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HOT FUN<br />
IN THE<br />
SUMMERTIME<br />
2018 FUN GUIDE
SAN FRANCISCO (FREE)<br />
42ND ANNUAL UNION STREET<br />
MUSIC FESTIVAL<br />
When: June 2-3 (Rain or Shine)<br />
Where: Union Street – Gough to<br />
Fillmore<br />
Time: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM<br />
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info.<br />
Enjoy one of San<br />
Francisco’s largest<br />
annual FREE<br />
festivals on<br />
Historic Union<br />
Street.<br />
This year’s 24-<br />
band musical<br />
line-up includes a<br />
variety of genres<br />
including jazz, blues, country, and<br />
bluegrass.<br />
8th ANNUAL POLK STREET<br />
BLUES FESTIVAL (FREE)<br />
When: August 18-19 (Rain or Shine)<br />
Where: Polk Street – California to Sutter<br />
Streets<br />
Time: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM<br />
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If you’re a die-hard Blues fan, come<br />
back to check out the Blues Festival’s<br />
two main stages and a huge lineup<br />
of Blues musicians, arts and crafts<br />
booths, gourmet food, and much<br />
more.<br />
In addition to the awesome music,<br />
there will be Arts and Crafts exhibitors,<br />
food vendors, full pours of tasty beers<br />
and fine wines in the beverage<br />
gardens areas.
PORTLAND SOUL’D OUT<br />
When: April 18-22<br />
Where: Multiple venues in Portland<br />
Time: Varies per venue<br />
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One of Portland’s best annual music traditions<br />
is back. Events are held at<br />
venues throughout the Portland area.<br />
Pick your venue, pick your act.<br />
• WONDER BALLROOM,128 NE Russell Street<br />
• DANTE'S, 350 W Burnside St, Portland, OR<br />
97209<br />
• STAR THEATER PORTLAND, 13 NW 6th Ave<br />
• GOODFOOT PUB & LOUNGE, 2845 SE Stark<br />
Street<br />
• HOLOCENE, 001 SE Morrison<br />
• DOUG FIR LOUNGE,830 E Burnside Street<br />
• DISJECTA, 8371 N Interstate Avenue<br />
• MISSISSIPPI STUDIOS and BAR, 3939 N Mississippi<br />
Avenue<br />
• ARLENE SCHNITZER CONCERT HALL, 1037 SW Broadway
When: June 8-10 (Rain or Shine)<br />
Where: Millennium Park<br />
Time: 11:00 AM - 9:30 PM<br />
CHICAGO BLUES FESTIVAL (FREE)<br />
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Check out some of the headliners here.<br />
The Chicago Blues Festival is the largest FREE blues festival in the world, and the<br />
largest of all of Chicago’s music festivals. During three days on four stages, blues<br />
fans revel in the free live music in the “Blues Capital of the World.”<br />
Past performers have included Bonnie Raitt, the late Ray Charles, B.B. King, Bo<br />
Diddley, Buddy Guy, Koko Taylor, Shemekia Copeland, Gary Clark Jr,<br />
Rhiannon Giddens, Lil Ed and the Imperials and Bobby Rush.
THE NEW ORLEANS JAZZ & HERITAGE FESTIVAL (TICKETS $)<br />
When: April 27 to May 6<br />
Where: Fair Grounds Race Course, 1751 Gentilly Boulevard, 10 minutes from<br />
the French Quarter.<br />
Time: 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM<br />
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NOTE: Tickets must be purchased for this weekend-long event and are available<br />
for the entire weekend, or individual days.<br />
Since 1984, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival has celebrated the<br />
music and culture of New Orleans with the biggest names in rock, blues, jazz,<br />
R&B, gospel, Cajun, zydeco, folk, Latin, rap, country, bluegrass and everything<br />
in between.<br />
The short list of this year’s headliners include: Aerosmith, Aretha Franklin,<br />
Sting, Jimmy Buffett, Bonnie Rait, Lionel Richie, The Steve Miller Band, and,<br />
Aaron Neville. The Revivalists will perform for Alternative music fans. Check out<br />
the entire lineup.<br />
While you listen to the incredible music, you can check out some of the many<br />
arts and craft, and great food vendors
PHILADELPHIA<br />
“Where do all the hippies meet? SOUTH STREET, SOUTH STREET.”<br />
THE 5TH ANNUAL SOUTH STREET SPRING FESTIVAL (FREE)<br />
When: May 5<br />
Where: South Street Headhouse District<br />
Time: 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM<br />
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Thousands of revelers take part in alfresco family fun at the South Street<br />
Spring Festival. At Headhouse Square and along South Street, the annual<br />
event includes a giant Maypole, a few dozen concerts, eating contests,<br />
a kids’ zone and 100-plus vendors. It also includes Maifest, Brauhaus<br />
Schmitz’s German beer and dancing extravaganza.<br />
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South Street has gone through changes throughout the years,, but still<br />
remains one of the coolest, eclectic spots to visit with over 400 retail<br />
shops, restaurants and taverns, live music and theatre.<br />
Put on your walking shoes, and check out 12 city blocks of vendors,<br />
restaurants and cafes, shoppes, galleries, and fun. Three stages will host<br />
over 40 bands (no info yet).
BOSTON JAZZ FEST (FREE)<br />
When: August 25<br />
Where: Boston Maritime Park In The Seaport<br />
Time: 12:00 PM – 7:00 PM<br />
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The Boston Jazz Fest brings together a diverse display of jazz artists to<br />
Boston’s waterfront to unify audiences of all ages, and cultures through<br />
the power of music. All the roaming jazz cats from the city come to perform<br />
by the shoreline for a cherished home-based show while celebrating<br />
the <strong>summer</strong>, and of course, eating tons of good food. Attendees<br />
come for the music and stay for the deep connections made.<br />
This festival is unique from any other Jazz festivals is that it recruits<br />
talent from countries around the world who convert their music of origin<br />
into the universal language of jazz.<br />
While visiting this unique taste of jazz, you can hop over to the Seafood<br />
Festival held directly across the street.<br />
Lineup will be released in April
SUNFESTWEST PALM BEACH, FL (TICKETS $)<br />
(Fireworks Sunday 9:00 PM)<br />
When: May 3-6<br />
Where: Along the Intracoastal Waterway in downtown West Palm Beach. on<br />
Flagler Drive, Banyan Boulevard to Lakeview Drive<br />
Time: Noon– 10:00 PM<br />
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Wander the Art District between music sets to enjoy, shop, and participate<br />
in a one-of-a-kind art experience. Enjoy unique interactive installations, and<br />
a variety of consumer friendly goods from more than 80 artists, crafters,<br />
and vendors.<br />
No lineup yet, but previous lineups show an eclectic roundup of rock, alternative,<br />
classic rock, and more Plenty of great food, and drink<br />
4 Day, 2-day 1-day, senior prices
LOS ANGELES<br />
ARROYO SECO WEEKEND<br />
When: June 23-24<br />
Where: Brookside Golf Course outside the grounds outside of the Rose<br />
Bowl Stadium<br />
Times: TBA<br />
CLICK for more info, and sign up for details of this event.<br />
ABOUT LAST YEAR’S INAUGURAL EVENT<br />
The inaugural Arroyo Seco Weekend will set up three stages on the<br />
Brookside grounds, the Rose Bowl-adjacent golf course, with headlining<br />
sets from Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers and Mumford & Sons top.<br />
The rest of the lineup mostly folk and soul-filled lineup includes the likes<br />
of Alabama Shakes, Dawes, Weezer, Broken Social Scene, the Shins,<br />
Charles Bradley and Andrew Bird. While the musical lineup may seem a<br />
little mild, the food selection is astounding: Arroyo Seco Weekend is set to<br />
bring a mix of casual favorites like Sweetfin Poke, Sumo Dog, Locol, Dog<br />
Haus and Nomad's roving chicken burgers alongside some of our favorite<br />
fine-dining destinations like République, Broken Spanish, Redbird and<br />
Union.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY (TICKETS $)<br />
SARATOGA JAZZ FESTIVAL<br />
When: June 23 – 24<br />
Where: Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Spa State Park<br />
108 Avenue of the Pines<br />
Time: Gates open 12:00 pm<br />
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Over 20 world-class jazz artists will<br />
take the stage at SPAC this year! The<br />
big-name acts at the Saratoga Jazz<br />
Festival perform all day long on the<br />
main stage (SPAC amphitheatre), and<br />
the Gazebo usually features up-andcoming<br />
jazz artists, with performances<br />
trailing off in the early evening.<br />
Regarded as one of America’s most<br />
prestigious and longest running <strong>summer</strong> festivals, Saratoga Performing<br />
Arts Center’s classical and contemporary programming is enjoyed by approximately<br />
400,000 people each season. Nestled in the heart of the stunning<br />
2,400-acre Saratoga Spa State Park and surrounded by towering pines,<br />
hiking trails and mineral springs, SPAC’s breathtaking setting greatly enriches<br />
the audience experience.<br />
Diverse artistry thrives at SPAC, in a <strong>summer</strong> season that encompasses<br />
more than 80 unique performances across all genres.
When:<br />
Where: Lenox, MA<br />
TANGLEWOOD JAZZ FESTIVAL (TICKETS $)<br />
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Held every Labor Day weekend for nearly a quarter-century, the Tanglewood<br />
Jazz Festival is a fitting end to the venue’s music season. In<br />
2011, the event was made even more special by the participation of<br />
two NEA Jazz Masters through the NEA Jazz Masters Live program:<br />
Jimmy Cobband Gunther Schuller. Both played on the final day of the<br />
festival, September 4.<br />
Tanglewood is the site of nearly 100 concerts each <strong>summer</strong>, including<br />
performances by the BSO, guest artist recitals, jazz artists, popular<br />
artists, the Boston POPS, and Fellows of the Tanglewood Music<br />
Center.Concert attendance is just as important a part of the TMC<br />
experience as concert performance, as Fellows find inspiration in<br />
the superlative music-making that surrounds them daily - from either<br />
front-of-house seating in the Shed and Ozawa Hall, or among the<br />
many picnics on the lawn.
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