The Mt. Hood Jazz Festival is an annual jazz festival held in Gresham, Oregon.

History

Beginning in 1982, the festival took place on the campus of

Mt. Hood Community College Mt. Hood Community College (MHCC) is a public community college in Gresham, Oregon, United States, named after Mount Hood. Opened in 1966, MHCC enrolls around 30,000 students each year and offers classes at the main campus in Gresham, as well a ...

for many years, then moving to downtown Gresham for five years (2003 through 2007) before returning to the college. Attendance dropped in the 2000s, from an earlier peak of around 10,000 per day to about 1,200 per day at the 2007 festival. The festival was scheduled for April 2020 at the MHCC campus but the COVID-19 pandemic forced its cancellation.

References

Jazz festivals in the United States Festivals in Oregon Gresham, Oregon Tourist attractions in Multnomah County, Oregon 1982 establishments in Oregon August events Annual events in Oregon Recurring events established in 1982 Jazz in Oregon {{Oregon-org-stub