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The Black Academy of Arts & Letters is presenting the 6th annual Riverfront Jazz Festival on September 1, 2 and 3, 2023. This will be happening at the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center Theater Complex in Dallas, Texas. What a great way to spend the Labor Day weekend!
The festival will feature an array of talented music artists from around the globe. You’ll hear jazz, blues, soul, R&B, pop and neo-soul music. There will be a showcase stage for promising young artists from Dallas and Fort Worth and two other stages.
Jazz will be on the Main Stage and Blues/Soul will be on the Bruton Stage. Each performance on those stages will be staggered forty-five minutes between acts to enable you to see all the acts. The promising young artists stage is staggered 15 minutes between acts.
Entertainment Lineup
Friday – Arena Stage
- 7 pm to 8:45 pm – Act 1 – Remembering Tina Turner
A Musical Salute Directed by Curtis King
Featuring Lucki Azarian, Tamara Peterson, Miracle Foster, Jada Thomas, Malik Woods,
Djeneba, Angee Monroe, Taylor Morgan, Candi Bleu, E-Melodi, K Woods & Donavan Marcelle - 9 pm to 10:10 pm – Act 2 – Stephanie Mills
Saturday – Arena Stage
- 2 pm to 3 pm – Act 1 – Shaun Martin’s Jazz Go Go Party Saluting The Man & His Music
Featuring Dallas Artists - 3:40 pm to 4:40 pm – Act 2 – Najee
- 5:20 pm to 6:20 pm – Act 3 – Lalah Hathaway
- 7 pm to 8 pm – Act 4 – Musiq Soul Child
- 8:40 pm to 9:50 pm – Act 5 – Michael Franks
Sunday – Arena Stage
- 2 pm to 3 pm – Act 1 – RC & The Gritz
- 3:40 pm to 4:40 pm – Act 2 – Bo James Trio with Special Guest Andrey Chmut
- 5:20 pm to 6:20 pm – Act 3 – Gerald Albright
- 7 pm to 8 pm – Act 4 – Stanley Clarke
- 8:40 pm to 9:50 pm – Act 5 – Morris Day & The Time
Saturday – Bruton Stage
- 1 pm to 2 pm – Act 1 – Keith Hawkins
- 2:40 pm to 3:40 pm – Act 2 – Shemekia Copeland
- 4:20 pm to 5:20 pm – Act 3 – Kevin Ross
- 6 pm to 7 pm – Act 4 – Naturally 7
- 7:40 pm to 8:40 pm – Act 5 – Marcus Miller
Sunday – Bruton Stage
- 1 pm to 2 pm – Act 1 – Jason Marsalis
- 2:40 pm to 3:40 pm – Act 2 – Chucho Valdes
- 4:20 pm to 5:20 pm – Act 3 – Mark Allen Felton
- 6 pm to 7 pm – Act 4 – Jeff Lorber’s Jazz Funk Soul with Everett Harp & Paul Jackson, Jr.
- 7:45 pm to 8:40 pm – Act 5 – Members of Dallas Symphony Orchestra Featuring Hubert and Elouise Laws and John Laughlin Williams as Guest Conductor
Promising Young Artists Lineup
Saturday
- 2:30 pm to 2:45 pm – Set 1 – Jaidyn Brown
- 2:50 pm to 2:05 pm – Set 2 – Paige Williams
- 3:10 pm to 3:25 pm – Set 3 – Olivia Kato
- 3:30 pm to 3:45 pm – Set 4 – Reed Howard
- 3:50 pm to 4:05 pm – Set 5 – Bryce Holmes
- 4:10 pm to 4:20 pm – Set 6 – Kylie Hardin
- 4:30 pm to 4:45 pm – Set 7 – Kylan Abbott
- 4:50 pm to 5:05 pm – Set 8 – Corel Hicks
- 5:10 pm to 5:25 pm – Set 9 – Cadence Diggs
- 5:30 pm to 5:45 pm – Set 10 – Ambrosia Grace
- 5:50 pm to 6:05 pm – Set 11 – Kennedi McClure
- 6:10 pm to 6:25 pm – Set 12 – Midnight Bleu
- 6:30 pm to 6:45 pm – Set 13 – Keyshawn Keys
- 6:50 pm to 7:05 pm – Set 14 – Lander Fisher
Sunday
- 2 pm to 2:20 pm – Set 1 – Kellison Cumby
- 2:30 pm to 2:50 pm – Set 2 – Kennedi Williams
- 3 pm to 3:20 pm – Set 3 – Camryn Howard
- 3:30 pm to 3:50 pm – Set 4 – Darlene Olugbala
- 4 pm to 4:20 pm – Set 5 – Sydney Thomas
- 4:30 pm to 4:50 pm – Set 6 – Isaiah Steward
- 5 pm to 5:20 pm – Set 7 – Kyrie Davis
- 5:30 pm to 5:50 pm – Set 8 – Bria Brow
- 6 pm to 6:20 pm – Set 9 – Anya Hollingsworth
- 6:30 pm to 6:50 pm – Set 10 – Ashari Harper
- 7 pm to 7:20 pm – Set 11 – Enyonam Osae
- 7:30 pm to 7:50 pm – Set 12 – Andrey Tillis
For three days, attendees can browse and shop at vendor booths and enjoy delicious food from food trucks and food vendors. There will be a bar and individual drink purchases will be available. All this is in addition to three days of incredible musical entertainment!
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