HyPa (Hyde Park Alliance for Arts & Culture) and the Hyde Park Jazz Society are excited to announce that the 6th annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival is all set for Saturday and Sunday, September 29 and 30, 2012!
This year’s Jazz Fest was a huge success by any measure. Thousands of jazz fans listened to more than 150 musicians playing in 13 venues throughout the Hyde Park neighborhood. The center of the Jazz Fest was on the Midway Plaisance surrounded by the University of Chicago campus. The 2012 Hyde Park Jazz Festival will continue to feature some of Chicago’s best jazz musicians like Ari Brown, CALJE (Chicago Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble), Corey Wilkes, Dee Alexander, Edwin Sanchez, Orbert Davis, Paulhino Garcia, Tomeka Reid, and Willie Pickens. Enjoy the 2011 photos here.
Please don’t wait until next year to come back to Hyde Park. We have more arts and cultural organizations here than any other neighborhood in Chicago, outside of downtown! Visitors come from all over the world to see Museum of Science and Industry, the DuSable Museum of African American History, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House, the Renaissance Society, the Oriental Institute’s Museum and so many more. Look for your favorite arts and culture organizations and then start to plan your visit. The calendar of events will provide new ideas of things to do all year long.
So we look forward to seeing you in Hyde Park SOON and for the next Jazz Fest – September 29 and 30, 2012!
