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The Detroit Jazz Festival’s virtual 2020 edition will include an opening night performance by Pharoah Sanders and a closing set from Robert Glasper — with a whole lot of Detroit artists in between.

Nearly a month after announcing the Labor Day weekend event would be shifting to a streaming and broadcast format, the jazz fest has revealed its four-day lineup.

Sanders and Glasper will be among the dozens of artists performing in a controlled environment inside the Renaissance Center, where three sound stages will emulate the festival’s traditional outdoor stages.

More: Detroit jazz fest goes virtual for 2020; Labor Day weekend event to air on web, TV, radio

The festival will be aired live in its entirety Sept. 4-7 on the Detroit Jazz Festival’s social media platforms, along with the City of Detroit’s Channel 22 and WDET-FM (101.9). Portions of the event will be broadcast throughout the weekend on Detroit Public Television, WRCJ-FM (90.9) and WEMU-FM (89.1).

The event will also be available to subscribers on the Detroit Jazz Fest LIVE! app.

Sept. 4 (6:15 p.m.-11:45 p.m.)

JUSTICE: Sister Strings: Roots, Voice & Drums, Detroit Jazz Fest All-Stars Generations Band, Michael Jellick Sextet, Robert Hurst presents the Black Current Jam Band

Lulu Fall and the Kris Johnson Group

Pharoah Sanders: Icon

Legacy Artists: Ursula Walker and Buddy Budson

Sept. 5 (11:20 a.m.-midnight)

Tartarsauce Traditional Jazz Band

Alex Harding: Afro Horn

Ron Di Salvo Trio

Dr. Prof. Leonard King Orchestra

Gayelynn McKinney & McKinney Zone

Sabbatical Bob

Aguanko

Rodney Whitaker Septet w/ Vocalist Rockelle Fortin featuring the Music of Count Basie and Billie Holiday

Steve Turre Quintet

Something to Live For – Music of Billy Strayhorn

Sept. 6 (11:20 a.m.-midnight)

Collegiate Combo Competition Winner

Sven Anderson – Doc’s Holiday

The Rayse Biggs Collective

The Dave Bennett Quartet

Beartrap

Sean Dobbins Trio

Sister Strings: Roots, Voice & Drums

Robert Hurst presents The Black Current Jam Band

Walter White Big Band

Michael Jellick Sextet

Sept. 7 (11:20 a.m.-11 p.m.)

Marion Hayden: Detroit Legacy

David McMurray

Joan Belgrave presents: The Marcus Belgrave Legacy Ensemble

Joey Alexander Trio

The Curtis Taylor Quartet

Call Al

Henry Conerway III

Rene Marie & Experiment in Truth

Robert Glasper

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