Chateau Ste. Michelle Festival Of Jazz Tickets

Always a fabulous time with great performers. This year was extremely disappointed with performer Nellie Mackay. She was rude, offensive, poor singer, and this establishment was not the correct venue for her style of performance. Many people walked out, and I hope to not see her at the festival again. Also, I would like to continue seeing people given the opportunity to decide if they want to park in the front or the back. When people arrive hours early to get in line, it is to get particular seats in a certain area.

If it wasn't for the last act, this event would be one of the worst jazz festivals. There was some kind of mixup with the order of acts and Bobby Caldwell ended up opening the concert and there was no mention of why. The middle 2 acts were hardly jazz and although I do appreciate political opinions it just wasn't the setting for that...in fact it got pretty uncomfortable. Gerald Albright and Jonathan Butler killed and really saved the entire evening. This year's festival was woefully short in comparison to last year's acts. I hope Chateau Ste Michelle does a better job of selecting acts for 2017. Hopefully they will look at the reviews of potential artists before booking them...looking for subtle things like the genre they perform. Luckily is was a beautiful day and there was plenty of wine...

We have no clue how they booked Nellie McKay for a Jazz Festival. When she got out the ukulele and played 5 songs after banging on the piano after some very political lyrics the crowd began to BOO her off. It was horrid! Please do not book her again for this venue. We felt like the timing between artists just waiting for 20 minutes was too long. Why was that necessary??? Other than that the venue and music was great.

As a long time attendee to the Jazz Festival at Chateau St. Michelle, I have never been so disappointed. I paid for a relaxing afternoon of Jazz and found out that I had to listen to what appeared to be a political rally by the two female performers. One performers lyrics were riddled with bigotry and totally inappropriate for the audience. Despite all this chaos, the two male performers did a great job! I will definitely be checking out the performers before buying tickets in the future.

My husband and I went to the winery on Saturday July 30the on a beautiful sunny day. The concert started up around 3 pm and we enjoyed Bobby Caldwell who performed first. We were enjoying the day and enjoying everything until the next 2 female singers came out. The 1st female I had never heard of and she was kind of unforgettable but we were still having a good time. It took them a long time to change in between sets. The next lady Nellie McKay was absolutely terrible. She ruined the rest of the concert for me. We were so bored listening to her and when she started giving her political views on stage, that was it. She just wouldn't stop and people started booing at her. People were yelling for her to get off the stage including me. She just kept going on and my husband and I couldn't take it anymore. We quickly packed up our stuff and left. I was so disappointed because I wanted to see the last 2 artist perform but she ruined the concert for me and sadly if they continue to have more performers like that I won't be coming back. What a waste of money!!

The music started off with Jazz but slowing went into a mix match of genres. Very poor selection of artist for a jazz festival. Plus there were to long of interludes between musicians. Lots of silence. Next time have a preset playlist ready to go to fill the void.

Every year my wife and I look forward to The Jazz Festival. We were very disheartened when there was no 98.9 to sponsor the show. When it started up again we (and I'm sure other smooth jazz fans)We're overjoyed. For the most part the shows have been very good. A few shows could have better but overall very good. Saturday, July 30, 2016 is a day that will live in infamy! Bobby Caldwell was either tired or had a cold or maybe getting too old for the road. The folksong trio, not smooth jazz, the political song protester,NOT SMOOTH JAZZ!

I think for a hot afternoon, the lineup was not in the correct order...It was hard to have a great band followed by two OK artists, and the headliner, Jonathan Butler and Gerald Albright at the very end after a long hot day...people were fading...

My friends and I have gone to the jazz festival for 15 years, back when the radio station used to book the event and it was amazing! It has declined in quality each year, and 2016 was the most disappointing of them all - I will not be back. Whomever booked the performers made a tragic mistake including Nellie McKay. She was offensive, the music was not jazz, her lyrics and attitude were so out of place for this event. If she was the last performer, everyone would have left. I've never seen a jazz festival crowd boo somebody on stage before. This crowd is the most mellow, chill and fun loving group of concert go'ers I've ever seen. For her to be boo'd, you know she should not have been there. I felt bad for her as well, we are not her fan base. The performer before her was not my favorite either, but they were at least talented and bearable. Bobby Caldwell, Jonathan Butler, and Gerald Albright were amazing, but having their performances separated by such a horrid act, made this concert a huge disappointment.

After years and years of Jazz Festivals, this one (2016) was a major disappointment. A change in schedule pulled Bobby Caldwell up first. Hate to use the term "has been" but this just wasn't the caliber of a typical CSM Jazz Festival. Madeleine Peyroux is amazing in a small, intimate venue - which this wasn't. We were sitting about halfway back and couldn't hear a thing. The next one up - Nellie McKay--had no business being up on that stage; both her music and her inane political blathering with inappropriate lyrics had people leaving almost immediately which is a shame since Gerald Albright and Jonathan Butler were AH-MAZING - for those who stuck around. Please make sure that whoever put this lineup together - is NEVER given the opportunity again.

I have attended for years. I will never attend again. Solo performances were not appropriate for such a large venue.

This was the second or third jazz festival I have attended at this venue. It was by far the worst display of jazz that I have heard at St. Michelle. To begin with it was 40 minutes late in starting. When you get there two hours early that's not a good start. I don't know if Bobby Caldwell switched his lineup and that was why they were late starting. One of the acts was a woman who would have been better singing on Broadway then singing at the jazz festival but that was alright. Then we had the singer who felt the need to sing War songs as if that's what would make us feel better in this day and age! REALLY! One of my best friends' son was killed in Afghanistan and came home in a box. Do you really think that the people in this audience want to be singing about that! Shameful! And lastly the last act Jonathan Butler, felt the need to have all the folks with different ethnicities and religions in the audience profess their love of God. Not Appropriate! Please review your acts more thoroughly in the future.

Not sure how the winery could call this the festival of jazz since hardly any of it was jazz. This is obviously the winery's attempt to replace the late, great Smooth Jazz concerts of years back, but they woefully miss the mark. The lineup was...well let's say...not optimal. The only acts worth seeing were at the end - Gerald Albright and Jonathan Butler - who brought the house down. Bobby Caldwell was marginal, Madeline Peroux is enjoyable but definitely NOT jazz and the worst of all was Nellie McKay, who was more to playing show tunes and anti-war songs from the 60's with only a piano. The crowd wanted to boo her off the stage, but no one cared enough as they all just stopped listening. And this concert should not have been a forum for her left-wing agenda. I'm as left as the next person, but I'm not going to preach to you about it when I should be entertaining folks. Come on Chateau St. Michelle! If you need help with booking real smooth jazz (or regular jazz) call a booking agent. Or better yet, ask the general public who regularly attends these concerts each year.

Weather was perfect! lots of room to sit on the lawn good choices for food and beverages.. I would do all over again.

Bobby Caldwell, Jonathan Butler and Gerald Albright were great! Loved them. Nellie McKay was not jazz--- really! We had to listen to a Woodstock protest song as she strummed ukulele? NOT JAZZ.. Please not again. Half her set was on a ukulele. NOT JAZZ.

Bobby Caldwell and Gerald Butler were great and they were playing good jazz style music. The vocalist Nellie was really a folk singer and was very political - she did not bvelong gat a jazz festival. The other singer, Madelaine had a good voice but was more blues style than jazz. Overall for a venue as large as the Chateau, I was disappointed.

Nellie McKay had no business being at the Festival Of Jazz. Not a single Jazz piece was played, Music was awful and political comments were not appropriate. People were walking out the longer she played. Other than Jazz Ally we have limited Jazz performances so it a real shame that Ste. Michelle didn't place a greater emphasis on quality performers.

Have been the last 3 years and the event has been very good. This year the performers that went on 2nd and 3rd out of the 4 were awful. First band and especially the last band were awesome. Very disappointed in 2nd + 3rd performers. They shouldn't be invited back.

Great day! Enjoyed it immensely except not the venue for political statements.

I was hoping for a great line up, The two female performances were horrible plus they had nothing to do with jazz more like folk music. Not to mention the insults of military and slavery. In addition I did not anticipate Gerald Albright and Johnathan Butler to perform together. Was disappointed.