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The Denton Arts & Jazz Festival is a FREE 2 1/2 day event held in the heart of the city, beautiful Civic Center Park. Over 1,300 performers on 6 stages, fine arts and crafts, children's art activities, food and games, and four hundred festival members volunteer their time each year for this exciting annual event on the last, full weekend in April.

The Denton Jazz and Arts Festival is a FREE 2 1/2 day event held in the heart of the city, beautiful Civic Center Park. Over 1,300 performers on 6 stages, fine arts and crafts, children's art activities, food and games, and four hundred festival members volunteer their time each year for this exciting annual event on the last, full weekend in April.

Schedule

Friday

Jazz Stage

5:00 PM - Keith Anderson

7:00 PM - UNT One O'Clock Lab Band

9:00 PM - Joshua Redman

Festival Stage

5:00 PM - Liberty Christian School Freedom Song Choir

5:30 PM - Jazzercise of Denton

6:00 PM - Sunshine Generation

6:30 PM - Kay Lynn's Dancers

7:00 PM - Laura Lynn and Charlotte Autrey

8:00 PM - Legacy Tap Project/DJ's Dance Studio

8:30 PM - Denton High School Jazz Band

Celebration Stage

5:00 PM - Andrew Tinker

6:00 PM - Lake Dallas High School Jazz Band

7:00 PM - Pecos River Brass

8:00 PM - First United Methodist Church Big Band

Courtyard Stage

5:30 PM - Tommy O

7:00 PM - Fingerprints

Saturday

Jazz Stage

10:00 AM - Bill Ham & Clint Strong

11:30 AM - Carlos Guedes & Desivo

1:00 PM - Rodney Booth Swing Band

2:30 PM - Steve Harlos

4:00 PM - UNT Faculty Jazz Ensemble

5:30 PM - Jimi Tunnell

7:00 PM - Joe McBride

9:00 PM - The Robert Cray Band

Festival Stage

10:00 AM - Newton Rayzor Groove Squad

10:30 AM - Denton High School Fillies

10:45 AM - Crownover Middle School Jazz Band/Frontier Fiddlers

11:30 AM - Dallas Tap Dazzlers

12:00 PM - McMath Middle School Tiger Jazz Band

12:45 PM - Denton Celtic Dancers

1:15 PM - Turning Pointe Dance Studio

1:30 PM - Music Theatre of Denton

2:00 PM - Denton Dance Conservatory

3:00 PM - Denton City Contemporary Ballet

3:45 PM - UNT African Percussion Ensemble & Afrikana Cultural Troupe, Ghana West Africa

4:45 PM - Denton Ballet Academy

5:15 PM - Leil Nahar Mid-Eastern Dance Troupe

5:45 PM - The Drawbacks

6:15 PM - Dance Fusion

6:45 PM - Ryan High School Strutters

7:15 PM - TAMS Jazz Band

8:00PM - Frontier Drum & Bugle Corps

Celebration Stage

10:00 AM - Denton Community Jazz Band

11:00 AM - Accordion Artistry

11:30 AM - UNT Jazz Singers

1:00 PM - UNT L5 Guitar Ensemble

2:00 PM - UNT Jazz Repertory Ensemble

3:00 PM - UNT Zebras

4:00 PM - UNT 3 O'Clock Lab Band

5:00 PM - UNT 2 O'Clock Lab Band

6:00 PM - UNT Latin Jazz Ensemble

7:00 PM - NCTC Monday Night Jazz Band

8:00 PM - NCTC Tuesday Night Jazz Band

Roving River Stage

10:00 AM - Prairie Moon

11:00 AM - Wild Okra

12:00 PM - Doc's Dixieland

1:00 PM - Lico Reyes

2:00 PM - Rhythm Tribe

3:00 PM - Cora Connection

4:00 PM - Eric Bailey

5:00 PM - Joe Tucker

Center Stage

10:00 AM - Evers Elementary Choir & Chimes

10:45 AM - Ryan Elementary World Wranglers

11:15 AM - McNair Elementary Commander Choir

11:45 PM - Denton Senior Center Chorus

12:30 PM - Sam Houston Elementary Singers

1:00 PM - Denton Childbloom Guitar Program

2:00 PM - Ginnings Elementary Choir

2:30 PM - Strickland Middle School Choirs

3:30 PM - Mr. Joe & Friends

4:15 PM - Borman Elementary Little Star Choir

4:45 PM - Borman Elementary Star Spangled Singers

5:15 PM - Burton Tyler

5:45 PM - Rivera Elementary Stars Choir

6:00 PM - Denton State School Percussion

Courtyard Stage

10:30 AM - Up All Night Blues Band

12:00 AM - John Racina

1:30 PM - Light Crust Doughboys

3:00 PM - Little Jack Melody & The Young Turks

4:30 PM - Panhandler's Steel Drum Band

6:00 PM - Bonnie & Nick Norris

7:30 PM - Pops Carter & the Funk Monsters

Sunday

Jazz Stage

10:30 AM - Straight Ahead Jazz Quintet

11:30 PM - Rosana Eckert

1:00 PM - The N'Awlins Gumbo Kings

2:30 PM - Drew Phelps

4:00 PM - 2 Tone (Cindy Horstman & Mike Medina)

5:30 PM - Annagrey

7:00 PM - Brave Combo

Festival Stage

12:00 PM - Frankie & Amy

12:15 PM - Glory of Zion Dance Team

1:15 PM - Green Space Dancers

2:00 PM - Isis & the Star Dancers

3:00 PM - TWU International Folk Dance Co.

3:45 PM - Syncopated Ladies

4:15 PM - Repertory Dance Theatre of Texas

5:15 PM - Krum High School Jazz Band

6:00 PM - Polly Maynard, Acoustical Guitar

Celebration Stage

11:00 AM - Air National Guard Band of the Gulf Coast

12:00 PM - Pecos River Brass

1:00 PM - Joel Reese

2:00 PM - Rivers West

3:00 PM - Dennis Scott

4:00 PM - Joel Reese

5:00 PM - Dennis Scott

6:00 PM - PS 150

Roving River Stage

11:00 AM - Chisholm Trail Cowboys

12:00 PM - Doc's Dixieland

1:00 PM - Mike Harrison

2:00 PM - Texas Gypsies

3:00 PM - Nick Ballarini

4:00 PM - Bob Faulkner

5:00 PM - Amador Mariachis

Center Stage

12:00 PM - Karen Foster's Old Time Jazzers

12:45 PM - Sweet Harmony

1:30PM - Denton Bell Band

2:15 PM - Argyle Hilltop Elementary Choir

3:00 PM - Young At Heart

4:00 PM - Strictly Dixie

5:00 PM - Three 4 Jazz

Courtyard Stage

10:30 AM - Baloney Moon

12:00 PM - The Big Chill

1:30 PM - Yancey Stevens & the City Slickers

3:00 PM - Inner City All-Stars Brass Band

4:30 PM - Brian Houser

6:00 PM - Freddie Jones

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