Posted On: October 13th 2026, 06:52 pm
Our curator Fareed Haque sat down with Mike Jeffers on Chicago Music Revealed to talk about the Red Line Jazz Project and this Friday’s finale. 🎸
Since May, we’ve brought free live jazz to CTA Red Line stations and community spaces from Rogers Park to Roseland. Now the whole line comes together on one stage for the Red Line Jazz Festival.
“Chicago truly is a global village!” — Fareed Haque
🗓 Friday, October 16, 7:30 p.m.
📍 Harris Theater for Music and Dance
🎟 Tickets from $20, linked in bio
Featuring Fareed Haque, Luciano Antonio, Butter Chicken Brass Band, Windy City Ramblers, and members of the Chicago Immigrant Orchestra, joined by the AACM and the Mandala Dance Ensemble.
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Watch the full interview at ChicagoJazz.com.
[The Red Line Jazz Festival at the Harris Theater, the culminating event of the Red Line Jazz Project, has been made possible through the generous support of the Paul M. Angell Family Foundation, Elevated Chicago, the MacArthur Foundation, and the Chicago Transit Authority. Additional support has been provided by Chawla Associates, Vinayak Hospitality, Hoogendoorn & Talbot, Sunita & Rohit Tandon, J & Harpreet Dutt, and Mrs. Paragi and Dr. Umang Patel. We are especially grateful to Shalini and Mohan Sawhney for their continued and steadfast support.]