Great event, well organized, multiple stages with live music spread throughout the park. Modern jazz, ragtime jazz, blues, blues rock, & more. Many food & beverage vendors (incl. beer & wine). BBQ ribs & tacos were our favorites. Booths showcasing different types of art, arts & crafts, clothing, etc. Also, a kids activity area. We really enjoyed the day here.This is a free-access event. Also, free parking at the MedPark Train Station where the city runs a free bus service to the festival grounds. If you want to park within walking distance of the festival, you might have to pay for the parking, if you can find it. We thought the food & beverage prices were reasonable, especially compared to other events weve attended around the plex.Please note the festival is NOT at 525 Ft. Worth Dr. (not sure why Google map lists that address, but its incorrect). The festival is in Quakertown Park between E. Mckinney St & Withers St in Denton.

Weve been to the Jazz Festival 7 out of the past 8 years. It is always a great experience with no entry free, free parking if you dont mind walking, outside beverages allowed in, and delicious food for decent prices.

I’ve been coming to the Denton Arts & Jazz Festival since I was ten years old. Each year has been even better than the last, at least for me. I come and partake in their events on all three days. Fri, Sat, Sunday. I’ve made a lot of memories here that I will never forget. I’d recommend this festival to anyone!

I love taking my family to the Arts and Jazz festival every yearIts the best place to enjoy the fresh air and sunshine. While supporting local businesses and artist from around the area. I will always recommend that everyone go and enjoy time with friends and family.

Had a great time. The bands were awesome and the food was delicious. The atmosphere was pleasant. I will definitely be attending again!

Awesome Venue and its free. Good music and food for all likes. I will be attending again this year.

Fantastic Weather, Good Music & The Arts and Crafts Booths are A Lot of Fun!

Great time!! Great Music! Great Food and variety! Outstanding people and MCs! AND ITS FREE ALONG WITH PARKING!! ?? Buy a T Shirt (Cool too!) and keep it that way!! CANT WAIT FOR NEXT YEAR!!

What a great festival! So much music of all different kinds and lots of things to do and so much food!! There is something for everyone here, from families to high school and college kids. Definitely bring lawn chairs!

Great music, awesome atmosphere, so much to do.

Have been in 10 years and it hasnt changed a bit in a good way. Its amazing as it always was!

We had a great time at this event and will likely attend again.

I go every year for three days. Bring good shoes, sun protection, and cash, also a backpack helps.

We have attended this event for years. My father in-law is a jazz musician and played each year. We had to miss it this year due to health reasons. We will be back. A great event for the family.

Large event. Tons of vendors. Hard to find parking. Lots of walking. Good music spread out with variety of music. Lots to see and enjoy.

This annual event always brings in some legendary national acts, great local talent, performers from area schools, and OF COURSE a special guest appearance from Mother Nature. There is literally something for everyone here, unless you hate people and hate fun and hate live music. This festival is (mostly) family-friendly, (somewhat) pet-friendly, and (very) boozehound-friendly. Be sure to wear shoes that you dont mind getting muddy, just in case.

I always have a great time at this event. There are so many stages and artist to see. I look forward to taking advantage in moving around to see more next year. I strongly urge others to attend as well.

Love this place go there every year and volunteer cant wait to go in

Music, food, and people are the top three things youll find at this festival, and theyre all great. Want to eat fried shark while listening to bagpipes? This is the place for you. Maybe you want beer and jazz? Thats the whole point! Definitely a fun time for any age! (There are bouncy houses and games for kids)

Great music and art outdoor festival. Seven stages spread around a beautiful park. Great food, artists and all types of music.

Had a great day listening to Freddie Jones, Nawlins Gumbo Kings, and Joe McBride. Would have given 5 stars but there were dogs allowed and the smoke from cigars and cigarettes was AWFUL eventhough it was an outdoor event. It would earn 5+ stats from me if they sold tickets for a covered, smoke free area, with clean bathrooms. However, this is a GREAT, FREE, event for the community with WONDERFUL music. Thank you to all the sponsors.

Experience the State Fair on a smaller scale. Want the fried oreos, fried twinkies, fried cheesecake, or fried brownies? This is it!! Want Elote?? Turkey legs? Kettle Corn? Fresh lemonade? Beer? Many food options. Super to-do for the last weekend in April.Super cool vendors with unique stuff. Bring card or cash. You wont regret it.

Good music, find a nice spot and relax. You will find music you know and things you dont but you will have a good time.

It was my first time, but not what I expected. I dont regret going, it was a very pleasant family oriented event. Everyone should check it out at least once.

I just like all the beautiful women this year really. But my daughter had a blast

A Great Festival! I recommend when it happens again to go visit because theres many things to do there & Art to look at!

This is a Denton staple. Free of charge, byob, abundant food choices and great music. Bring a blanket and chairs and spend the whole day outside under 100 year old oak trees.

We go every year. Great music and art. Parking can be a bit tricky. Denton now offers bus service every 30 minutes from MedPark train station to the the festival.

Great music and art. The food is pretty good too! Bring a chair and relax!

A bit disappointing although the music and art was great. The disappointment is that it was warm and humid and far too few concession stands had bottled water available for purchase. You could get all the lemonade, tea, and beer that you wanted, but no water. The DOD fest had tons of water available, both free, and for sale.

Great food, music and entertainment! The weather was great too. Didnt rain for once.

Hands-down one of the best music festivals you can attend in the DFW -- and its FREE! You wont be disappointed, trust me!

Lots of fun! Nice way to spend the day outside relaxing or dancing (if thats your thing).

Free festival. Quality music and performances from local school groups to professional headliners.

Great place to see. Some eye candy here in Denton@

Had a great time with the family fun and great art. Will definitely go back next year.

The one thing I look forward to every year! Always find really interesting art and just good fun for friends and family!

What a wonderful free event. The problems that I had was trying to find someone who could help me find the information both on Friday, never did find it. I was needing information about ADA parking, never found that either. Very clean and lots of vendors.

NOT on Ft.Worth Drive at all! (???)Civic Center & huge Quakertown Park is off Bell & McKinney streets between Emily Fowler library and Senior Center. Lots of trees for shade.LOVE JAZZ!!! Denton goes all out for this yearly (last weekend in April) celebration in mid-town Quakertown Park. The Civic Center and random tents are full of artwork, jewelry, pottery, clothing & various crafts & items ranging from The Best of the Best to cheap imports. (ugh) Lots to see & do here.Abundant food from many tasty ethnic groups plus American; something good for everyone.Usually perfect weather. The days and nights are full of great jazz on many scattered stages. Go. Enjoy!NOT on Ft.Worth Drive at all! (???)Civic Center & huge Quakertown Park is off Bell & McKinney streets between Emily Fowler library and Senior Center. Lots of trees for shade.

Fun festival with lots of jazz music and entretainment for the whole family. They have a huge kids section and a private diaper changing station.

Amazing music and wonderful fair food. The various vendor stands were fun to visit.

Was it a Jazz festival or a food festival???? Had a good time left a little lighter in the wallet after a snack.

Always have a great time and got some gorgeous hand blown lamp shades

Best way to spend a weekend,listening to good music and eating fried food in folding chairs.

This was a fun and pretty big festival, great way to spend a weekend!

One of the best annual May events with outstanding variety of music.

I had a great time! Great music, food, etc. And pet friendly!

Largest free jazz festival, with the UNT Jazz program for an anchor. None better!

Jazz Fest this year 2018 was great fun wonderful music you dont have to have a bunch of money$$ I mean unless you want to eat that crazy food which is also amazing Just a hear gathering with good vibes

An awesome event! Denton Arts and Jazz festival always brings out world class speakers and somehow keeps itself free. With 6 stages and a ton of events and booths, there isnt many reasons not to go and enjoy it!

If you like music, this is the best festival in the Dallas area. And its free.

Ive been going with my family for several years.Great event for entire family

Great for a family and a date. Not a whole lot to do for a college student.

Awesome festival with lots of great music and food.

Really good music. It exposed me to a lot of amazing artist that Ive never heard of.

Well laid out, great music and artists

Brave Combo + lots of other greatness. Go.

Good if you have tons of money to spend, or friends to enjoy it with!!

Today was our first time at this event and finding it was a happy accident when we ate at a nearby restaurant.It was really fun with great booths and activities for all.We will be back!

Great venues and music. Food and vendors pretty typical, and somewhat pricey and most only accepted cash. The area was too crowded to get around with ease. Major complaint: anywhere I sat down with my blanket, be it by the drainage channel on a hill, or at the main jazz stadium, I was engulfed in cigarette smoke. I couldnt get away from it and my partner is allergic. They need solve this problem being a family event. Felt more like a dirt bag festival. Didnt stay long any of the days I was there. I think they need to move to a larger space given the crowd size. Also a lot of the music wasnt jazz at all.

The food is very expensive thats why 3 starts. We couldnt even afford to eat like we wanted. The festival was great other than that

Amazing! We have been going for 20+ years now...my grandmother used to take me and now I take my children! Great musical line ups, entertaining dance and singing troupes each day; great variety of DFW food vendors and creative arts booths to buy from!

The best event Denton has to offer all year!

Had a great time. Was the first time I had ever been here. I had the time of my life with my really good friend and her friend.

Great time for me! My daughter and grandkids enjoyed it also!

Had a great time listening to the music and enjoying the other entertainment offered. Looking forward to next year. Just need to remember to bring a chair.

Parking is a nightmare, so carpooling or public transit is best.Definitely bring cash if you plan to buy from stalls. Most dont accept card, and the atms charge a $4 fee to pull cash from.Food is hit or miss depending on the stalls, but its usually still decent.

Good music. Fun festival

Fun hippy event! The crowd was not overwhelming. We are definitely making this an annual event.

Great time every year.

Great music, great food, great vendors!

Best event of the year..music, food, fun.

I really liked the setting of the grounds.

What a way to spend your day!

Wonderful venue held in a park with plenty of shade. Excellent music and that is the reason for going.

Im not a hard core Jazz fan, so this event is more for seeing friends and locals and doing some people watching.

Great music and a ton of vendors. Super fun every year

The name is misleading! It should be called the Denton Music Festival. There is definitely not enough jazz and not enough good jazz presented!

The two best things about the jazz festival are free admission and sandart.

Good entertainment. Very good job by police for security at the event. Lots of bands playing and good expensive food venders.

Great food, local artists and the best jazz musicians get together in the area.

Fun, fun, fun! Had a great time and did I mention it was fun?

Not much jazz music but still a good time

Good food. Good music.

GREAT festival. food/drinks/ and live jazz. doesnt get much better than this.

Love it! Dentons greatest festival! Free!

Great music and great art.

My 2nd year. Great fun..amazing music, esp. Phyrework on the big stage at 7 pm on Saturday night. Hope theyre back next year!

An annual event Ive been attending since I was a child, love it!

So many choices to choose from at this Jazz fest, also there were performances going on that made it feel nice.

Always epic. Great sounds, arts and crafts and hey... Belly dancers!

Always an excellent festival

Best yearly festival in the metroplex as far as Im concerned.

This was great! Enjoyed my visit

Awesome and fun family event!

Fun like always, great food but a bit expensive but I guess thats just how it is at any type of festival.

Best free festival Ive ever been to

Good event for the whole family. I personally dont like how some, if not most, vendors only accept cash.

Excellent day trip. This festival is an always must do every year.

We Go almost every year. Lots of food and great music.