Welcome Dear Guests: Welcome to the 2018 Jacksonville Jazz Festival! Each year, our city is proud to host this anticipated tradition, which celebrates great music, incredible performances and exciting festivities. Throughout the four-day festival, attendees can experience world-class and diverse talent on each of the three outdoor stages, delicious food options, unique shopping, and a fun-filled time in our downtown. With its deep cultural significance and a history stretching back nearly four decades, the Jacksonville Jazz Festival is one of our city’s signature events. This musical showcase attracts gifted artists and musicians from across the globe, drawing increasingly bigger crowds while elevating Jacksonville and our downtown as a prime destination for premier entertainment events. Thank you for your support and participation in the weekend’s festivities! I am confident this year’s event will provide great memories and experiences for all.
“Jazz music is America’s past and its potential, summed up and sanctified and accessible to anybody who learns to listen to, feel, and understand it. The music can connect us to our earlier selves and to our better selves-to-come. It can remind us of where we fit on the time line of human achievement, an ultimate value of art.” — Wynton Marsalis
Happy Memorial Day weekend! Sincerely,
Lenny Curry Mayor
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