Arkansas Jazz Festival: Dardanelle at Dardanelle Gazebo on Front Street

On Friday, 22 April (beginning at 3:30 pm) and Saturday, 23 April (beginning at 9 am) the Arkansas Jazz Educators' 2016 Arkansas Jazz Festival (free, family-friendly, open to the public) will be held in Dardanelle (Front Street gazebo) and Little Rock (Riverfront Park amphitheater). Both sites feature performances by jazz bands from colleges, high schools, and junior high/middle schools throughout Arkansas. Attendees in Dardanelle are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and take advantage of on-site food trucks; info and a local map for the venue are provided via a link at the top of this Jazz Near You entry, which can be shared by e-mail and social media. Questions should be directed to festival coordinator Clay Hooten (Dardanelle High School)....

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On Friday, 22 April (beginning at 3:30 pm) and Saturday, 23 April (beginning at 9 am) the Arkansas Jazz Educators' 2016 Arkansas Jazz Festival (free, family-friendly, open to the public) will be held in Dardanelle (Front Street gazebo) and Little Rock (Riverfront Park amphitheater). Both sites feature performances by jazz bands from colleges, high schools, and junior high/middle schools throughout Arkansas. Attendees in Dardanelle are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and take advantage of on-site food trucks; info and a local map for the venue are provided via a link at the top of this Jazz Near You entry, which can be shared by e-mail and social media. Questions should be directed to festival coordinator Clay Hooten (Dardanelle High School).

FRIDAY IN DARDANELLE: Dardanelle MS (3:30 pm), Dover HS (4:30 pm), Dardanelle HS (5:30 pm), Arkansas Tech University (6:30 pm)

SATURDAY IN DARDANELLE: Russellville HS (9:00 am), Fort Smith Kimmons JHS (9:45 am), Fort Smith Northside HS (10:30 am), Van Buren HS (11:15 am), UCA Jazz I (12:00 pm), Van Buren MS (12:45 pm), UA Jazz Cats (1:15 pm), Vilonia HS II/Vilonia JHS (2:00 pm), Vilonia HS I (2:45 pm), Prairie Grove HS (3:15 pm), Booneville HS (4:00 pm), Dardanelle HS (4:45 pm)

THE LITTLE ROCK SCHEDULE (which concludes with a concert by Kris Berg and Lil' Metroplexity) is provided in a separate Jazz Near You entry titled "Arkansas Jazz Festival: Little Rock."

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