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NEW YORK HOT JAZZ FESTIVAL (New York, NY) - Sept. 30
After yet another sold out edition last year, the 6th annual New York Hot Jazz Festival returns to the spellbinding McKittrick Hotel on Sunday, September 30, and once again features three stages (one of them hidden on a mystery train) with continuous live music from 16 ensembles and multiple special guest artists for 12 hours. The Fest will feature NOLA-style Second Line parade to commemorate the tricentennial of Crescent City, Antique Gramophone DJ, and a raucous Midnight Speakeasy after party with the Fest’s storied jam as well as dancers and performance art acts to cap the night’s festivities. Celebrating trad jazz with rising stars and legendary performers, the Fest will showcase the best talent of the global hot jazz and swing revival with the music spanning the entire breadth and scope of early jazz from the beginnings in New Orleans through the Roaring ’20s and Prohibition and well into the Big Band Swing era. Prizes await those who deck themselves out in their vintage best. Dancing is encouraged.
Scheduled performers include Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks presenting “From Harlem to Montmartre: a Jazz Age Voyage” featuring Nicolle Rochelle as Josephine Baker; Evan Christopher’s Django a la
