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| DC Jazz Festival Announces Initial Lineup for 19th Annual DC JazzFest The DC Jazz Festival (DCJF) today announced the initial lineup for the 19th Annual DC JazzFest, taking place August 30 - September 3. Featured artists include Gregory Porter, Samara Joy, Kenny Garrett, Charles Lloyd, Terri Lyne Carrington, Omar Sosa, Orrin Evans, Veronneau, Leigh Pilzer, and more. This year's DC JazzFest experience will include more than 60 concerts and Meet the Artist events in over a dozen neighborhoods citywide. The DC JazzFest celebration highlights a diverse selection of DC-based, national, and international jazz talent. DC JazzFest at The Wharf, the festival's signature event, will be held September 2-3 over Labor Day Weekend. This multi-stage, tentpole blowout will be hosted at The Wharf, a waterfront destination with an inviting array of restaurants, shops and spectacular river views. DC JazzFest at The Wharf tickets will be available starting March 3 at 10:00 AM here. Visit dcjazzfest.org/dcjazzfest for more information. "It's fortunate that we have the DC JazzFest as a draw for people to experience Washington, DC over Labor Day weekend. Residents and visitors will look forward to capping off summer with incredible jazz and diverse music, while exploring DC's neighborhoods, hotels, dining, waterfronts and more, " said Elliott L. Ferguson, II, President and CEO of Destination DC. The largest jazz festival in the Mid-Atlantic region, the 19th Annual DC JazzFest will feature an extraordinary assemblage of performers, from DC legends and emerging talents to NEA Jazz Masters and international superstars, at venues across our nation's capital. "For nearly two decades, the DC JazzFest has enriched our community with a robust and lively assortment of jazz and arts, " said Kathy Baird, Washington Post Chief Communications Officer. "The Washington Post is proud to return as the official media sponsor of this marquee event." "It's a jazz takeover over Labor Day weekend." said Sunny Sumter, DC Jazz Festival President and CEO. "We are proud to build on the District's rich jazz heritage and bring some of today's most exciting artists for our one of a kind jazz experience." DCJF will announce its full lineup and more details on our citywide celebration later in the spring. We look forward to this grand "jazz takeover" of DC August 30-September 3. This year's initial 2023 DC JazzFest Lineup DC JazzFest '23 will include a headlining performance by GRAMMY award-winning vocalist Gregory Porter. Among the many performing on our multiple stages at The Wharf will be three National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters including saxophonists Charles Lloyd and Kenny Garrett, and four-time GRAMMY award-winning drummer Terri Lyne Carrington with her New Standards project celebrating the enormous contributions of women jazz composers. On the emerging end of the artistic spectrum, DC JazzFest will welcome sensational, multi-Grammy winning vocalist Samara Joy, and the winner of our 2022 DCJazzPrix emerging bands competition, the Julieta Eugenio Trio. DC Jazz Festival Artist-in-Residence pianist-composer Orrin Evans will return with his quintet. We also welcome kinetic Afro-Cuban pianist-composer-conceptualist Omar Sosa Quarteto Americanos. DMV's finest artists grace our stages, including saxophonist-bandleader Leigh Pilzer, and the dynamic Brazilian flavors of WAMMIE award-winning band Veronneau. Stay tuned… there's much more to come! Learn more about the DC Jazz Festival and all of our programs by visiting www.dcjazzfest.org. write your comments about the article :: © 2023 Jazz News :: home page |