Giving Your Time is Crucial for the Festival

The Mid Atlantic Jazz Festival (MAJF) and its producer, The Jazz Academy of Music, Inc. (JAM) depends on our hard-working team of volunteers to make our festival a success. Volunteering is a great way to get involved with the festival, get some experience and give back to the MAJF and Jazz Academy community. The MAJF will take place February 16, 17, and 18, concluding on February 19, 2024, at the Hilton Washington, DC/Rockville Hotel & Executive Meeting Center (formerly the Doubletree), located at 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. If you are interested in volunteering at this year’s festival, please fill out the volunteer application below to get started.

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VOLUNTEERING

VOLUNTEER POSITIONS
Box Office Attendant

Sells Tickets, processes ticket exchanges, answers general questions. Strong financial acumen and the ability to execute cash and credit card transactions in a fast paced environment.

Decorating Crew Member

Works to set up signs and background scenery that is pleasing and inviting pre-festival and post-festival.

High School Band Coordinator (Student)

Help direct students to and from High School Band warm up rooms and competition room, help with change overs.

Green Room Attendant

Greet performing artists, monitor the door and prohibit access to unauthorized individuals and ensure safety of performing artists belongings while they are performing.

Hospitality Room Attendant

Help monitor the hospitality suite to ensure only people with the correct credentials enter and help artists with food and drink.

Humanities Room Attendant

Helping set up the projector and run the movie events, panel discussions and monitor room access.

Masterclass Attendant

Help set up and monitor access to masterclasses and junior jam session.

Usher

Usher for Main, Club, Oval, and Discovery Stages

Collecting admission tickets and passes from patrons, assisting in finding seats, searching for lost articles, and locating such facilities as restrooms and telephones

Stagehands

Stagehands for Main, Club, Oval, and Discovery Stages

Assist with stage set up before, during and after each act on the main stage

MAJFun Squad

Helps to direct visitors to and from activities throughout the day.  Needs to know the festival schedule and ticketing process.  Also, should be comfortable talking to patrons of every age.

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ACCOMODATIONS

We are pleased to join with the Hilton for the eleventh year as our venue sponsor for the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival.  The Hilton Washington, DC/Rockville Hotel and Executive Meeting Center is an atrium-styled hotel and event venue.  It is the perfect location for the MAJF with over 19,000 square feet of expansive and flexible space.  It is located at 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The hotel features a staff committed to excellence, extraordinary dining options, and an outstanding location near the Washington Metro Transit’s – Twinbrook Station – Red Line (www.wmata.com) making it extremely accessible to most of the popular tourist destinations in Maryland and Washington, DC.  Performance space, accommodations, food, vendors, and more are all indoors under one roof.  The hotel is minutes from world-class shopping and over 200 restaurants.  It is also conveniently located to all area airports, major highways and the Amtrak train station, Union Station.  The festival room rate is $128.00 per night for rooms with single-king or double-queen bedding options.  We recommend that hotel reservations be made as soon as possible as the hotel will be fully booked for the festival.  Guests must tell the hotel reservationist that they are attending the MAJF (Group Name: MFA) to get the festival room rate.   The reservation line is 301-468-1100. All bands participating in the festival that require overnight stay must stay at the MAJF venue, the Hilton Rockville Hotel. Bands are encouraged to contact Mr. John Jordan, Hilton Director Sales and Marketing by phone at (301) 230-6777 or by email at John.Jordan@hilton.com to reserve your rooms as soon as possible. [Tamara Clarke will be assisting John at the same phone number and her email is tamara.clarke2@hilton.com]Please indicate that you are attending the MAJF in order to receive the MAJF discount on your rooms.

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COVID PROTOCOLS

Masks are optional in all Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival spaces for visitors, staff and volunteers. If you prefer to wear a mask, you are welcome to do so. We ask that you respect others’ choices, and alert a volunteer if you have any concerns.

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