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Richland One Jazz Festival

Bring a chair and enjoy some smooth sounds at the Richland One Jazz Festival on Saturday, April 21 from 2 to 7 p.m. at the Emily Douglas Park amphitheatre on the corner of Wheat Street and King Street.

The concert will include performances by the district Honors jazz bands, select school jazz ensembles and the teacher’s faculty jazz band. The concert is free and open to the public.

If it rains, the Jazz Festival will be held across the street in the Hand Middle School Auditorium, 2600 Wheat Street.

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The Richland One Office of Visual and Performing Arts also will be accepting instrument donations as part of this year’s festival. Simply bring your usedinstruments to the donation station set up at the event.

A food vendor will also be on site and t-shirts will be on sale. The festival celebrates April as Jazz Appreciation Month.

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