MONTEREY, CA (September 26, 2020) – With the Monterey Jazz Festival going virtual for this year’s event, the Festival is also providing a new online store for merchandise to ensure fans have access to mementos of the music, even though they can’t attend in person.

The new online store is available on the Festival’s website at montereyjazzfestival.org and includes new designs and products that reinforce the creativity and history of the Festival for all fans. With this year’s Festival featuring musical content from the event’s archives, including legendary contemporary and historic performances, the merchandise store also includes new co-branded merchandise celebrating the legendary Dizzy Gillespie, developed in conjunction with Licensing Partners International, the Festival’s licensing partner.

The 63^rd Festival, which takes place September 25-27, is being streamed online each day beginning at 5:00 pm Pacific Time on the Monterey Jazz Festival’s YouTube channel.

In addition to the great line-up of music and merchandise, this year’s Festival is shining a spotlight on the Black community, which is integral to jazz and the Festival. One hundred percent of online contributions from each day of the Virtual Festival will be donated to the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and to jazz artists featured at the Virtual Festival.

About the Monterey Jazz Festival

The mission of the Monterey Jazz Festival is to inspire the discovery and celebration of jazz, anchored by an iconic festival.  Co-founded by Jimmy Lyons and Ralph J. Gleason and established as a nonprofit in 1958, the Monterey Jazz Festival is the longest continuously-running jazz festival in the world.  The organization has presented nearly every major jazz artist over the last 60-plus years—from Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Dave Brubeck, Tony Bennett, and Miles Davis, to contemporary masters Herbie Hancock, Diana Krall, Wynton Marsalis, Trombone Shorty, Norah Jones, Esperanza Spalding, and Terence Blanchard.

As a nonprofit, Monterey Jazz Festival is devoted to education by presenting year-round local, regional, national, and international programs.

About Licensing Partners International

Licensing Partners International (LPI) provides world-class trademark licensing and brand development services that elevate brands and foster greater brand loyalty. LPI delivers enhanced consumer connections through best-in-class brand extension platforms, traditional and e-commerce retail, and innovative marketing and brand storytelling. LPI partners with leading sports, entertainment, consumer, and lifestyle brands to develop customized branded merchandise programs and provide industry-leading brand management tools and resources. Backed by nearly 40 years of brand licensing experience, industry relationships, and expertise, Licensing Partners International is an affiliate of CLC, a division of Learfield IMG College.

For more information on this release, please contact:

Tammy Purves, CLC/LPI, tammy.purves@clc.com