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$10 Tickets are Available at:

Black United Fund of Illinois Building
1809 East 71st Street, #102
9:00am - 5:00pm
Thursday, August 2 & Friday, August 3

Upcoming Radio Interviews with Key Organizer for the Festival!

WSSD Radio - 88.1 FM
Saturday, August 4
"Jazz 'N U" w/Marsha Noble 
w/Dr. Carol Adams - 10:45am

Festival Schedule

2012 Sponsors

Press

Howard Reich, Arts Critic, Chicago Tribune, (August 2, 2012)

Read the latest review from Howard Reich, Arts critic, Chicago Tribune (July 12, 2012)

The Jazz Fest is on! (7/8/2012)

Official Line-up for the Festival:

(Check back for schedule information)

Saturday, August 4, 2012
Drum Divas
Universal Alley Jazz
Dee Alexander
Renee Baker’s Chicago Modern Orchestra Project
Tammy McCann
Norman Connors & Tom Browne

Sunday, August 5, 2012
Ayodele
Universal Alley Jazz
Angel d’Cuba
Charles Heath & The Chicago Jazz All Stars
Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble
Pharoah Sanders

Festival Info: Food and Merchant Vendors

Bring Your Picnic Baskets, Coolers, Lawn Chairs
for a day at the park!

KIDS 12 & UNDER FREE

Admission: $10

General information: 773-324-0494

Sponsorship information: 773-251-5551

Email: southshorejazzlives@yahoo.com

Parking/Directions

URBAN PARTNERSHIP BANK PARKING LOT Available After Business Hours SATURDAY AUGUST 4TH, and ALL DAY SUNDAY AUGUST 5TH.
Location: 1842-1858 East 71st Street
(GO EXPRESS will only shuttle between the Urban Partnership lot and the Cultural Center.)

Anyone can pull into the Cultural Center to drop off passengers and/or their picnic supplies.

*LIMITED STREET PARKING, Take public transportation

The two-day festival site, The South Shore Cultural Center, welcomes back the neighborhood’s tradition of packing picnic baskets and coolers to enjoy a day at the park. Public transportation is the recommended route with the Metra’s South Shore and Bryn Mawr stops, CTA connecting bus routes 6, 26 and 71, festival-goers will be within eyesight or dropped-off right in-front of the venue.

Event Flyer

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We have pulled together as a community of Jazz lovers, along with sponsors to make this happen. South Shore Jazz Lives will continue the tradition that was started by Geraldine de Haas and Jazz Unites thanks to your support.