Atlanta Jazz Festival returns for the 2024 season

A crowd participates in the Atlanta Jazz Festival, which returns to Atlanta on May 25. (Courtesy of Terence Rushin)

The biggest jazz festival in the Southeast returns Memorial Day weekend with a great lineup and related events all over town.

The festival kicks off at Piedmont Park on May 25 and lasts through the weekend, with headliners like Outkast’s André 3000, the soul jazz supergroup Something Else! and international legends like Paquito D’Rivera. 

Camille Russell Love, executive director of the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs, joins “City Lights” host Lois Reitzes to discuss more about the celebration.