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Arts & Entertainment

5th Annual Jazz & Blues Festival

Lake Anne is gearing up for their ever popular jazz & blues festival on Saturday, October 1st when they host the 5th Annual Lake Anne Jazz Festival.  This free, family friendly, all-day event will take place from 1:00PM-9:00 PM and will showcase a variety of talented local emerging artist and national jazz performers.  This year’s music theme is Brazilian Jazz with leading Latin vocalist Cissa Paz headling the event.  The festival will also include signature food from charming Lake Anne restaurants and sips from selected local wineries and micro breweries.  Emerging and regional arts and crafts vendors will also have a presence at the event from 1-4pm.

Performance Schedule

Emerging Artist Line-Up:
1:00PM-2:00PM – Emerging/local group (TBD)
2:00PM-3:00PM – World View

Main Stage Line-Up:
3:00PM-4:00PM – Veronneau
4:00PM-5:15PM – Wayne Wilentz Quartet
5:30PM-6:45PM – The Mykle Lyons Group
7:45PM-9:00PM – Cissa Paz (Headliner)

The festival is sponsored by Lane Anne Merchants, Friends of Lake Anne, Dimension Creative Promotions, the Reston Community Center, and the Reston Association.  For more information about the festival, visit www.lakeanneplaza.com or follow us on Facebook.

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