The Summer Solstice Jazz Festival is a FREE-to-the-community festival that simultaneously salutes jazz music, while celebrating the Summer Solstice. It is brought to the area by a partnership between the City of East Lansing, Wharton Center for Performing Arts and the MSU College of Music.
The festival, located in the heart of downtown East Lansing (Lot 1), provides seating underneath the large festival tent. However, many festival goers bring their own chairs and enjoy the open space surrounding the festival tent. All City of East Lansing parking garages will be open. [Location Information]
The 2009 Summer Solstice Jazz Festival will boast a high-caliber ensemble of local and national jazz performers including CMS Jazz Orchestra, Carl Cafagna, Linda Abar, Neil Gordon, Los Gatos, Esperanza Spalding, Arlene McDaniel, Diego Rivera, Organissimo, Rodney Whitaker, Carl Allen, Shahidah Nurullah and many others. See 2009 Performer Lineup
Thank you to all those that attended the first annual Wake Up to Jazz fundraiser on Sunday, April 19 at the MSU Federal Credit Union's new headquarters. A special musical performance by MSU Jazz Orchestra I with Rodney Whitaker and Louisiana-style cuisine by East Lansing's Gumbo & Jazz Restaurant were part of the celebration.
Join jazz fans in the community and support the SSJF as a Friend of East Lansing Jazz. In recognition of your support, your name will appear on our Web site and on location at the event.
The SSJF is supported by the Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs and the Arts Council of Greater Lansing.
King of Jazz Sponsors ($5,000 +) Liquid Web Inc. Pierce Education Properties Wharton Center for Performing Arts
MSU Federal Credit Union
Duke of Jazz Sponsors ($2,500 +) East Lansing Arts Commission
Silver Key Sponsors ($1,000 +) Albert Place Condominiums
Physicians Health Plan of Mid-Michigan
Downtown Management Board Supporting Downtown East Lansing Businesses Pewter Note Sponsors ($500 +) Citizens Bank
Greater Lansing Convention & Visitors Bureau
Jazz Cat Sponsors ($250 +) Metzger Realty
Lansing Opthalmology
Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith, P.C.
Student Book Store
In-Kind Sponsors
WKAR Radio & TV
ASAP Printing
CiesaDesign
MacKellar Screenworks
City Pulse
Guyselman & Ehnis-Clark, Attorneys
Events to Rent
Gumbo & Jazz
Rudy Baggs Coffee Roasting Company
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