Atlanta Jazz Festival Highlight of Memorial Day Weekend

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Jazz lovers from around the country and around the world will be flocking to Piedmont Park this Memorial Day weekend to hear their favorite soothing sounds at the Atlanta Jazz Festival.

The event kicks off at 7 p.m. Friday with a performance by Mad Satta and continues at 9 p.m. when Thundercat takes the stage, the Atlanta Jazz Festival website says. Saturday’s acts include Otis Brown III, Dida Pelled, and local group Wolfpack ATL; Diane Schuur, Strings, and Mastery will be among Sunday’s performers.

The full lineup can be found here.

Far from simply being a jazz festival, the event will also feature an artist market, a food and beverage market, and “An Evening With Blue Note.” Learn more about the markets here.

Event organizers urge visitors to avoid parking on the side streets around the park, and instead suggest taking MARTA to the Midtown or Arts Center stations, using your bicycle to get you to the event, or by grabbing a ride from an Uber cab. If all else fails, parking passes are available for purchase through the festival website.

Sponsors of this year’s Atlanta Jazz Festival include Publix, Bank of America, MARTA, Coca-Cola, and the Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau.