Core Vision Artists
William Parker
Patricia Nicholson
Jason Kao Hwang
Steve Swell
Jeff Schlanger
Jo Wood Brown
Matthew Shipp
Hamid Drake
Rob Brown
Roy Campbell †
David S. Ware †
Connie Crothers †
Fay Victor
Darius Jones
Gerald Cleaver
James Brandon Lewis
Billy Bang †
Wilber Morris †
Whit Dickey
Steve Dalachinsky †

Vision Festival Lifetime Achievement Honors
Fred Anderson - June 16, 2005
Sam Rivers - June 14, 2006
Bill Dixon- June 20, 2007​
Kidd Jordan - June 11, 2008
Marshall Allen- June 10, 2009
Muhal Richard Abrams - June 24, 2010
Peter Brötzmann - June 8, 2011
​Joe McPhee - June 13, 2012
Milford Graves  - June 12, 2013
Robert Janz - June 13, 2013
Charles Gayle - June 11, 2014
Jeff Schlanger - June 12, 2014
Henry Grimes - June 7, 2016
Cooper-Moore - May 29, 2017
​Dave Burrell - May 23, 2018
Andrew Cyrille - June 11, 2019
Alain Kirili - June 13, 2019
​Amina Claudine Myers - June 23, 2021

Vision Festival In Memoriam
Jimmy Lyons - May 25, 1998
Denis Charles - May 31, 1999
Julius Hemphill - May 29, 2000
Rev. Frank Wright - May 28, 2001
Don Cherry - May 27, 2002
Jeanne Lee - May 26, 2003
Wilber Morris & Peter Kowald - May 31, 2004
Raphe Malik Tribute Band - June 13, 2006
50 Strings for Leroy Jenkins - June 22, 2007
Charles Gayle Bass Choir Tribute to Sirone - June 26, 2010
​Tribute to Marion Brown - June 5, 2011
Billy Bang Tribute Band - June 11, 2011​