Thursday, May 31, 2007
The Ultimate One-day Jazz Experience in St. Louis!
Sounds of summer will fill the air on Saturday, June 2 during the Saint Louis Jazz & Heritage Festival. For the seventh year, Clayton’s Shaw Park hosts the region’s premier music festival. Event days may have been cut, but not the music. Visitors will enjoy hearing featured guests George Benson, Poncho Sanchez, Ramsey Lewis and more. To receive a complete list of performers and for ticket information log onto www.saintlouisjazzfest.com
To round out the experience, organizers are bringing back festival favorites - The Marketplace, a distinctive showcase of handmade crafts; The Improv, offering hands-on musical experiences for jazzters of all ages, such as “make your own instrument!” and The Instrument Petting Zoo; and Soul School, featuring the best regional jazz artists in an intimate setting serving up an “all access” experience of conversations and performances.
To round out the experience, organizers are bringing back festival favorites - The Marketplace, a distinctive showcase of handmade crafts; The Improv, offering hands-on musical experiences for jazzters of all ages, such as “make your own instrument!” and The Instrument Petting Zoo; and Soul School, featuring the best regional jazz artists in an intimate setting serving up an “all access” experience of conversations and performances.
See you at the festival!