M³ will stage 19 live performances and six brand new duo commissions at their inaugural in-person festival, co-presented with NYC Winter Jazzfest. The concerts will feature musicians including Fay Victor, Val-Inc aka Val Jeanty SoundChemist, Shanta Nurullah, Michele Rosewoman, Monnette Sudler, Malika Zarra, Sumi Tonooka, Erica Lindsay, Caroline Davis, Jen Shyu & Sara Serpa and many more.

As venues and festivals re-open, many clubs, performing arts centers and festivals are still programming mostly male, established musicians, who have always dominated programming. The Mutual Mentorship for Musicians (M³) Festival, co-presented with NYC Winter Jazzfest, proposes a drastic reversal of this imbalance by presenting 19 women and non-binary bandleaders. The festival spans five days as performers, M³’s commissioned composers and workshop leaders provide powerful examples of women and non-binary perspectives to music lovers, students, families, children, other musicians and music industry professionals.