Jazz in the Park Huntsville Update Presented at May 22, 2023 Meeting
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Jazz in the Park Huntsville Update
The meeting on May 22, 2023, included a presentation on the history and status of Jazz in the Park Huntsville, an annual free concert series.
Presentation Highlights
- The series began in 1995 as a collaboration between the City of Huntsville's Office of Multicultural Affairs (now Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) and Magic City Smooth Jazz, a Birmingham-based nonprofit.
- Concerts are held every Sunday in September from 5 to 9 p.m. in Big Spring Park East, free to the public.
- Since inception, 22 live concerts and one virtual concert have been hosted, featuring 56 artists including local, national, and Grammy Award-winning artists, reaching thousands each week.
- The 2020 series was canceled due to COVID; a virtual event was held in 2021.
Meeting Transcript
Jazz in the Park Huntsville began in 1995 as a collaboration between the City of Huntsville of Office of Multicultural Affairs, which is now the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and Magic City Smooth Jazz, a Birmingham-based nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting free concerts and cultural activities under the leadership of Executive Director Bernard Lockhart, who we sadly lost in 2020 from COVID. Jazz in the Park Huntsville is held every Sunday in September from 5 to 9 p.m. in Big Spring Park East, and the concerts are free to the public. Since its inception, we've hosted 22 live concerts and one virtual concert featuring 56 artists, including local, national recording, and Grammy Award winning artists, reaching a diverse crowd of thousands each Sunday night. The 2020 Jazz in the Park Huntsville concert series was canceled due to the COVID pandemic. We had a virtual event in 2021, and then we were
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