Information for directors

Each registered group will receive:

• Performance review: A 50-minute session with accomplished artist educators, including a performance and immediate feedback. A recorded copy with expert comments is provided.
• Jam sessions: Participants can improvise with our talented house bands.
• Clinics and concerts: Expand your jazz knowledge through expert-led clinics and daytime concerts.
• Superstar concerts: Enjoy thrilling performances from world-renowned jazz artists.

• Familiarize yourself with the Reno Jazz Festival rules and regulations.
• Groups are scheduled on a first-come, first-served basis, based on receipt of both registration information and payment of registration fees.
• Performance spots fill up quickly. Schools are encouraged to register early.  If registration occurs after all performance spots have been filled, you will be notified of your placement on the waitlist. Group registration fees are required to be on the waitlist. A full refund will be issued if your group is not accepted into the festival or you choose to be removed from the waitlist.
• High school groups will be placed in performance rooms based on the school’s enrollment number. Please have this information on hand before registering.
• The Reno Jazz Festival reserves the right to use any photographs taken during the festival in accordance with the University of Nevada, Reno photo release policy.
• Registration and group passes can be purchased through the following methods:
  • Credit card: Our system only accepts Visa, Mastercard, and American Express. You will receive an invoice to collect payment within 2-3 business days of submitting your registration form.
  • Check/approved purchase order: Please contact our office at (775) 784-4278.

The following schedules will be announced in April:

• School performances
• Warm-up and feedback times
• Clinics and daytime concert

Forms will be available one month before the Festival. You do not need to provide music to the Artist Educators; however, if you do, the Artist Educators can offer more detailed feedback.

• Set-list
• Announcer form

While on campus, please be considerate of University faculty, staff and students as well as other Festival participants. Do not play your instruments except in designated warm-up, performance or feedback areas. Any festival participant caught being disruptive, stealing, or vandalizing property will be immediately expelled from the campus and appropriate legal action will be taken.

In all performance and clinic rooms, seating capacity for all events is limited to the room capacity per the Reno Fire Marshal. Aisles must be kept clear at all times. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. As a courtesy to others, please do not save seats. Audience doors to performance areas will be closed during performances; entrance will only be permitted during a break in the performance. Food and drinks are not permitted in performance areas.

We ask that directors please:

• Keep track of scheduled times
• Take responsibility for your students’ behavior
• Keep your students together
• Be courteous to festival volunteers and staff

We ask that students please:

• Take responsibility for your behavior
• Act in a professional manner
• Stay together
• Be courteous to Festival volunteers and staff

While at the Festival, we recommend that you stick together with your group and avoid walking alone, especially after dark. If you should encounter any problems or need police assistance, please call 911 or the University Police at (775) 745-6195.