This is your gateway to the festival. Access to all stages, all weekend, EXCLUDING headline performers.

Early Bird pricing available until Sunday, April 21st. $100 starting Monday, April 22nd.

You are TOP BRASS – Thank you for your commitment and support! Entrance to all stages, all weekend, including reserved Main floor seating for all Elkhart Jazz Festival headliners.
PLUS – VIP access to the Thursday Preview Party; Friday Jazz Picnic at Wellfield Botanic Gardens and evening VIP reception downtown; as well as the Sunday Jazz Brunch. This also includes Saturday evening Sponsor reception with ‘Festival Supporter’ acknowledgment!

This is your gateway to the festival. Access to all stages for one day EXCLUDING headline performers.

Raised in California, Porter’s mother was a minister, and he cites the Bakersfield Southern Gospel sound, as well as his mother’s Nat King Cole record collection, as fundamental influences on his own sound. Porter began singing in small jazz clubs in San Diego while attending San Diego State University on a football scholarship. Eventually, it was music that Porter chose to pursue full-time at the encouragement of local musicians. Despite having now recorded or shared the stage with the likes of Van Morrison, Wynton Marsalis, Dianne Reeves, Nicola Conte, Christian McBride, Kenny Barron, Buster Williams, and David Murray, Porter remains grounded and humbled by all the new accolades.