13-Time GRAMMY® Winner Chucho Valdés to Headline 20th Annual Silver Spring Jazz Festival on Saturday, Sept. 7

For Immediate Release: Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Montgomery County’s Silver Spring Arts & Entertainment District has announced that the quartet of Afro-Cuban jazz legend Chucho Valdés will headline the free 20th Annual Silver Spring Jazz Festival on Saturday, Sept. 7. Mr. Valdés—known as a pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger—has won seven GRAMMY Awards, six Latin GRAMMY Awards and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Latin Recording Academy.

The festival will run from 3-10 p.m. at Veteran’s Plaza, located at One Veterans Place in Silver Spring. The Chuco Valdés Quartet is scheduled to take the stage at 8:30 p.m.