Reston, VA – Lake Anne Village Center is hosting a free Jazz & Blues Festival on Saturday, October 3 from 12 pm until 6 pm. Some of the DC region’s favorite bands are scheduled to perform on the lakeside plaza, including Afro Bop Alliance, 2009 Grammy Winner for “Best Latin Jazz Group”, plus three more headline bands: Sara Jones, The Dixie Power Trio; and the Mykle Lyons Quartet, on stage at Lake Anne Village Center, 1609 Washington Plaza, Reston, Virginia.
General admission and parking are free. A small fee ($3.00 for adults) for wristbands provides access to the Preferred Seating Areas & Food and Beer Garden. Spectators are welcome to also bring their own chairs. Media sponsor WPFW Radio 89.3 FM will help host the festival with guest MC’s, including radio personality Myrrh Cauthen. For Jazz & Blues Festival information, call 703-582-6475 and visit www.lakeanneplaza.com. A portion of wristband proceeds will benefit the “Explore More Art” program at GRACE, a 501 ( c ) 3 non-profit organization.
“We are thrilled with this year’s line up,” says Eve Thompson, the event organizer. “This is the 3rd Lake Anne Jazz & Blues Festival, and each year it’s grown. It’s a great way to spend the afternoon outdoors in a great venue hearing amazing music! We’ve have also grown our relationships to include Reston Community Center and WPFW Radio, who are wonderful partners in this event.”
Performance Schedule:
12 pm Sara Jones
1:30 pm The Dixie Power Trio
3 pm The Mykle Lyons Quartet
4:30 pm Afro Bop Alliance – 2009 Grammy Award Winner for “Best Latin Jazz Group”
For a preview of Lake Anne Jazz & Blues Festival music performers, go to:
WPFW Radio, The Messenger, 89.3 FM: WPFW 89.3 FM, which began in 1977, has been and continues to be a unique community resource dedicated to aiding the community in a way that only radio can. Programming features are primarily jazz, Third World music, news and public affairs. WPFW – Jazz & Justice Radio – is the fifth station of Pacifica Radio, a progressive network founded in 1949 by maverick broadcaster Lewis Hill. WPFW is an accessible media outlet, making the concept of community radio real by providing the local majority population with important and relevant education, information and entertainment. Through its programming the station acts as a networking agent for the community at large. Volunteers from all backgrounds and from around the world are the backbone of WPFW, which is funded through listener support, remaining free of corporate sponsorship. For more information, and to listen online, log on to www.wpfw.org .
3rd Annual
Jazz & Blues Festival at Lake Anne
Saturday, October 3, 2009 ● 12:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Lake Anne Village Center, 1609 Washington Plaza, Reston, VA
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