Jazz Road

Jazz Road offers two grant opportunities: 

Jazz Road Tours 

Jazz Road Tours supports three- to six-site tours at an array of venue types, often in rural communities and other areas traditionally underserved by the genre. Artists may apply for grants ranging from $5,000 to $15,000 to cover eligible expenses. 

Jazz Road Tours will operate on regularly recurring application cycles through 2026. 

Learn More About the Tours Grant

Jazz Road Creative Residencies

Creative Residencies provide financial support for professional jazz artists from across the U.S. in self-defined residency activities that advance their artistry, creative exploration, community engagement, and lifework in jazz. Artists may apply for grants ranging from $5,000 to $40,000. The application deadline is April 2, 2025. 

Learn More about the creative residencies grant

Other Jazz Road Initiatives

Call for Presenters & Venues

Are you interested in being contacted by artists about potential Jazz Road engagements? Jazz Road relies on successful connections between artists and the venues/presenters/communities which will host them. If you represent an organization that presents jazz–or is interested in expanding their work to include jazz presenting–please complete the form below. We are looking for presenters of all types, from jazz clubs to places of worship to performing arts centers to house concerts to non-traditional presenters, and communities from rural or isolated to urban.

About Jazz Road

Jazz Road is funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation with additional support from the Mellon Foundation, and is led by South Arts in partnership with the five other U.S. Regional Arts Organizations (Arts Midwest, Mid-America Arts Alliance, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, New England Foundation for the Arts, and Western Arts Alliance/Western States Arts Federation). For more information about Jazz Road, visit www.jazzroad.org.