Arkansas Jazz Festival (Outdoor Concerts) at Dardanelle Gazebo on Front Street

The 2017 Arkansas Jazz Festival (presented by Arkansas Jazz Educators) will include free outdoor concerts on Friday, 21 April (approximately 3:30-9:30pm) and Saturday, 22 April (approximately 8:30am-6pm) at Little Rock's Riverfront Amphitheater and at/near Dardanelle's Front Street Gazebo. Held in conjunction with Jazz Appreciation Month (April), these concerts (scheduled each hour at each site) will feature dozens of jazz bands from colleges, high schools, and junior high/middle schools. (See below for specific bands and performance times in Dardanelle on Saturday, 22 April 2017.) Renowned trombonist Scott Whitfield (scottwhitfield.com) will perform with the jazz band from the University of Arkansas at Monticello on Friday (5:30pm) in Dardanelle and on Saturday (12pm) in Little Rock. Info and local maps for both venues are provided via links at the top of their respective Jazz Near You calendar entries, which can be shared via e-mail as well as social media....

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The 2017 Arkansas Jazz Festival (presented by Arkansas Jazz Educators) will include free outdoor concerts on Friday, 21 April (approximately 3:30-9:30pm) and Saturday, 22 April (approximately 8:30am-6pm) at Little Rock's Riverfront Amphitheater and at/near Dardanelle's Front Street Gazebo. Held in conjunction with Jazz Appreciation Month (April), these concerts (scheduled each hour at each site) will feature dozens of jazz bands from colleges, high schools, and junior high/middle schools. (See below for specific bands and performance times in Dardanelle on Saturday, 22 April 2017.) Renowned trombonist Scott Whitfield (scottwhitfield.com) will perform with the jazz band from the University of Arkansas at Monticello on Friday (5:30pm) in Dardanelle and on Saturday (12pm) in Little Rock. Info and local maps for both venues are provided via links at the top of their respective Jazz Near You calendar entries, which can be shared via e-mail as well as social media.

BANDS AT DARDANELLE SITE (AT/NEAR FRONT STREET GAZEBO) ON SATURDAY, 22 APRIL 2017: Russellville MS (8:30am), Russellville HS (9am), Fort Smith Kimmons JHS (9:45am), Fort Smith Northside HS (10:30am), Lakeside HS - Hot Springs (11:15am), Arkansas Tech University (12pm), Prairie Grove HS (12:45pm), Vilonia HS - Jazz Band I (1:30pm), Vilonia HS - Jazz Band II/Vilonia JHS (2:15pm), Morrilton HS (3pm), Dardanelle MS (3:45pm), Dardanelle HS (4:30pm)

SEE SEPARATE JAZZ NEAR YOU ENTRIES FOR PERFORMANCES IN LITTLE ROCK AND/OR ON FRIDAY, 21 APRIL 2017.

SPECIAL NOTE: Renowned trombonist Scott Whitfield (scottwhitfield.com) will also be featured at the festival's only ticketed event, an indoor concert at the Little Rock School District's Central High on Thursday, 20 April (7pm); details about that event (with $10 admission fee) are provided within a separate calendar entry on Jazz Near You's website.

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