The lineup and schedule for the 2022 Savannah Music Festival (SMF) season, which runs March 24 through April 9, are now live at savannahmusicfestival.org.
Tickets will go on sale to the public on Friday, January 21 at 10 a.m. Additional concerts are likely to be announced in the coming weeks.
“This season’s lineup reinforces the Savannah Music Festival’s longstanding tradition of presenting unique artistic collaborations, rare regional appearances and special projects designed to encourage exploration and bring joy to audiences and artists,” remarks SMF Artistic Director Ryan McMaken. “We welcome music lovers from Savannah and all over the world to experience the annual confluence of emerging artists and masters, all within the city’s alluring and walkable Historic District, in March and April.”
The 2022 Festival Will Feature Debuts Including Dee Dee Bridgewater & the Memphis Soulphony, Watchhouse (formerly Mandolin Orange), Benjamin Grosvenor & Olga Kern, and Les Filles de Illighadad, Plus Special Projects Including Voices of Mississippi and Philip Dukes & Friends Chamber Music Series.
For the complete Savannah Music Festival schedule with program details, please visit: savannahmusicfestival.org/events
Savannah Music Festival 2022 Schedule
Thursday, March 24
Balsam Range/Michael
Cleveland & Flamekeeper*
Kittel & Co./Mr. Sun*
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
Friday, March 25
NOON30: Kittel & Co.
Celebrating Bach: Dover
Quartet & Bridget Kibbey
Cajun Dance Party: The Revelers*
Dee Dee Bridgewater & the Memphis Soulphony: Memphis...Yes, I’m Ready
Saturday, March 26
Latin Dance Party:
Spanish Harlem Orchestra*
Olga Kern, piano
Remembering Ray Brown: Christian McBride, Benny Green and Jeff Hamilton with Special Guest Dee Dee Bridgewater
Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers
Sunday, March 27
Lúnasa
Philip Dukes & Friends I:
Saint-Säens & Faure
Diana Burco/Jorge Glem & Sam Reider*
Remembering Ray Brown: Christian McBride, Benny Green and Jeff Hamilton/Sean Jones Quartet
Tuesday, March 29
Philip Dukes & Friends II:
Tales of the Unexpected
Wednesday, March 30
John Jorgenson Quintet/Frank Vignola/Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley*
Watchhouse (formerly Mandolin Orange)
Thursday, March 31
NOON30: Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley
Philip Dukes & Friends III:
Brahms & Schumann
Hot Club of Cowtown
Béla Fleck’s My Bluegrass Heart feat. Stuart Duncan, Sierra Hull, Bryan Sutton, Mark Schatz and Justin Moses
Friday, April 1
Ring Shout of the Georgia Coast: McIntosh County Shouters Q&A
Philip Dukes & Friends IV: All Beethoven
Foghorn Stringband
Saturday, April 2
NOON30: McIntosh County Shouters
Sebastian Knauer, piano
Les Filles de Illighadad/True Blues: Corey Harris, Phil Wiggins, Cedric Watson*
Sunday, April 3
Les Filles de Illighadad
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra:
Robert Spano, conductor;
Avi Avital, mandolin
The Wood Brothers
Tuesday, April 5
Beethoven and the Mandolin: Caterina Lichtenberg & Mike Marshall
Drive-By Truckers
Vijay Iyer Trio feat. Linda May Han Oh
Wednesday, April 6
NOON 30: Emmet Cohen Trio
Russell Moore & IIIrd
Tyme Out/Mile Twelve*
Allison Russell/Katie Pruitt
Emmet Cohen Trio/Samara Joy
Thursday, April 7
NOON30: Samara Joy
Mike Marshall’s Stringband Spectacular feat. Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves, Mile Twelve,
Westbound Situation Trio
Blind Boys of Alabama/
The Campbell Brothers
Zydeco Dance Party: C.J. Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band
Friday, April 8
NOON30: Allison de Groot
& Tatiana Hargreaves
Jazz on the River
(SMF Jazz Academy showcase)
Lakou Mizik/Leyla McCalla*
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Wind Ensemble with Simon Crawford-Phillips
Voices of Mississippi feat. William Ferris, Cedric Burnside, Sharde Thomas and Luther & Cody Dickinson of the North Mississippi Allstars
Saturday, April 9
From the Archives of
Dr. William Ferris: Select
Documentary Films from Voices of Mississippi and Q&A with Ferris
and Lance Ledbetter
(co-founder of Dust-to-Digital)
Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen/Lakou Mizik
Closing Night Party:
Eddie 9V/Cedric Burnside
(*denotes multiple concerts)
