We are jazzed to announce JAWS Fest 2025! Jazz. Art. Writers. SOUTH! It’s all happening this summer at the University of South Alabama’s Marx Library. From casual Jazzy Brunches to classy concerts, JAWS Fest brings a whole summer of exciting events to Mobile, Alabama. Listen to live music and poetry, view a variety of art galleries, and enjoy the hospitality of our South Alabama community!

Join us for JAWS Fest 2025!

2025 FEATURED EVENTS

May 22

JAWS FEST KICKOFF CONCERT WITH EXCELSIOR BAND for JAWS Youth Awards

MAY 29

Book Launch Reception for “Mr. Paris Makes a Mess, An Excelsior Band Murder Mystery”

JUNE 12

Symone French and the Trouille Troupe

JUNE 17

LaDarrel Bell, drummer for the Excelsior Band

JAWS YOUTH

JAWS Youth is our art outreach program for students connecting them to the Jazz Art Writers South Festival by utilizing art and music. View the one of a kind jazz-themed art by K-12 students on display in the Marx Library during May and June.

2024 JAWS YOUTH WINNERS

  • BEST IN SHOW

    Untitled by Rian Jackson

  • BEST JAZZ THEMED WORK

    Freedom by Mariah Leggins

  • BEST CREATIVE EXPRESSION

    The Art of Jazz by Kahmani Pearson

VIEW THE DIGITAL GALLERY

MERCHANDISE

Celebrate JAWS Fest in style with our custom t-shirt! Check back later for our 2025 t-shirt.

CONNECT

JAWS Festival 2024 t-shirts are still on sale! Celebrate JAWS Fest in style with our custom t-shirt, featuring our 2024 mascot on the front and our music event schedule on the back. Enjoy this awesome way to remember the great time you had at JAWS F
Check out the winning paintings from this year's JAWS Youth art contest! Best of Show: Rian Jackson - "Untitled" Best Jazz Themed Work: Mariah Leggins - "Freedom" Best Creative Expression: Kahmani Pearson - "The Art of Jazz&
Celebrate the end of an unforgettable JAWS Festival with us! Our Closing Ceremony with a performance by Andrew Ayers & Friends with Jazz Studio is this Thursday, June 20, at 6:00 pm. Visit our website to reserve your seat by making a donation! A
Don’t forget about our concert tomorrow night! Join us in the Marx Library Auditorium at 6:00 pm for A Night of Mississippi Blues with Thomas Jackson. Reserve a spot by making a donation to JAWS Fest via our Eventbrite page, see our website www
Fun with the Sound Buryer! We've so enjoyed our Jazzy Lunches with this awesome artist. If you haven't had the chance to join us for Jazzy Lunch during this year's festival, worry not! We still have two Jazzy Lunch events coming your way. These even
Repost from @usa_libraries_art_galleries : "The Whole Thing: Music Made From Every Stage" is not just an exhibition—it's a celebration of jazz as a living, breathing art form. Through Argo's masterful use of color, texture, and form,
ONE WEEK until our next big JAWS Festival concert! Thomas Jackson is a singer/songwriter and visual artist from Hattiesburg, MS. He performs original and traditional blues music all over the South and has been performing live music for nearly 20 ye
Missing Mardi Gras already? Join us and the Gulf Coast Dixieland Dauphin Street Stompers tomorrow for a taste of your favorite carnival season tunes, right here at the Marx Library. Wednesday, May 29th at 12:00 pm | Marx Library Room 181 | FREE Eve