Tag: Five Points Jazz Festival
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Denver cancels Five Points Jazz Fest, opts for grant program
Denver Jazz Festival fans are singing the blues after the city of Denver announced Thursday the popular, 21-year Five Points neighborhood staple will not happen in 2025. Denver’s Arts & Venues officials announced the one-day music event honoring the neighborhood’s long history of the famed genre will be canceled in lieu of a grants program.…
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Here’s how you can get to the Five Points Jazz Festival on RTD
With Saturday’s Five Points Jazz Festival quickly approaching, the Regional Transportation District reminded residents of available transit options along the Welton Street Corridor. The annual event is expected to draw up to 100,000 people and celebrates the history of Denver’s Five Points neighborhood. The transit agency encouraged residents to use Bus Route 43, which runs…
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UCCS rocked by murder of promising music student | Arts news
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TheatreWorks restores three canceled performances of ‘Dream Hou$e’ play
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Denver arts leader among those asked to reapply for jobs | John Moore
One thing the 2023 Denver mayoral election was not was a referendum on the arts. Of all the contentious issues that came up during the campaign ranging from encampments to armed officers in schools, support for the arts came up, well … never. Denver is lucky that way. Outgoing Mayor Michael Hancock will be remembered…
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Denver Arts & Venues brings back Five Points Jazz Festival, Jazz Activation Grants
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver Arts & Venues is bringing back the Five Points Jazz Festival this year, and it’s also continuing the Five Points Jazz Activation Grant program that replaced the festival during the pandemic. Applications are now being accepted for grants to fund programs and events that…
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Performer applications open for return of the Five Points Jazz Festival
Organizers of the Five Points Jazz Festival are accepting applications for the annual event, which will return in 2022 after two years of being disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The free festival, scheduled for June 4, showcases local and national jazz musicians to celebrate the cultural history of the Five Points neighborhood. Applications are being accepted…
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Five Points Jazz Festival paused because of COVID-19, economic troubles
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save For more than a dozen years, Denver residents and jazz enthusiasts have flocked to Denver to listen, dance and celebrate jazz music at the annual Five Point Jazz Festival, held traditionally in May. Last year’s…