The Mt. Hood Jazz Festival is a five-day immersion into the jazz culture. It includes professional performances by world-renowned artists as well as a large competitive festival for high school and middle school jazz ensembles. Attendees can experience the music, vendors, food and culture of the area.

See mhcc.edu/JazzFestival for schedule and artist details as well as Festival Policies.

Rivkah Ross is a Portland-based drummer, composer, and bandleader. Rivkah's debut album Dare to Hope (PJCE Records) marks the arrival of an inspiring new voice in modern jazz. Moving effortlessly between beautiful melodies and gritty, angular rhythms, her music embodies defiant triumph and hope. A first-generation American raised by a single mother, Rivkah brings a message of hard-won optimism to every note. Taking a page from her hero, Roy Haynes, and paying homage to giants like Coltrane and Shorter, Rivkah is pushing jazz forward with a sound unapologetically all her own.