Blues To Green Jazz Club
Blues To Green Jazz Club

Help keep the music free.

The Blues To Green Jazz Club is a sustaining membership community supporting the full mission of Blues To Green, the nonprofit behind the Springfield Jazz & Roots Festival.

The Festival remains free and open to everyone. Jazz Club members help sustain the music, youth arts education, cultural storytelling, and cultural preservation that make this work possible year-round.

Memberships begin at $100. Lounge access begins at $250 and is available on Saturday only.
What your membership supports

A sustaining community around the Festival and the larger mission.

Joining the Jazz Club supports Blues To Green as a whole: the festival, year-round youth engagement, arts-based storytelling, and the cultural preservation work connected to the legacy of Charles Neville.

What your membership supports

  • The free Springfield Jazz & Roots Festival
    Help keep downtown public culture open, welcoming, and community-centered.
  • Youth arts engagement
    Support the Legacy Education Project and learning opportunities rooted in music, history, and culture.
  • Arts for Racial & Climate Justice storytelling
    Help sustain creative work that connects art, community, and lived experience.
  • Cultural preservation
    Support the living legacy of Charles Neville and the broader work of honoring African diasporic cultural heritage.

Why the Jazz Club exists

The Jazz Club was created to help sustain the Festival as part of Blues To Green’s larger year-round mission. It is not a private version of the Festival, and it does not change the Festival’s public, welcoming spirit.

It is a mission-based way for supporters to participate more deeply in the life of Blues To Green while helping keep free cultural experiences, youth learning opportunities, and arts-based community work strong in Springfield.

The Festival is free for everyone. Jazz Club members help sustain the music and mission behind it.
Membership details

Clear levels, mission-first benefits.

Lounge access and recognition are thank-you benefits at qualifying levels. The core of membership is helping sustain the work behind the Festival.

Supporter — $100

A meaningful way to support Blues To Green’s mission.

  • Includes: recognition as a Jazz Club supporter.
  • Note: no Lounge access at this level.

Jazz Club Member — $250

The core sustaining membership level that helps keep the music free.

  • Includes: Jazz Club Lounge access for 1 person on Saturday during the Festival.
  • Also includes: access to an air-conditioned lounge space, indoor bathrooms, 2 drink tickets, Founding Member recognition in Year One, and name listed online.

Jazz Club Patron — $500

For those who want to offer deeper support to the mission.

  • Includes: 2 Jazz Club Lounge passes for Saturday.
  • Also includes: access to an air-conditioned lounge space, access to indoor bathrooms, enhanced recognition, and priority seating area if applicable.

Jazz Club Partner — $1,000

A leadership-level sustaining membership.

  • Includes: 4 Jazz Club Lounge passes for Saturday.
  • Also includes: access to an air-conditioned lounge space, access to indoor bathrooms, logo recognition, and public acknowledgment.
About the Jazz Club Lounge

A thank-you space for sustaining members on Saturday during the Festival.

The Lounge is designed to feel warm, welcoming, and culturally grounded — a place to gather, rest, cool off, and enjoy the Festival in comfort while supporting a free public event. The Jazz Club Lounge is available on Saturday only.

Festival hospitality and gathering image

What Lounge access will include

  • Comfortable gathering space
    A place for members to gather on Saturday during the Festival.
  • Air-conditioned indoor access
    A cool place to rest and reset.
  • Indoor bathrooms
    Practical comfort during the festival day.
  • Shaded seating, refreshments, and drink tickets
    Depending on the year and membership level.

Lounge access begins at the $250 Jazz Club Member level and is available on Saturday only.

Founding year

Become part of the first chapter.

This inaugural phase of the Blues To Green Jazz Club is an opportunity to help shape a new sustaining community around the Festival and the broader mission of Blues To Green.

Members who join during the founding year may be recognized as Founding Members as part of this first chapter.

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The Springfield Jazz & Roots Festival takes place on July 10 - 11th, 2026 at Court Square.

About Us

This festival is produced by Blues To Green, a nonprofit organization that harnesses music and the arts to celebrate community and culture, build shared purpose, and catalyze social and environmental change.
Copyright © 2026 Blues To Green Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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