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THE HOMECOMING: Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival

4/30/2024

 
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THE HOMECOMING!
14th Annual Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival
Returns September 19 – 22, 2024
with FREE Concerts on Liberty Avenue
and Pays Tribute to the 15th Anniversary of the Opening
of the August Wilson African American Cultural Center

 
Artists Include Robert Glasper, Shemekia Copeland,
The Average White Band Farewell Tour,

Maysa, Sean Jones, Orrin Evans & The Captain Black Big Band, Emmet Cohen Trio, Endea Owens & The Cookout, Cimafunk,
​Luedji Luna, Dan Wilson, Vanisha Gould and More

 
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Signs on as Lead Festival Sponsor
 
All Aboard The Jazz Train™,
Which Picks Up Festival-bound Passengers in New York,
​Newark and Philadelphia

 
Tickets Go Sale Wednesday, May 15, 10:00 am at pittsburghjazzfest.org

​PITTSBURGH, PA - April 30, 2024 – Get ready for The Homecoming when the Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival (PIJF) returns to the Cultural District, September 19 – 22, 2024 featuring a Free celebration along Liberty Avenue, between 10th and 7th Streets. Co-presented by Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield with additional support from UPMC and VisitPittsburgh, the 14th annual festival kicks off with concerts at area clubs on Thursday, followed by ticketed concerts and the popular Taste of Jazz Party on Friday at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center (AWAACC), 980 Liberty Avenue, and then takes the music to the streets for FREE concerts on Saturday and Sunday, it was announced today, which is lauded around the world as International Jazz Appreciation Day.  

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Spoken Word Apex Takes Over Atlanta

4/17/2024

 
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TAALAM ACEY Presents SPOKEN WORD APEX,
An Incredible Evening of Performance Poetry Featuring
Georgia Me, Queen Sheba, Abyss, Theresa Tha SONGBIRD,
Ed Mabrey and More at the High Museum of Art
​Sunday, April 21, 7:00 pm

​ATLANTA, GA – In honor of National Poetry Month, “The Godfather of Spoken Word” TAALAM ACEY is bringing his acclaimed all-star SPOKEN WORD APEX to Atlanta’s High Museum of Art, 1280 Peachtree Street, on Sunday, April 21, 2024, at 7:00 pm.

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Jazz in the Valley Is Back!

4/10/2024

 
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The  24th Annual JAZZ IN THE VALLEY Festival Returns
to Poughkeepsie’s Waryas Park

Sunday, August 18, 2024, Noon – 6:00 pm,
​with an All-Star Lineup

 
 Javon Jackson performs with featured guests –
acclaimed poet and cultural icon Nikki Giovanni
and vocalist Nnenna Freelon

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Jazz Icon Charles McPherson, The Brandee Younger Trio, and Mitch Frohman & The Bronx Horns complete the day’s musical offerings
 
 TRANSART’s Second Annual Poughkeepsie Jazz CrawlTakes Over
Downtown Poughkeepsie on Saturday, August 17
 
Tickets Go on Sale April 15 at www.jazzinthevalleyny.org
​POUGHKEEPSIE, NY, April 8, 2024 –  Jazz in the Valley (JITV), upstate New York’s premiere festival, returns to Poughkeepsie’s Waryas Park on Sunday, August 18, 2024, starting at Noon and ending at 6:00 pm. Presented by TRANSART & Cultural Services, Inc., the 24th annual festival celebrates the legacy, history and future of jazz, with a blend of young and legendary musicians that include harpist Brandee Younger and her trio, alto saxophonist Charles McPherson, Mitch Frohman & The Bronx Horns and JITV Artistic Director Javon Jackson performs with featured guests, the esteemed poet Nikki Giovanni and vocalist Nnenna Freelon.

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