The Jass Festival to be Held in Fargo, 8/13

Fargo's Jass Festival will be held this Saturday, August 13, 2011.  The Jass Festival is an annual jazz festival held in the Fargo/Moorhead area each August. The main goal and purpose of the festival is to promote and showcase the immensely talented young jazz musicians in the Red River Valley area. Each August, the Jass musicians form together for two days of intense rehearsals, and on the third day of the festival, present a festival presentation of concerts that are free and open to the public. Each musician and director is put into a real-time professional situation and expected to use their skills and musicianship to produce a professional product during the concert.

Event Schedule is as follows:

August 13, 1:00pm
Jass Festival Musical Clinics
Armed Forces Reserve Center Theatre- 3920 31st Street North, Fargo, ND

August 13, 8:00pm
The Christopher Hanson Jazz Quartet
Ecce Art Studio- 216 Broadway, Fargo, ND

August 14, 2:00pm-5:00pm
The Jass Festival
The Imagine Amphitheater, Bluestem Center for the Arts- 801 50th Avenue SW, Moorhead, MN

ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, ALL AGES WELCOME!

For further information, please visit: http://www.thejassfestival.com/

Fargo Awards - Live Stats

Best Musical - Top 3

1. AMERICAN IDIOT (Stage West)

26% of votes

2. NEWSIES (Stage West)

18.6% of votes

3. CARRIE: THE MUSICAL (Fargo-Moorhead Community Theatre)

15.2% of votes

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