The Exit Zero Jazz Festival debuted in November 2012 in the national historic landmark city of Cape May, a picturesque beach town on the very southern tip of New Jersey. The Festival takes place twice a year, Spring and Autumn, in the shoulder tourist seasons of Cape May.

The Exit Zero Jazz Festival is a 3-day musical feast featuring hundreds of musicians and thousands of visitors. Exit Zero Jazz presents international touring artists performing on the stage in Cape May Convention Hall, plus a full weekend schedule in the bars and restaurants of Cape May.

You might find yourself one minute second-lining to a New Orleans brass band, and, in the next, snaking through town behind a 22-piece Brazilian drum bloco. The joy of the Exit Zero Jazz Festival is in the discovery of incredible music and musicians you may never have known existed.