Jazz in Liberty

WHEN: Thursday, September 2 to Saturday, September 4

WHERE: Venues around Liberty, NY; main performances at the Liberty Music & Arts Pavilion on North Main Street

COST: Free

CONTACT: 845/292-2394

LIBERTY, NY — The Village of Liberty will be hopping with R&B and jazz performances for the sixth annual Liberty Jazz Festival this weekend. Aficionados can get an early start on Thursday, September 2, at a roundtable discussion, “Jazz at the Hotels in Sullivan County,” moderated by Walter R. Keller, to be presented at the Liberty Museum and Arts Center at 46 South Main Street. The next evening, Friday Night Jazz, featuring performances at a variety of locations on Main Street starting at 7 pm, will get visitors warmed up for the main event.

On Saturday, September 4 a galaxy of talent will provide six hours of music starting at 4 pm at the Liberty Music & Arts Pavilion. Among the performers will be Larry Ravdin, Coyote Anderson, Nouveau Geo, The Jazz Poets, the Doug Richards Trio, the Inner Urge Electric Quartet and The ABC Trio.

The Liberty Jazz Festival is produced by Sullivan Performing Arts, and Anthony DeCicco, with assistance from David Dann. It is sponsored by the Liberty Chamber of Commerce, Town of Liberty Parks & Recreation, The Liberty CDC, Gitlin & Associates, Jeff Bank, Thunder 102, The Sullivan County Democrat, and the Catskill Shopper, and is made possible in part from a NYSCA Decentralization Grant, administered by the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance.