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.
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Check out the WZUM Mug, the WZUM Hoodie. WZUM unisex T-Shirt!
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.
Concerts and seminars Oct. 28 through Nov. 2, during the 54th Annual Pitt Jazz Seminar and Concerts.
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 is pleased to be a media sponsor for the Monroeville Jazz Festival - Saturday, August 31st from 12 noon to 8 pm at the Tall Trees Amphitheater in the Monroeville Community Park
Food Trucks, Vendors, Free and Open to the Public
12n - 1pm. Norside Organ Trio - Main Stage
1pm-1:30. Jason Kendall -- Hillside Stage
1:30 - 2:30pm Roger Barbour - Main Stage
2:30-3pm. Joshua Ben - Hillside Stage
3 - 4:15pm Dennis Garner and Tempo Noir
4:15 - 4:45pm Dan Baker - Hillside Stage
4:45 - 6pm Theron Brown - Main Stage
6pm - 6:30pm Dan Baker - Hillside Stage
6:30 - 8pm The John Shannon Organ Trio - Main Stage
August 25 SLP - Mila Shadel - guitar; Ava Lintz - bass; Soojin Park - drums
Live on the lawn at Highland Park with jazz performed by Pittsburgh’s finest musicians at the “Reservoir of Jazz” concert series, Sundays in August - 5-7pm
Roger Humphries and the RH Factor presents the Jazz on the River Boat Ride 2024
Gateway Clipper Fleet - boarding at 12:30, June 30
Roger Humphries - and the RH Factor with Special Guest Hugo Cruz and Caminos - plus vocalist Anita Levels
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.
Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill - Greer Cabaret Theater Presented by Pittsburgh CLO through June 30th
Starring Gabrielle Lee
Sad to report WZUM was off the air this morning for unexpected reasons at our master control center. We are very glad to say we are getting back on the air now -
We are very sorry for the inconvenience.
WZUM is again a Media Sponsor for Jazz Poetry Month At City of Asylum / Alphabet City, North Side
Jazz Poetry 2024, May 2-31, features 50+ artists, bringing musicians and poets from around the world together to experiment, collaborate, and connect with audiences in meaningful ways. All concerts, in-person at Alphabet City and streamed online.
Sean Jones & Dwayne Dolphin Saturday April 27, 7pm
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and The August Wilson African American Cultural Center celebrate’s Pittsburgh’s jazz legacy that has spread around the world with the Jazz Club at the Greer Cabaret Theater
Fascinatin’ Rhythm: A Gershwin Celebration - Pittsburgh Symphony Pops - Byron Stripling, Sydney McSweeney and Charlie Albright
The Pittsburgh Symphony Pops - with Fascinatin’ Rhythm, A Gershwin Celebration April 12, 13 and 14 at Heinz Hall
Trumpeter, singer and conductor Byron Stripling leads the PSO Pops in Gershwin favorites along with pianist Charlie Albright and vocalist Sydney McSweeney
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
