KIOS Jazz Calendar

Join the Nebraska Wesleyan University Jazz Ensemble for their final concert of the season Wednesday, May 7 on the campus of Nebraska Wesleyan University. Special guests Tony & Joey Gulizia will join the ensemble to perform some of their favorite musical selections including “Duke Ellington’s Sound of Love,” “Fly Me to the Moon,” “Teach Me Tonight,” and “Oye Como Va.” The NWU Jazz Ensemble is directed by Dean Haist. The concert is Wednesday, May 7th at 7:30 p.m. at O'Donnell Auditorium - Rogers Fine Arts Building at Nebraska Wesleyan University, 50th & Huntington Streets, Lincoln, Nebraska. This event is free and open to the public. The Millard North Jazz Bands will be holding their eighth annual Big Band Swing Dance on Friday, May 9 at 7:00pm in the Millard North High School gym. Dancing is encouraged to the bands under the leadership of Mr. Larry Rathbun and Ms. Cathy Keiser. For more information, you may call 691-1513. This spring also marks the beginning of festival season for jazz and blues so here is a list of some of the events happening this year. We will include more information on festivals in the coming months as information becomes available. Nebraska Omaha Summer Arts Festival June 27-29 2008 Omaha, Nebraska http://www.summerarts.org/ Omaha Riverfront Jazz & Blues Festival July 11-12, 2008 Omaha, Nebraska http://www.omahajazzandblues.com/ Illinois Chicago Blues Festival June 5-8, 2008 Grant Park, Downtown Chicago, Illinois http://www.chicagobluesfestival.org/ Iowa Saturday In The Park July 5, 2008 Sioux City, Iowa http://www.saturdayinthepark.com/ Iowa City Jazz Festival July 4-6, 2008 http://www.iowacityjazzfestival.com/ Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival July 24-27 Davenport, Iowa http://www.bixsociety.org/ Kansas Kansas City Music Blues & Jazz Festival Labor Day Weekend 2008 Kansas City , Kansas http://www.kansascitymusic.com/ Minnesota Twin Cities Jazz Festival June 20-29 Minneapolis and St. Paul http://www.hotsummerjazz.com/ Missouri Rhythm & Ribs Jazz & Blues Festival June 13-14, 2008 Kansas City Missouri http://www.kcrhythmandribs.com/ South Dakota Sioux Falls Jazz Festival July 18-19 Sioux Falls, South Dakota http://www.jazzfestsiouxfalls.com/