Arkansas Jazz Festival (Outdoor Concerts) at Riverfront Park/River Market (First Security Amphitheater/Ottenheimer Hall/River Market Pavilions/River Plaza)

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 Little Rock on Friday, 21 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 Little Rock on Friday, 21 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 LITTLE ROCK SITE (MAIN AMPHITHEATRE IN RIVERFRONT PARK) ON FRIDAY, 21 APRIL 2017: Heber Springs (3:30pm), South Side - Bee Branch (4:30pm), Little Rock's Central High - Jazz Band II (5:30pm), Little Rock's Central High - Jazz I (6:30pm), Bryant (7:30pm), University of Arkansas - Fayetteville (8:30pm)

SEE SEPARATE JAZZ NEAR YOU ENTRIES FOR PERFORMANCES IN DARDANELLE AND/OR ON SATURDAY, 22 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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