June 20-21, 2008
Downtown East Lansing
4:30-10:30 p.m.
FREE!
The 12th Annual Summer Solstice Jazz Festival will hit the streets of downtown East Lansing with two extraordinary evenings of live jazz from 4:30 to 10:30 p.m. on June 20 and 21, 2008. The festival is co-produced by the City of East Lansing, Wharton Center for Performing Arts and the MSU College of Music.
This free event, staged under a large tent centrally located in the heart of downtown East Lansing, simultaneously salutes jazz music while celebrating the summer solstice. The festivities will take place throughout the weekend in Parking Lot 1 on the corner of Abbot Road and Albert Avenue. Limited seating is available under the tent but lawn chairs are welcome.
2008 Lineup
| Friday, June 20 | |
| 4:30-5:30 p.m. | Detroit Tenors |
| 6-7 p.m. | Hot Club of Detroit |
| 7:30-8:45 p.m. | Straight Ahead |
| 9:15-10:30 p.m. | Community Music School Jazz Orchestra |
| Saturday, June 21 | |
| 4:30-5:30 p.m. | Sunny Wilkinson Quartet |
| 6-7 p.m. | Colton Weatherston |
| 7:30-8:45 p.m. | MSU Professors of Jazz with Sophie Milman |
| 9:15-10:30 p.m. | Tumbao Bravo |
Also featuring Joshua E. Davis & Friends and Rockelle Whitaker Project
Thank you to our 2008 sponsors
Gold Note Sponsors:
Liquid Web Inc.
MSU Federal Credit Union
Dublin Square Irish Pub
WKAR Radio & TV
Silver Key Sponsors:
Physicians Health Plan of Mid-Michigan
Techsmith Corporation
Friendship Manor Apartments
Lansing Opthalmology
Citizens Bank
Burcham Hills Retirement Community
Downtown Management Board
Metzger Realty Co.
Harper's Restaurant & Brewpub
Beggar's Banquet
Shaheen Chevrolet
Sundance Chevrolet
Co-Producers:
City of East Lansing
Wharton Center for Performing Arts
MSU College of Music