Ponce Jazz Festival

The Ponce Jazz Festival is a musical celebration that takes place every year in Ponce, Puerto Rico.

History

The festival is one of the newest in the Western Hemisphere. It was inaugurated in 2012. It takes place at the Concha Acustica Amphitheatre of Parque de la Abolición in Barrio Cuarto.

List of events

2012 edition

The festival starts on the last Friday of April, and the 2012 events were as follows:
Friday 27 April 2012
Grupo Zambaríbiri Stage Band
Escuela de Música de Guayama
Grupo Sound Jazz y Jazz Jam
Saturday 28 April 2012
Edwin Gutiérrez & Jazz Project
Charlie Sepúlveda & The Turnaround Band

Julito Alvarado and his group Del Sur al Norte
Sunday 29 April 2012
Eugenio Torres & Sol Creciente

Banda Municipal de Ponce, Carlos Juan Colón & Manus, and William Cepeda

2013 edition

The 2013 events were as follows.
Friday, 26 April 2013
Stage Band – Instituto de Musica Juan Morel Campos
Diversis Quartet
Flautista Joche Caraballo and his Trio
Irvin Cancel and his Band
Saturday, 27 April 2013
Luis Gonzalez & his Orchestra
Joseito Ruiz & Quartet
PuertoSax
Sunday, 29 April 2013
Black Jazz
Master Jazz Big Band