New Rochelle Jazz Festival
New Rochelle’s Jazz Festival, held each July, links New Rochelle to its sister city of La Rochelle, France, which holds a “Jazz in August” music festival every year. This year the New Rochelle Jazz Festival kick off on Thursday and Friday evening with groups playing from 8 to 11 PM at two downtown hot spots, Jolo’s and Alvin and Friends. ($10 cover charge) Then on Saturday and Sunday, groups will perform from 1 pm – 9:30 pm in Ruby Dee Park at Library Green. Admission is free.
The New Rochelle Jazz Festival is organized by Brian Carter and presented by the New Rochelle Council on the Arts; it is a program of the New Rochelle Sister City Initiative, co-sponsored by the New Rochelle BID and the City of New Rochelle Parks and Recreation Department.
2016 Schedule:
Thursday, 7/14/16 at 8 pm
Ras Chemash Lamed with special guest Nico Morelli at Jolo’s Vegan Restaurant (49 Lawton St., New Rochelle NY) $10 cover charge, one-drink minimum
Friday, 7/15/16 at 8 pm
Brian Carter Quartet Featuring Nico Morelli at Alvin and Friends Restaurant (14 Memorial Hwy.)$10 cover charge, two-drink minimum.
Saturday, 7/16
Jazmyn 12-2 pm
Rocky Middleton 2-4 pm
Caroline Doctorow 4-5pm
Blue Haze with Special Guest Tasty Mike Murphy – 5-7pm
KJ Denhart 7 – 9 pm
Carl Bartlett Jr. Quartet Sat. 9-10:30
Sunday, 7/17
Avalanche 4-5pm
Adam Weber Latin Jazz 5- 7 pm
Brian Carter Quartet Featuring Nico Morelli 7 – 8pm
CJ Quintet with Courtney Johnson on trumpet 8 – 10pm
(All at the Ruby Dee Park at Library Green – Rain or Shine)
Event Location and Ticket Information
Ruby Dee Park at Library Green
Library Plaza
New Rochelle, NY 10801
Handicap Accessible? Yes
Date: Thursday, July 14, 2016 - Sunday, July 17, 2016
Times: 4:00 pm - 10:30 pm
Ticket pricing:
Free event
Presenter: New Rochelle Council on the Arts
Presenter Website: www.newrochellearts.org