The New Rochelle Jazz Festival, held each July, links New Rochelle to its sister city of La Rochelle, France, which holds a “Jazz in August” music festival every year. The New Rochelle Jazz Festival is organized by Brian Carter and presented by the New Rochelle Council on the Arts; it is a program of the New Rochelle Sister City Initiative, co-sponsored by the New Rochelle BID and the City of New Rochelle Parks and Recreation Department.
This year the New Rochelle Jazz Festival kick off on Thursday and Friday evening with groups playing from 8 to 11 PM at two downtown hot spots, Jolo’s and Alvin and Friends. Then on Saturday and Sunday, groups will perform from 1 pm to 9:30 pm in Ruby Dee Park at Library Green. Admission is free.
2016 Schedule:
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Thursday, 7/14/16 at 8 pm
Ras Chemash Lamed at Jolo’s Vegan Restaurant (49 Lawton St., New Rochelle NY) with special guest Nico Morelli, Italian pianist from Paris, France.
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$10 cover charge, one-drink minimum
Friday, 7/15/16 at 8 pm
Brian Carter Quartet with Nico Morelli at Alvin and Friends Restaurant (14 Memorial Hwy.)
$10 cover charge, two-drink minimum.
Saturday, 7/16
During the Grand Market at Ruby Dee Park on Library Green:
Jazmyn 12-2 pm
Rocky Middleton 2-4 pm
Blue Haze with Special Guest Tasty Mike Murphy - Sat. 5-7pm
KJ Denhart 7-9 pm
Carl Bartlett Jr. Quartet Sat. 9-10:30
Sunday, 7/17
Avalanche Sun. 4-5pm
Adam Webber - Latin Jazz Sun. 5-7pm
Brian Carter Quartet Featuring Nico Morelli - Sun. 7-8pm
CJ Quintet Courtney Johnson - Trumpet Sun 8-10pm
All at the Ruby Dee Park at Library Green - Rain or Shine.