The Fall Exit Zero Jazz Festival takes place in Cape May, NJ. October 1-3, 2021. Headliners include Chris Botti Paquito D’rivera Quintet Dee Dee Bridgewater’s Memphis…Yes I’m Ready Terence Blanchard’s E-collective + Turtle Island Quartet Jazzmeia Horn Kenny Garrett Quintet Raul Midon & Lionel Loueke Buster Williams & Something More Robert Randolph Family Band Big Chief Donald Harrison & The Congo Square Nation Nicholas Payton Trio Nate Smith + Kinfolk Maurice “Mobetta” Brown Captain Black Big Band Samara Joy Terreno Comum Francis Mbappe & Fm Tribe Phillybloco Martina Dasilva Revive Big Band Paquit.

International touring artists perform on 2 outdoor stages on the grounds of the Exit Zero Ferry Park, located at the Cape May Ferry Terminal. Music at Exit Zero Ferry Park runs from 11am-7pm each Festival day, October 1, October 2, and October 3. The Cape May Convention Hall Beach Stage will host many genres of music on both October 2 and October 3, and there will be a limited in-door schedule in bars/restaurants of Cape May each night of the Festival. You might find yourself one minute second-lining to a New Orleans brass band, and, in the next, snaking through town behind a 22-piece Brazilian drum bloco. The joy of the Exit Zero Jazz Festival is in the discovery of incredible music and musicians you may never have known existed.