Festival Roundup January 2018

This is The Festival Roundup as printed in our January 2018 issue, the most recent roundup can be found by clicking Events on the menu.  TUCSON JAZZ FESTIVAL (Tuscon, AZ) – Jan. 11-21, 2017 Primarily an event with individually-ticketed concerts at the historic Fox and Rialto theaters, as well as TCC Music Hall and Club Congress, the Tucson Jazz Fest also offers an outdoor Downtown Jazz Fiesta to be staged on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, Jan. 15, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. with free jazz performances on eight stages all over downtown Tucson. Main festival acts include Hypnotic Brass, The Hot Sardines, Arturo Sandoval and the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, trumpeter Matt Holman and his Group, Sheila E., Downtown Jazz Fiesta, vibraphonist Warren Wolf and the UA Studio Jazz Ensemble, Lew Tabackin Trio, Diane Schuur Quartet Featuring Ernie Watts, The Bill Charlap Trio, The Mingus Dynasty, TJI Ellington Band, Spyro Gyra, Wycliffe Gordon, and bassist/vocalist Jay Leonhardt.. Ticket pricing, festival schedule, and lodging information may be found at the festival website tucsonjazzfestival.org; (520) 989-0720. RIVER RAISIN RAGTIME REVIEW (Ann Arbor, MI) - Jan. 12 The 7th Annual Ragtime Extravaganza finds a new venue at the Towsley Auditorium at Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on Saturday, January 12, 2017 at 8 p.m. The doors open at 7 p.m. The 2017 Extrav