Jazz Fest Returns To West Orange

Get ready to feel the jazz, West Orange.

The 12th Annual All-Star OSPAC Jazz & Brew Fest will take place at the Oskar Schindler Center for the Performing Arts Ampitheater in West Orange on Saturday, Sept. 19.

The lineup will include: Enrico Granafei, Madame Pat Tandy, The Bill Charlap Trio, the Eric Alexander/Harold Mabern Quartet, the Bob DeVos Organ Quartet, the Oscar Perez Latin Jazz Explosion!, and the Dave Stryker Organ Quartet.

WBGO Jazz88.3 FM’s music director and on-air host Gary Walker will return as emcee.

The rain date is Sunday, Sept. 20.

Featured activities will include a beer and wine garden, food vendors and face painting for children.

The grounds open at noon, with continuous performances from 12:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Tickets are $10 for adults and include a discount voucher at Trumpets Jazz; restrictions apply. Children under the age of five are admitted free.

Tickets can be purchased in advance here, or at the venue the day of the show.

For more information call 973-669-7385, or visit www.ospac.org.

The event is sponsored by New Jersey Arts Incubator (NJAI) and the Township of West Orange, as well as Yamaha Piano, Rockaway Music, Assemblyman John F. McKeon, West Orange Mayor Robert Parisi, Trumpets Jazz Club & Restaurant, the Law Firm of Trenk, DiPasquale, Della Fera & Sodono, Bederson & Co., Kantor Plumbing Supply, Bam Bam Restaurant and Lounge, Creating Smiles Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, Fogon Latino Restaurant, Friends of Thomas Edison National Historical Park, The Scirocco Group, The Thomas and Agnes Carvel Foundation and Ysabel’s Beauty Salon.