Dardanelle Gazebo on Front Street

The gazebo on Front Street in Dardanelle is one of two venues used during the annual Arkansas Jazz Festival in April (Jazz Appreciation Month); the other is in Little Rock (Clinton Presidential Center before 2016, Riverfront Amphitheater since). The free, public event (presented by the Arkansas Jazz Educators Association) features a nationally renowned professional headliner as well as performances (scheduled at one-hour intervals) by more than 20 jazz bands from Arkansas colleges, high schools, and junior high/middle schools. Dates for the 2014 festival were Friday, 25 April and Saturday, 26 April; headliner was trombonist Tom Malone

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The gazebo on Front Street in Dardanelle is one of two venues used during the annual Arkansas Jazz Festival in April (Jazz Appreciation Month); the other is in Little Rock (Clinton Presidential Center before 2016, Riverfront Amphitheater since). The free, public event (presented by the Arkansas Jazz Educators Association) features a nationally renowned professional headliner as well as performances (scheduled at one-hour intervals) by more than 20 jazz bands from Arkansas colleges, high schools, and junior high/middle schools. Dates for the 2014 festival were Friday, 25 April and Saturday, 26 April; headliner was trombonist Tom Malone. Dates for the 2015 festival were Friday, 24 April and Saturday, 25 April; headliner was saxophonist Lou Marini. Dates for the 2016 festival (which included a ticketed indoor concert on Thursday, 21 April at Little Rock's Central High School) were Friday, 22 April and Saturday, 23 April; headliners were Kris Berg Metroplexity Lil Band. Dates for the 2017 festival (which includes a ticketed indoor concert on Thursday, 20 April at Little Rock's Central High School) are Friday, 21 April and Saturday, 22 April; headliner is trombonist Scott Whitfield.

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