Live The Spirit Residency

Live The Spirit Residency Welcome! We produce the Englewood Jazz Festival a FREE event held at Hamilton Park each year the third Saturday in September.

In 2000, Englewood resident, composer, bandleader, and internationally renowned artist, Ernest “Khabeer” Dawkins created The Englewood Jazz Festival to highlight the rich cultural heritage of Englewood and to work with other organizations to increase Englewood’s own musical resources. His vision and determination has kept the Festival alive and growing for over a decade. Dawkins originated the fes

tival as part of a three-year Meet the Composer/New Residency grant to promote the creation of new work by emerging composers, to provide music instruction and other activities for youth and residents at four neighborhood parks, and to develop Live the Spirit, the festival’s resident big band. Dawkins also founded Live The Spirit Residency, a not-for-profit organization that officially became recognized as a 501c(3) organization in the state of Illinois in 2006. Live The Spirit Residency produces the Englewood Jazz Festival and Dawkins is the Executive Director for the organization and the Festival.

08/31/2026
Our event scheduled for this Wednesday is cancelled!!!!!!!! See you Tuesday, May 19th at the Jazz Showcase!!!!!
05/05/2026

Our event scheduled for this Wednesday is cancelled!!!!!!!! See you Tuesday, May 19th at the Jazz Showcase!!!!!

09/25/2025

Tune in tomorrow morning at 9 AM to catch Ernest Dawkins live on WBEZ’s morning talk show, In The Loop with Sasha-Ann Simons.

09/14/2025

The Englewood Jazz Festival returns September 16-20! Join us for five days as we honor 60 years of the AACM with an incredible lineup of artists and performances you don’t want to miss.

Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Redux through the lens of 📸 Alan Frohlichstein
09/12/2025

Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Redux through the lens of 📸 Alan Frohlichstein

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Chicago, IL
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