The 23rd Annual Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz begins Friday, July 18th through Sunday, July 20th at Bushnell Park Downtown Hartford.
Quick History:
The Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz is a non-profit organization originally conceived by Paul Brown, noted Hartford jazz bassist and music educator. For 26 years, Paul had produced the Monday Night Jazz Concerts in Bushnell Park, drawing thousands of music lovers to Hartford’s Bushnell Park for picnics and world-class entertainment. That first Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz, in July of 1992, was dedicated to the 25th anniversary of those wonderful summers.
The Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz has grown to be the largest FREE jazz event in New England, with an average attendance of over 45,000, and attracting more than 50,000 fans during the three day Festival in 2013!
The tradition continues in 2014 in Bushnell Park, America’s oldest public park, when the Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz will present its 23rd annual event of three nights and two days of hot and cool jazz on the Performance Pavilion and the Friends of the Festival Arch Stage, featuring great artists from around the world and the USA, as well as young and up-and-coming performers from the local region.
For more information visit www.hartfordjazz.com.
Performance Schedule:
Friday, July 18th
The Pavillion Stage; Music starts at 7:00 PM
5:00 PM – GATES OPEN
6:30 PM – Opening Ceremony7:00 PM – Manuel Valera
8:30 PM – David Sanborn
Saturday, July 19th
The Pavillion Stage; Music starts at 4:30 PM
1:00 PM – GATES OPEN
4:30 PM – David Davis
6:00 PM – La Orquesta Espada
7:30 PM – Urban Jazz Coalition
9:00 PM – Jazz All Stars: Marion Meadow, Brian Simpson, and Kim Waters
11:00 PM – Side Street “New England’s Premier Dance Crew”
11:10 PM – Jus… Us – old School/ Motown/ R&B
Sunday, July 20th
The Pavillion Stage; Music starts at 4:30 PM
10:00 AM – Ross Tucker’s Hot Cat Dixieland Jazz Band, Mass at Christ Church Cathedral, Downtown Hartford
4:30 PM – Sherry Winston
6:00 PM – Javon Jackson
7:30 PM – Azar Lawrence