#Iowa city jazz fest pdf#

When I sat down to write this piece, I thought I might do the usual picks list – My Almighty Guide to the best of the fest. Especially because all but the headliners are local/area artists, consider it a way to sample the richness of our jazz community. Think of this event as a big jazz buffet, or as a giant jazz playlist on your iPod. (Although I’ve heard some clubs will ask a small cover charge, the headliners in Mears Park are free.) So you can wander from place to place, stay when you hear music you like, and leave when you don’t in search of something else.

(Pause.)įeeling a bit confused? Overwhelmed? Too many choices, too many places, too many names you’ve never heard?ĭeep breath. You’re online now, so you can visit the website.

#Iowa city jazz fest pdf#

A downloadable PDF lists all of the events happening at each venue. The click-through web version takes you through the festival day-by-day. You can view two versions of the schedule at the festival website. In all, the festival offers 100 performances on three outdoor stages and in 15 different venues, plus five master classes at McNally Smith College of Music. Paul’s Mears Park and venues throughout the city – clubs, restaurants, bars and cafes. After a surprisingly successful start in 1999 and a near-death experience in 2008, the Twin Cities Jazz Festival, formerly the Hot Summer Jazz Festival, returns for its 14th straight year beginning tonight in St. But never is it more concentrated, more accessible, and, let’s say it, more festive than on a weekend in June. Jazz happens in the Twin Cities ever y night of the year in places large and small.