In February 2017, Bemidji State Univ. hosts its 38th annual JazzFest. Each year 20+ bands perform and receive comments from world-renown guest artists.
The BSU JazzFest is in its 38th year. High School and a few Middle School bands participate each year, perform for about 20 minutes, and receive about 25 minutes of comments from the world-renown guest artists. Recent guest artists included Chris Vadala, Rex Richardson, Steve Smith, Graham Breedlove, Byron Stripling, Steve Turre, Bobby Shew, Wycliffe Gordon, Jeff Coffin, Frank Mantooth, Jeff Jarvis, and Sherrie Maricle. Guest artists for JazzFest 2017 are: Andy Martin and Corey Christiansen.
