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When is the Atlanta Jazz Festival 2021?

Allan Harris plays to an early crowd on the Legend Stage during the Atlanta Jazz Festival Saturday in Piedmont Park, May 27, 2017. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Atlanta Jazz Festival, one of the largest free jazz festivals in the country. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Credit: Steve Schaefer

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Allan Harris plays to an early crowd on the Legend Stage during the Atlanta Jazz Festival Saturday in Piedmont Park, May 27, 2017. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Atlanta Jazz Festival, one of the largest free jazz festivals in the country. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC
By AJC Staff
May 25, 2021

The Atlanta Jazz Festival, normally held in May, has been postponed due to COVID-19 restrictions until later in 2021.

The Atlanta Jazz Festival website says organizers anticipate holding the festival in the fall, but no date has been announced.

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