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Athenaeum Jazz
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Athenaeum Jazz
Winter 2026 Series
Start the new year with jazz! The Athenaeum is pleased to announce this five-concert series featuring return visits and local debuts by internationally acclaimed and rising-star artists, including performances in the library’s Joan & Irwin Jacobs Music Room (at 1008 Wall Street in La Jolla) and at Scripps Research Auditorium (10620 John Jay Hopkins Drive). Seating is limited—so, order soon! For tickets and information, click below or call (858) 454-5872.
February 14, March 18 & March 23:
JOAN & IRWIN JACOBS
MUSIC ROOM
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library
1008 Wall Street
La Jolla, CA 92037
CONCERTS BEGIN AT 7:30 PM.
DOORS OPEN AT 7:00 PM.*
*The February 14 concerts begin at 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., respectively.
SERIES OF 5 CONCERTS:
$247 member / $273 nonmember
INDIVIDUAL CONCERTS:
$53 member / $58 nonmember
Online ticket sales are subject to ticketing fees.
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The January 20 concert will be in person at Scripps Research Auditorium (10620 John Jay Hopkins Drive, San Diego, CA 92121). The January 28, February 14, March 18, and March 23 concerts will be in person at the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library (1008 Wall Street, La Jolla, CA 92037). There are no physical tickets for these events. Your name will be on an attendee list at the front door. For the January 20, January 28, March 18, and March 23 concerts, doors open at 7:00 p.m. For the February 14 concert, doors open at 5:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., respectively. Seating is first-come; first-served. Priority seating will be given to Donor level members and above.
These events will be presented in compliance with State of California and County of San Diego health regulations as applicable at the time of each concert.
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Payment must be received in order to reserve a spot at a concert.
Your reservation is not complete until you receive an email confirmation. If you do not receive a confirmation email, your tickets have not been reserved. Please check your inbox and spam/junk folder or contact us at info@ljathenaeum.org or (858) 454-5872 to ensure your booking is finalized.
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ALL SALES ARE FINAL. No refunds or exchanges. In the event of a cancellation for which there is no rescheduled date, a refund for this ticket may be issued at the option of the management.
Banner image: Hamilton de Holanda Trio; photo: Nando Chagas
Bill Frisell 75th Celebration!
Special Jazz Concert
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Bill Frisell 75th Celebration!
Special Jazz Concert
Monday, March 2, 2026
Bill Frisell; photo credit: Paul Moore
Don’t miss this late-breaking addition to the Athenaeum Jazz series schedule, a unique opportunity to celebrate landmark jazz guitarist Bill Frisell’s 75th birthday this March! He comes to the Athenaeum’s Joan and Irwin Jacobs Music Room with the new configuration of the Bill Frisell Trio, featuring Luke Bergman on bass and Tim Angulo on drums. Frisell’s career as a guitarist and composer has spanned more than 40 years and many celebrated recordings. Recognized as one of America’s most vital and productive performing artists, Frisell has contributed to the work of a staggering array of collaborators including Paul Motian, John Zorn, Elvis Costello, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Vinicius Cantuária, Marianne Faithful, John Scofield, Bono, and Brian Eno, to name only a few. This work has established Frisell as one of the most sought-after guitar voices in contemporary music.
Stereophile wrote, “Bill Frisell has quietly been the most brilliant and unique voice to come along in jazz guitar since Wes Montgomery.” The New Yorker noted, "Bill Frisell plays the guitar like Miles Davis played the trumpet: in the hands of such radical thinkers, their instruments simply become different animals." His 2020 Blue Note Records release, Valentine, has been hailed as ‘a masterpiece’ by Downbeat. “They consistently and strikingly play as one, voices intertwined, completing phrases as if sharing a single thought… the performances represent jazz playing at its most sublime.”
JOAN & IRWIN JACOBS
MUSIC ROOM
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library
1008 Wall Street
La Jolla, CA 92037
CONCERT BEGINS AT 7:30 PM.
DOORS OPEN AT 7:00 PM.
INDIVIDUAL TICKETS:
$53 member / $58 nonmember
Online ticket sales are subject to ticketing fees.
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The concerts will be in person at the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library. There are no physical tickets for these events. Your name will be on an attendee list at the front door. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. Seating is first-come; first-served. Priority seating will be given to Donor level members and above.
These events will be presented in compliance with State of California and County of San Diego health regulations as applicable at the time of each concert.
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Payment must be received in order to reserve a spot at a concert.
Your reservation is not complete until you receive an email confirmation. If you do not receive a confirmation email, your tickets have not been reserved. Please check your inbox and spam/junk folder or contact us at info@ljathenaeum.org or (858) 454-5872 to ensure your booking is finalized.
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ALL SALES ARE FINAL. No refunds or exchanges. In the event of a cancellation for which there is no rescheduled date, a refund for this ticket may be issued at the option of the management.
“This thoughtful series presents jazz with the seriousness and dignity becoming the art form.”
“One of the west coast’s more discerning jazz concert series…”
“The intimate and acoustically pristine Athenaeum Library was packed with fans primed for the event.”
(Photo by Eduardo Contreras / San Diego Union-Tribune)
“What is even more impressive than the many stellar musicians who have appeared there is that the Jazz at the Athenaeum series has endured—and thrived—for three decades. Moreover, its jazz programming has been guided the entire time by a single curator, Daniel Atkinson, whose longevity equals that of the series.”