New York’s Blue Note Jazz Club will take over the Los Angeles music scene in 2025.

The Greenwich Village club, long one of New York’s elite jazz venues, will open a new venue in Hollywood in March, with 200- and 100-seat function rooms and a full restaurant. The club already has locations all over the world, in addition to Napa, Hawaii, Tokyo, Italy, China and Brazil.

The venue will partner with Grammy-winning artist and songwriter Robert Glasper to curate events in Los Angeles, beginning with his long-running “Robtober” artist residency.

“I am honored to have once supported Blue Note in what will be a vital cultural center for the Los Angeles community. “Los Angeles has been my second home and I look forward to bringing the culture of Los Angeles to Blue Note,” Glasper said in a statement.

The venue arrives at a mixed moment for local jazz clubs, as some beloved venues have shuttered and others are revamping to hang on.

Additionally, the venue will become the new flagship partner of the Hollywood Bowl Jazz Festival, which will be renamed the Blue Note Jazz Festival (it began as the Playboy Jazz Festival in 1979). Presented by the L.A. Phil, the revamped festival will debut June 14 at the Hollywood Bowl, with a full lineup announced Feb. 18 and tickets on sale in May.

The Napa edition of the Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa kicked off in 2022, with a showcase of hip-hop and R&B that welcomed headliners Nas, Mary J. Blige, Chance the Rapper and Maxwell.

“We are thrilled to partner with Blue Note to launch the Blue Note Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl,” Kim Noltemy, president and CEO of the LA Phil, said in a statement. “This union represents a shared commitment to celebrating jazz and its ordinary artists as we continue the legacy of world-class music at the Bowl. Together, we look to the future to create an unforgettable experience for jazz lovers in Los Angels. “

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