After Hours at Walker|West
The Official JazzFest Jam Session
Unscripted. Unfiltered. Pure Twin Cities Jazz.
Free & Open to the Public — No Registration RequiredUnscripted. Unfiltered. Pure Twin Cities Jazz.
Free & Open to the Public — No Registration RequiredPresented in partnership with Walker|West Music Academy — the landmark creative home of St. Paul's historic Rondo neighborhood — the Selby Ave JazzFest Jam Session is where the festival truly comes alive after the main stage lights go down.
Built on Rondo's traditions of musicians gathering in living rooms, churches, and corner clubs to trade ideas late into the night, this open jam brings together festival headliners, local legends, students, and surprise guest artists on one stage inside Harmony Hall. Support the set from the front, or bring your horn and sit in — on Selby, everybody is family.
"The jam session is the soul of this festival — a living room for the whole neighborhood, where legends and learners trade one stage."
Harmony Hall opens. The Walker|West Faculty X-tet sets the tone as guests settle in.
The rotation opens — musicians jump in and trade with the band. Surprise guests welcome.
Last tune, last chord — the bandstand shuts down and Selby carries the night home.
The official after-hours Jam Session is free admission, open to the public, and welcomes all ages — no registration, no tickets, no sign-up.