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City Parks Foundation Announces SUMMERSTAGE 30th Anniversary in N.Y.C. | May 18th – Oct. 4th, 2015

City Parks Foundation Announces SUMMERSTAGE
30th ANNIVERSARY SEASON
Presented by Capital One Bank

Expanded season runs May 18 – October 4

Over 140+ FREE Music, Dance, Comedy, Family and Theater programs in 14 Parks Across all 5 Boroughs

April 8, 2015 – New York, NY– In June of 1986 Sun Ra and the Omniverse Jet Set Arkestra performed a free concert in the Naumberg Bandshell in Central Park, and the summer music landscape in New York City changed forever. Today, nearly 30 years later, SummerStage is New York City’s largest free performing arts festival, presenting work in all performing arts disciplines, with a focus on New York’s unique neighborhoods. SummerStage has touched the lives of more than six million fans from around the world.

The 6th Annual Hudson Valley Jazz Festival | Aug. 27th-30th, 2015

Save The Dates
The Hudson Valley Jazz Festival
Year 6 Aug. 27-30

Headlining the festival will be Miles Davis protege Wallace Roney. Also featuring Lenny White, Jason Miles and many more.

Mr. Roney will perform Sunday, August 30, 7 PM at The Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center.
Presented by Advisors Capital Management.

Celebrate opening night, Thursday Aug. 27 wth The Jeff Ciampa Latin Ensemble with Lincoln Goines in Warwick’s Landmark Inn at 7 and The Robert Kopec Group at Christopher’s Bistro in Chester at 6.

A park concert Sat Aug 29 presented by The Pine Island Chamber of Commerce with Neil Alexander and The Village of Warwick Summer Concert Series will present Jason Miles/Ingrid Jensen “Kind of New” on The Village Green.

The 22nd Annual Charlie Parker Jazz Festival | Aug. 20th-23rd, 2015

City Parks Foundation Presents
CHARLIE PARKER JAZZ FESTIVAL
August 21-23

New York, NY – City Parks Foundation is proud to announce the 22nd edition of the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival, made possible with the generous support of the Dalio Foundation. Founded in memoriam of beloved jazz musician Charlie Parker, this festival annually attracts thousands of fans to two historic parks in Manhattan. The festival will kick off the first of its three days on August 21st in Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem, blocks from the famous jazz clubs where Parker graced the stage, and move to Tompkins Square Park in the East Village on Sunday, just across the street from the late Parker’s apartment.

The Martha’s Vineyard Jazz & Blues Summerfest | Sept. 3rd-6th, 2015

Ms. Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton and Nnenna Freelon Headline
2015 Martha’s Vineyard Jazz and Blues Summerfest
Labor Day Weekend, September 3rd thru 6th

Mt. Vernon, NY, and Martha’s Vineyard, MA, July 24, 2015—Lewis and Kirk Expeditions announced today that Grammy Award winner Ms. Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton, and six-time Grammy Award nominee Nnenna Freelon will headline the 2015 Martha’s Vineyard Jazz and Blues Summerfest (http://mvjazzbluessummerfest.com/), Labor Day Weekend, Thursday, September 3 thru Sunday, September 6. Tickets are $45, $65 and $100 and can be purchased online at www.ticketsmv.com.

The 12th Annual Wall Street Jazz Festival in N.Y. | Sept. 4th & 5th, 2015

Reggae Singer Etana Announces Spring 2015 U.S. Tour

ETANA ANNOUNCES U.S. TOUR IN SUPPORT OF LATEST ALBUM I RISE

Following Her Recent Initiative to “Stop Ebola and Build For the Future”

The Jamaican Reggae Singer Joins Hawaiian Songstress Anuhea on June Dates

On the heels of Etana‘s United Nations’ performance and the release of her “Better Tomorrow” single for the “Stop Ebola and Build For the Future” campaign, the reggae singer announces her Spring 2015 U.S. tour. The run kicks off in NYC on April 25 and covers the Midwest and West. For the June portion of her tour, Etana joins forces with Hawaiian songstress Anuhea for a one of a kind musical experience starring reggae’s top female solo acts of this generation. See full schedule below.

The 16th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival | April 17th – May 17th, 2015

The CBJC music series is NYC’s longest continually running grassroots festival dedicated to Jazz.

CBJC Members and Patrons of the Art Form Called Jazz

On Wednesday, March 4th the 16th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival -“Where
Jazz Lives” will announce NEA Jazz Master saxophonist Lou Donaldson (amongst a
host of others such as Wycliffe Gordon, Arturo O’Farrill, Dwight “Dr. Mambo”
Brewster, The New Cookers, Akua Dixon, Steven Kroon, Gerry Eastman, T.K. Blue,
William Spaulding, and Jeff King just to name some) participation in its 50 event
music series taking place April 17 thru May 17, 2015.

The 5th Annual Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival | May 4th-9th, 2015

JAZZMOBILE CONTINUES CELEBRATING ITS 50th ANNIVERSARY
at the Fifth Annual Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival May 4 – 9
Presented by the Apollo Theater, Harlem Stage and Jazzmobile

This year the Festival will also pay tribute to the iconic Jazzmobile as a Shrine

HARLEM, USA, April 14, 2015 – Jazzmobile continues its 50th anniversary celebration May 4 – 9 at the Fifth Annual Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival, a week-long, multi-venue partnership with the Apollo Theater, Harlem Stage and Jazzmobile,in collaboration with Columbia University. The festivalrevives the spirits and sounds of Harlem’s historic jazz venues with swinging live performances, jam sessions, informative panel discussions, dance parties and more.

Irvin Mayfield & The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra on Tour | Starting Feb. 5th, 2015

IRVIN MAYFIELD AND THE NEW ORLEANS JAZZ ORCHESTRA
KICK OFF 12-CITY TOUR FEBRUARY 5 – 22, 2015

NEW ORLEANS, LA, January 26, 2015 – Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (NOJO) hit the road for a 12-city tour beginning in Miami, FL on February 5 and wrapping up in Fairfield, CT on February 22. In addition to Mayfield on trumpet, the 18-piece Orchestra includes such respected musicians as Victor Atkins on piano and Ed “Sweetbread” Petersen on saxophone.

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