Jazz Open Session

About this event

Jazz Open Session

Hosted by Stephen and Mary Merriman

Featuring The Merrimans' Play-House Players

It's open to the public. Listen. Play. Woodshed. Discuss. Based on Jazz Standards - Straight-Ahead Jazz. It's a Learning Environment. Bring your Instrument, your Ears, your Friends.

Egos stay at the door.

Every Tuesday 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm (Culture Café opens at 6:30, venue doors open at 7:00)

$5 suggested donation

Concerts and events made possible, in part, with support from the Wells Fargo Philanthropic Services Private Trust Foundations, which include grants from the Stanley A. and Flora P. Clark Memorial Community Trust Foundation, the John, Anna, and Martha Jane Fields Memorial Trust Foundation, the Muessel Ellison Memorial Trust Foundation, and the Florence V. Carroll Charitable Trust. Special concert event support provided by the Arts Midwest Grow, Invest, Gather (GIG) Fund grant. Activities are made possible in part by the Arts Organization Support (AOS), Indiana Arts Commission, a state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

Concerts and events were made possible, in part, through support from The Esther and George Jaruga Charitable Foundation (2020–2023 seasons). The Student and Home Grown Series concerts have been made possible, in part, through the ArtsEverywhere Grant from the Community Foundation of St. Joseph County. Merrimans' Playhouse has also received Arts Project Support and Arts Recovery grants from the Indiana Arts Commission.