Cincinnati Music Festival
The 2025 Cincinnati Music Festival (CMF) was a full-on takeover this year. Live broadcasts, surprise performances, emotional tributes, legends— you name it *Shirley Caesar voice*! Even when the weather tried to put us down, there wasn’t a dull moment anywhere downtown. If you missed it, we got you covered… Thursday The weekend jumped off early […]
The Cincinnati Music Festival always delivers a few surprises, but Saturday night might’ve topped them all. LL Cool J hit the Paycor stage looking like hip-hop royalty in a yellow ski mask dripped in stones. He wasted no time running through hits “Rock the Bells” and “Doin’ It”. But just as the energy hit a […]
Interstate 75 is about to become a major headache just in time for one of Cincinnati’s biggest weekends of the year. RELATED: 2025 Cincinnati Music Festival: Everything You Need to Know As tens of thousands of fans head Downtown for the Cincinnati Music Festival, both directions of I-75 will be reduced to a single lane. […]
The annual Cincinnati Music Festival (or “Jazz Fest” as the OGs call it) returns to the Queen City for three days. The celebration runs July 24–26 and will light up downtown with back-to-back nights of R&B, hip-hop, and soul. RELATED: CMF Weekend: Things to Do in Cincinnati July 23-27 Dates & Lineup The weekend kicks […]
It’s the weekend we wait for all summer…. Cincinnati Music Festival is here! The streets, rooftops, and riverfront are filled with major BLACK energy as artists, fans, and travelers take over the city. Between day parties, live broadcasts, cultural pop-ups, and back-to-back performances, the city’s pulse is on fire starting Wednesday. RELATED: 2025 Cincinnati Music Festival: […]
When it comes to the Cincinnati Music Festival (known to the real as “Jazz Fest”), the lineup is always top notch. But what really gets a crowd going are those one songs. The ones that make people stop mid-conversation and yell “OHHH this my ****!” before two-stepping in Paycor Stadium with a drink in tow. RELATED: Furious Five […]
A historic night just got even bigger. Organizers of the Cincinnati Music Festival have announced that hip-hop pioneers The Furious Five will join Sugarhill Gang as surprise guests during Thursday’s “A Celebration of Hip Hop” kickoff show. This is a rare and legendary link-up. Two of the earliest forces in rap history are sharing the […]
Cincinnati Music Festival just turned up the heat, AGAIN. Organizers announced last Friday that hip-hop legend LL Cool J and R&B powerhouse Toni Braxton will join the 2025 lineup. The two are stepping in for Janet Jackson, who will no longer perform due to personal matters. RELATED: Janet Jackson Drops Out of Cincinnati Music Festival […]
Janet Jackson will no longer be performing at the 2025 Cincinnati Music Festival, festival organizers announced Thursday. In a statement, Jackson addressed fans directly, saying: “To all my Cincinnati Music Festival fans… I’m so sorry that I won’t be able to be with you all in July. Some personal matters have come up, and I […]
UPDATED: 11:14 AM ET., March 20, 2025 It’s time! The Cincinnati Music Festival presented by P&G is set to return July 24-26, 2025 with a fresh, exciting lineup to Paycor Stadium and The Andrew J. Brady Music Center. The beloved summer event promises three days of unforgettable vibes featuring our culture’s icons— young and old. […]
The Cincinnati Music Festival (CMF), famously known as the “Jazz Fest” returned this year with an exciting lineup of legends! The festival kicked off Thursday, July 25 with an early morning live broadcast of the Rickey Smiley Morning Show and the day followed at the Andrew J. Brady Music Center with the Hip-Hop concert featuring MC Lyte, KRS-One, […]
The Cincinnati Music Festival (CMF), famously known as the “Jazz Fest” returns this year with an exciting lineup of legends! The festival kicks off Thursday, July 25, at the Andrew J. Brady Music Center and continues at Paycor Stadium on Friday, July 26, and Saturday, July 27. Thursday, July 25: – MC Lyte – […]
