The Peterson Perkins Quintet at Johnson City Jazz Festival at Little Magic

Johnson City Jazz Festival Announces Big Line-Up for the 7th annual event- March 27- April 1

This year’s festival to be part of major fund-raising effort for regional jazz musicians impacted by hurricane Helene.

Organizers of the Johnson City Jazz Festival announced the 7th Annual Festival will be bigger and better than ever. The event will promote and support the Jazz genre both regionally and nationally for 6 days in a variety of venues throughout our community. Organizers of the Festival also noted that for every ticket sold for a number of this year’s event, a donation will be made to the Jazz Foundation of America to specifically help regional jazz musicians impacted by Hurricane Helene. ...

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Johnson City Jazz Festival Announces Big Line-Up for the 7th annual event- March 27- April 1

This year’s festival to be part of major fund-raising effort for regional jazz musicians impacted by hurricane Helene.

Organizers of the Johnson City Jazz Festival announced the 7th Annual Festival will be bigger and better than ever. The event will promote and support the Jazz genre both regionally and nationally for 6 days in a variety of venues throughout our community. Organizers of the Festival also noted that for every ticket sold for a number of this year’s event, a donation will be made to the Jazz Foundation of America to specifically help regional jazz musicians impacted by Hurricane Helene.

The Festival will kick off on March 27 with a free performance by the Peterson Perkins Quintet featuring Marion Edwards and the Johnson City Jazz Collective at Capone’s in downtown Johnson City. On March 28 and 29, the Johnson City Country Club will host the Festival with Jorge Garcia Quartet and Michael Rabinowitz Quartet performing on Friday evening and Margherita Fava Trio and the Julie McConnel Quartet performing on Saturday evening.

On Sunday 3/30, The Peterson Perkins Quintet will perform at Little Magic in downtown Johnson City. On Monday 3/31, big bands The ETSU Jazz Ensemble directed by Martin Walters and the Tri-Cities Jazz Orchestra directed by Eddie Dalton will perform at the newly renovated Jackson Theater in Jonesborough. Tickets for this event can be purchased at the Jackson Theater’s web site.

Music fans can find out more about this year’s Johnson City Jazz Festival and ticket sales at JohnsonCityJazzFestival.com

The Festival will then cap off at the Martin Center with internationally acclaimed Jazz band Spyro Gyra sponsored by the Johnson City Jazz Festival. You can find out more about this Spyro Gyra concert and purchase tickets by visiting the Martin Center’s web site

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