SPENARD JAZZ FEST IS...
A multi-disciplinary arts festival that celebrates all musical genres and seeks to strengthen Alaska’s musician community. SJF focuses heavily on original music by Alaskan composers, while also bringing in incredible musicians from everywhere else around the world to collaborate with them.
In 2021, SJF released THE ALASKA REAL BOOK with over 200 charts by Alaskan composers! Click here to get your copy!
OUR TEAM
Cameron Cartland - Associate Founding Festival Director
John Christensen, Candlewick Studios - Website Admin & Content Manager
Michael Dickerson - Associate Festival Director, Hospitality
Yngvil Vatn Guttu - Founding Festival Director
Lisa Hawkins - Social Media Coordinator
Scott Jensen, JensenHall Creative - Videography, Livestream Production
Lucy Peckham, Both Ears Live Sound - Live Audio Engineering
Lauren Petersen - Administrator & Chaos Coordinator
Michael Powell - Health and Safety & Volunteer Coordinator
Emily Tallman, Poetica - Communications Director, Graphic Design
Karl Wilhelmi - Box Office, Merchandise Manager
SPECIAL THANKS TO
Laura Forbes
Nikki Hale
Diana and Sven Lincke
Joel Loosli
Alex McKay
Andrea Noble
Carissa Pearce
Michele Parkhurst
Ira Perman
Rebecca Pottebaum
Jill Reese
Bret Roberts
Charlie Sears
Carrie Shephard
Mead Treadwell