Besides God, my family, and friends, there are a few other things in life that I love. A couple of those other things are things that are free and jazz music. This weekend I will be enjoying a free jazz festival in DC and you can too. The 2nd annual Hillfest jazz festival will take place this Saturday, October 6, 2018 at Garfield Park in DC.
The festival is organized by the Capitol Hill Jazz Foundation whose mission is to serve the Washington, DC jazz community by providing a weekly jazz jam session, an annual jazz festival, and arts advocacy on behalf of DC jazz musicians.
In addition to this weekends festival, the Capitol Hill Jazz Foundation has organized several other events leading up to the festival including a few jazz jam sessions, a music expo, musician panels, an artist meet & greet, a children’s music performance, and more. To see the complete list of events, click here.
More details about Hillfest can be found below.
Main Stage
10am Festival Begins – Remarks from O?cials, Executive Director, Board Chair
10:15am Friendship Technical Preparatory High School – TBC
11am Amy Bormet Trio
12pm Drummer Dana Hawkins and Evan Marien Group
1pm Pianist Hope Udobi Quartet
2pm Bassist Corcoran Holt Quintet
3pm Akua Allrich and the Tribe
4pm Bobby Felder and the Capital All Stars Big Band
5pm Cheryl Pepsii Riley
6pm Elijah Balbed’s JOGO Project
7pm Vibraphonist Stefon Harris and Blackout!
Second Stage
10am African Fitness with Nakima Smith
12pm Crush Funk Brass Band
1pm Oasis Dance Collective
2pm Children’s Storytelling with Sylvia Zwi
3pm DC Tap Fest Performers
4pm Oye Palaver Hut
5pm Tamika Love Jones
Hillfest
Date: October 5-7, 2018
Location: Garfield Park, Washington, DC
Lineup: Stefon Harris & Blackout, Cheryl Pepsii Riley, JOGO Project, Herbert Scott, Maud Arnold, Bobby Felder and the Capitol All Stars Big Band, Akua Allrich and the Tribe, Corcoran Holt Quintet, Hope Udobi Quartet, Dana Hawkins and Evan Marien, Amy Bormet Trio, Friendship Technical Prep High School Band, African Fitness with Nakima Smith, Crush Funk Brass Band, Tamika Love Jones, Children’s Storytelling with Sylvia Zwi, D.C. Tap Fest Performers, Oyé Palaver Hut, Oasis Dance Collective
Website: hillfest.org
Facebook: facebook.com/thefesty | Twitter: @hillfestdc
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