Technically, the 31st Annual Chicago Jazz Festival lasts the entire month of August, as the Jazz Festival Preview nights feature the acts on the bill for the Chicago Jazz Festival performing at jazz clubs around the city. It's the three-day celebration held each Labor Day weekend that gets the official label, however, so I'll just go with that. And it starts today at noon.
An exciting new addition to the Festival is the Chicago Community Trust Young Jazz Lions Stage, the first new venue added to the Festival in ten years. Eleven Chicago-area groups were selected to perform throughout the weekend, including big bands and small ensembles from high schools and colleges, culminating in a jam session in the final hour on Sunday afternoon.
Click on the link above for the performance schedule and make plans to attend. There's something for every jazz taste: traditional, latin, world, you name it. Enjoy!
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