul - Everette Harp, Jeff Lorber, and Paul Jackson Jr. - MCG Jazz, Manchester - MCGJazz Season 38 - A Season of Firsts
visit www.mcgjazz.org for more information.
Brandee Younger Trio - Kente Arts at the New Hazlett Theater
Brandee Younger has almost single-handedly made a persuasive argument for the harp’s role in contemporary jazz. New York Times
Bria Skonberg Quintet - MCGJazz Season 38 - A Season of Firsts
visit www.mcgjazz.org for more information.
6pm - King Cake, Jambalaya Paczki and more
7pm - Calvin Stemley Quartet, Washington and Jefferson Jazz Band and Cannon MacMillan Jazz Band
The Black & White Reunion will present the 27th Annual Pittsburgh Racial Justice Summit Saturday, February 22.
This year’s theme is People Power & Progress: Community Engagement for Justice & Accountability.
WZUM 88.1 FM from Bethany West Virginia is back on the air!
The transmitter site suffered a series of unfortunate events that first took away the power and led to damage to our main transmitter at the site.
We are very sorry for the inconvenience.
The tradition that started on WDUQ in 1977 returns to WZUM, hosted by City Cast Pittsburgh - Kevin Gavin’s All Request Holiday Show - Friday December 20 from 9am to 1pm on the air and online at wzum.org. Hear an online archive stream of the whole show, here!
Tuesday’s the Day - Show your support for WZUM and scores of other local nonprofits on giving Tuesday through a single link.
Give Big Pittsburgh is a 24-hour online fundraising effort that ends at midnight Tuesday - December 3rd.
Hundreds of worthwhile organizations in our region are there to discover, from health and human services, arts and performance, public media, animal advocacy, libraries, and many other groups in the Pittsburgh region that help make where we live, better. #WZUM #GiveBigPittsburgh
Some Enchanted Evening visits the Byham Theater - Led by Pittsburgh native and Emmy-nominated trumpeter and crooner Benny Benack III, plus the the lavishly gifted singer and social media sensation, Stella Katherine Cole and tap dance phenom, Jabu Graybeal.
The launch of the new Charles “Teenie” Harris Archive Gallery.
An afternoon of community, Charles “Teenie” Harris photographs, and jazz, featuring Roger Humphries and the RH Factor, to celebrate Harris’s continued legacy.
The annual jazz celebration in Pittsburgh in support of democracy in action - more than 70 guest artists at the Heinz History Center
Anchored by Roger Humphries and the RH Factor and the Tim Stevens Project
Isaiah Collier and the Chosen Few - Kente Arts at the New Hazlett Theater - Northside
Twenty-six-year-old Isaiah Collier began playing saxophone at age 11, and his intuitive proficiency earned him attention early on. His band, Isaiah Collier and The Chosen Few has a new release out debuting the weekend of the show, “THE WORLD IS ON FIRE.”
Isaiah Collier - sax; Noah Jackson - bass; Terreon Gully - drums; Kayvesh Kaviraj - piano
Evelynn Hawkins Celebration of Life, Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Northside
A tribute to our longtime colleague, friend, radio host and scholar, Evelynn Hawkins who passed away September 10.
Charles "Teenie" Harris Historical Marker, Homewood
Roger Humphries Street Renaming - Northside
E. Jefferson St becomes Roger Humphries Way
WZUM is media sponsor for HiFi: An Evening of Mid-Century Sound - a benefit for the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall - featuring the sounds and styles of the 1950s and ’60s at the Carnegie in Carnegie Friday night, September 20th
Cocktails in the library and lobby at 7, Music with the Half-Step Allstars at 8 - Anthony Ambroso - Guitar, Jacob Pleakis - Piano, Anton DeFade - Bass, Brian Wolfe - Drums with guest vocalists Kiki Sherman, Mariko Reid & Josh Verbanets
WZUM's Jazz Central - for live Jazz events in the Pittsburgh Region. Send your information about live jazz in an email to info@wzum.org
