It’s time to jazz up your June calendar. The entertainment schedule has been released for the Greenville Jazz Fest on Saturday, June 3.
Taking place downtown on Main Street, the free festival will feature seven performances across two stages. Pro tip: Listen to each act before the fest.
A day full of jazz | Graphic via GreenvilleJazzFest.com
Reedy Stage (at Main Street + Falls Park Drive)
The Tish Oney Jazz Orchestra feat. Greenville Jazz Collective| 4 p.m. | International performing artist, author, and composer Dr. Tish Oney will be joined by the Greenville Jazz Collective, a group featuring Grammy-nominated, renowned musicians and local community leaders.
The Wheel All Stars | 5:30 p.m. | This collective of musicians from across the Southeast has performed and led multiple Wheel Sessions — “an underground jazz performance series,” now in its sixth year.
Jonathan Scales Fourchestra | 7 p.m. | This trio’s electric bass, drums, and steel pans come together to create a sound that combines “jazz, classical, and progressive rock, peppered with Latin rhythms and soulful outbursts of funk.”
Rebirth Brass Band | 8:30 p.m. | The Grammy-award winning band founded in 1983 is “a true New Orleans Institution,” with a signature sound that combines that of a traditional brass band with hip hop and funk.
Roots Stage (at Main + Broad Streets)
Fine Arts Center Jazz All Stars | 5 p.m. | Band members are students in the Fine Arts Center Jazz Studies program, featuring studies in a variety of instruments (read: jazz guitar, bass, and saxophone).
The All County Jazz Ensemble | 6:30 p.m. | The 20-piece ensemble is a collective of students from five Greenville County Schools high schools + the SC Fine Arts Center.
Iliana Rose Cuban Jazz Band | 8 p.m. | Miami-born musician, film composer, arranger, musical director, and band leader Iliana Rose and her band bring their Cuban sound to Main Street.
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